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The Second Barbra Streisand Album (Album) by Barbra Streisand

Artist Biography For Barbra Streisand

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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The Second Barbra Streisand Album Is The Title Of Barbra Streisand's Second Solo Studio Album. It Was Released In August 1963 Just Six Months After The Release Of Her Debut Album The Barbra Streisand Album And Was Recorded In Four Days In June 1963. In 1963 Streisand Told A Reporter "My New Album Is Called The Second Barbra Streisand Album Because That's Just What It Is. Why Should I Give It Some Fancy Name That No One Remembers Anyway?" Radio Stations Received Mono And Stereo Blue Vinyl Promo Albums Making This Columbia's First Streisand Colored Vinyl. The Album Made Its Digital Debut On CD In 1987 And Was Re-Released In A Remastered CD Edition On October 19 1993. "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" Was First Introduced In The Musical St. Louis Woman. "Right As The Rain" Was Originally Performed By Celeste Holm And David Brooks In The 1944 Musical Bloomer Girl. Tony Bennett Also Recorded A Version Of The Song In 1960 For His Album A String Of Harold Arlen.
"Down With Love" Was Previously Recorded In 1940 By Eddie Condon's Orchestra With Vocals By Lee Wiley.
"Who Will Buy?" Is Originally From The Musical Oliver! 1960 .
"When The Sun Comes Out" Was Originally Performed By Tommy Dorsey In 1941.
"Gotta Move" Was Written Specifically For Streisand By Composer Peter Matz. It Was Later Re-Recorded For The TV Special Color Me Barbra And Its Soundtrack Album.
"Lover Come Back To Me" Was Introduced In The Operetta The New Moon 1928 By Evelyn Herbert.
"Like A Straw In The Wind" Is Performed As A Medley With "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home"

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