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Stoney End (Album) by Barbra Streisand
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Barbra Streisand Born Barbara Joan Streisand April 24 1942 Brooklyn New York Is An Academy Award-Winning American Singer Theater And Film Actress Composer Film Producer And Director. She Has Won Oscars For Best Actress And Best Original Song As Well As Multiple Emmy Awards Grammy Awards Golden Globe Awards And An Honorary Tony Award. She Received The Prestigious Kennedy Center Honor On December 7 2008. She Is The Most Successful Female Recording Artist According To The Recording Industry Assoc. Of America RIAA . Barbra Streisand Has Recorded More Than 60 Albums Almost All With Columbia Records. Her Early Works In The 1960s Her Debut The Barbra Streisand Album Which Won Two Grammy Awards In 1963 Followed By The Second Barbra Streisand Album The Third Album My Name Is Barbra Etc. Are Considered Classic Renditions Of Theater And Nightclub Standards Including Her Version Of Happy Days Are Here Again. Beginning With My Name Is Barbra Her Albums Were Often Medley-Filled Keepsakes Of Her Television Specials. Starting In 1969 Streisand Tackled Contemporary Songwriters Like Many Talented Singers Of The Day She Found Herself A Fish Out Of Water In Attempts To Tackle Rock But Her Vocal Talents Prevailed And She Gained Newfound Success With The Pop And Ballad-Oriented Richard Perry-Produced Album Stoney End In 1971. The Title Track Written By Laura Nyro Was A Big Hit For Streisand. Streisand's 1980 Album Guilty Featured The Songwriting Production And Vocal Talents Of Barry Gibb And Was The Best-Selling Album Of Her Recording Career. During The 1970s She Was Also Highly Prominent In The Pop Charts With Number-One Records Like The Way We Were Evergreen No More Tears Enough Is Enough Her Duet With Donna Summer And Woman In Love Some Of These Came From Soundtracks Of Her Films. She Recently Took Part In Supporting Haiti In Singing "We Are The World 25th Anniversary. When The 1970s Ended Streisand Was Named The Most Successful Female Singer In The U.S. - Only Elvis Presley And The Beatles Having Sold More Albums. 1 1 In 1982 New York Times Music Critic Stephen Holden Wrote That Streisand Was "the Most Influential Mainstream American Pop Singer Since Frank Sinatra."
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Barbra Streisand Born Barbara Joan Streisand April 24 1942 Brooklyn New York Is An Academy Award-Winning American Singer Theater And Film Actress Composer Film Producer And Director. She Has Won Oscars For Best Actress And Best Original Song As Well As Multiple Emmy Awards Grammy Awards Golden Globe Awards And An Honorary Tony Award. She Received The Prestigious Kennedy Center Honor On December 7 2008. She Is The Most Successful Female Recording Artist According To The Recording Industry Assoc. Of America RIAA . Barbra Streisand Has Recorded More Than 60 Albums Almost All With Columbia Records. Her Early Works In The 1960s Her Debut The Barbra Streisand Album Which Won Two Grammy Awards In 1963 Followed By The Second Barbra Streisand Album The Third Album My Name Is Barbra Etc. Are Considered Classic Renditions Of Theater And Nightclub Standards Including Her Version Of Happy Days Are Here Again. Beginning With My Name Is Barbra Her Albums Were Often Medley-Filled Keepsakes Of Her Television Specials. Starting In 1969 Streisand Tackled Contemporary Songwriters Like Many Talented Singers Of The Day She Found Herself A Fish Out Of Water In Attempts To Tackle Rock But Her Vocal Talents Prevailed And She Gained Newfound Success With The Pop And Ballad-Oriented Richard Perry-Produced Album Stoney End In 1971. The Title Track Written By Laura Nyro Was A Big Hit For Streisand. Streisand's 1980 Album Guilty Featured The Songwriting Production And Vocal Talents Of Barry Gibb And Was The Best-Selling Album Of Her Recording Career. During The 1970s She Was Also Highly Prominent In The Pop Charts With Number-One Records Like The Way We Were Evergreen No More Tears Enough Is Enough Her Duet With Donna Summer And Woman In Love Some Of These Came From Soundtracks Of Her Films. She Recently Took Part In Supporting Haiti In Singing "We Are The World 25th Anniversary. When The 1970s Ended Streisand Was Named The Most Successful Female Singer In The U.S. - Only Elvis Presley And The Beatles Having Sold More Albums. 1 1 In 1982 New York Times Music Critic Stephen Holden Wrote That Streisand Was "the Most Influential Mainstream American Pop Singer Since Frank Sinatra."
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Commercial Performance The Album Hit Number 10 On The Billboard 200. It Was Certified Platinum With Sales Of 1 Million Copies. In The UK The Album Entered The Chart At Number 28. It Also Peaked At #12 In Canada. It Peaked #62 In The 1971's Year-End Chart Of The Cash Box Magazine.
Singles Stoney End The Title Track Composed By Laura Nyro And Sung By Streisand Was Released In The US As A Single And Charted At Number 6 On The Billboard Hot 100 And Number 2 On The Adult Contemporary Chart And Also Reached Number 27 On The UK Singles Chart. "Time And Love" Reached Number 51 On The Billboard Hot 100 And Number 3 On The AC Chart. "Hands Off The Man" The Final Single Was Officially Titled "Flim Flam Man" And Backed With "Maybe" . It Spent 5 Weeks On The Billboard Hot 100 Peaking At 82. Personnel Barbra Streisand – Vocals Randy Newman – Piano On "Let Me Go" And "I'll Be Home" Larry Carlton – Guitar Nickey Barclay – Keyboards Gene Page – Arranger Eric Weissberg – Guitar June Millington – Guitar Hal Blaine – Drums Max Bennett – Bass Perry Botkin Jr. – Arranger Claus Ogerman – Arranger Richie Hayward -Drums Larry Knechtel – Bass Larry Muhoberac – Keyboards Joe Osborn – Bass Earl Palmer – Drums Richard Perry – Guitar Percussion Michel Rubini- Keyboards Sweet Lou Shelton – Guitar Ron Tutt – Drums Milt Holland – Percussion David Cohen - Guitar Jackie Ward – Background Vocals Toni Wine – Background Vocals Jerry Cook – Background Vocals Sharone De Vault – Background Vocals Sherlie Matthews – Background Vocals Clydie King – Background Vocals Merry Clayton – Background Vocals Venetta Fields – Background Vocals Eddie Kendricks – Background Vocals Glenna Session – Background Vocals Maretha Stewart – Background Vocals Robert Honablue – Engineering Barry Feinstein Tom Wilkes - Design Photography
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Stoney End Is The Twelfth Studio Album By Barbra Streisand. Released In 1971 It Became Her First Studio Album That Was A Change In Direction For Streisand With A More Upbeat Contemporary Pop Sound. The Album Peaked At #10 In The United States Her First To Reach The Top 10 In Five Years And Was Produced By Music Producer Richard Perry. When Asked By Fans During The Q&A Segment Of Streisand's Back To Brooklyn Concert On October 11 2012 What The Title Track "Stoney End" Was About She Replied That She Still Didn't Know. AllMusic Has Retrospectively Given The Album Four And A Half Out Of Five Stars And Called It "not A Perfect Album But It Was So Far Removed From What Streisand's Fans And Her Detractors Thought Her Capable Of That It Stands As One Of Her Major Triumphs"...The Review Also Mentioned "whereas The Barbra Streisand Album 1963 Had Redefined The Role Of The Traditional Pop Singer In Contemporary Terms For The Early '60s Stoney End Redefined Streisand As An Effective Pop/rock Singer."Commercial Performance The Album Hit Number 10 On The Billboard 200. It Was Certified Platinum With Sales Of 1 Million Copies. In The UK The Album Entered The Chart At Number 28. It Also Peaked At #12 In Canada. It Peaked #62 In The 1971's Year-End Chart Of The Cash Box Magazine.
Singles Stoney End The Title Track Composed By Laura Nyro And Sung By Streisand Was Released In The US As A Single And Charted At Number 6 On The Billboard Hot 100 And Number 2 On The Adult Contemporary Chart And Also Reached Number 27 On The UK Singles Chart. "Time And Love" Reached Number 51 On The Billboard Hot 100 And Number 3 On The AC Chart. "Hands Off The Man" The Final Single Was Officially Titled "Flim Flam Man" And Backed With "Maybe" . It Spent 5 Weeks On The Billboard Hot 100 Peaking At 82. Personnel Barbra Streisand – Vocals Randy Newman – Piano On "Let Me Go" And "I'll Be Home" Larry Carlton – Guitar Nickey Barclay – Keyboards Gene Page – Arranger Eric Weissberg – Guitar June Millington – Guitar Hal Blaine – Drums Max Bennett – Bass Perry Botkin Jr. – Arranger Claus Ogerman – Arranger Richie Hayward -Drums Larry Knechtel – Bass Larry Muhoberac – Keyboards Joe Osborn – Bass Earl Palmer – Drums Richard Perry – Guitar Percussion Michel Rubini- Keyboards Sweet Lou Shelton – Guitar Ron Tutt – Drums Milt Holland – Percussion David Cohen - Guitar Jackie Ward – Background Vocals Toni Wine – Background Vocals Jerry Cook – Background Vocals Sharone De Vault – Background Vocals Sherlie Matthews – Background Vocals Clydie King – Background Vocals Merry Clayton – Background Vocals Venetta Fields – Background Vocals Eddie Kendricks – Background Vocals Glenna Session – Background Vocals Maretha Stewart – Background Vocals Robert Honablue – Engineering Barry Feinstein Tom Wilkes - Design Photography