The Barbra Streisand Album
Studio album by Barbra Streisand
Released February 25, 1963
Recorded January 23–25, 1963
Genre Classic pop
Length 32:52
Label Columbia
Producer Mike Berniker
The Barbra Streisand Album is the debut album by Barbra Streisand, released February 25, 1963, on Columbia Records, catalogue CL 2007 in mono and CS 8807 in stereo. It peaked at #8 on the Billboard pop albums chart, and has been certified a gold album by the RIAA.
The album won Grammy awards for Album of the Year and Best Female Vocal Performance. In January 2006 the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Columbia label president Goddard Lieberson initially resisted signing Streisand to a contract, finding her style too close to the cabaret singers he disliked and too far from the understated approach of Jo Stafford or Rosemary Clooney, who recorded for the label in the 1950s. After exposure to Streisand’s television interview with Mike Wallace on PM East/PM West and pressure from associates, Lieberson relented and agreed to sign her. Nearly three decades later Streisand would reflect:
Track listing
Side one
1. “Cry Me a River” Arthur Hamilton 3:37
2. “My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms”
Joseph Meyer Harry Ruby
2:14
3. “I’ll Tell the Man in the Street”
Lorenz Hart Richard Rodgers
3:09
4. “A Taste of Honey”
Ric Marlow Bobby Scott
2:51
5. “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”
Frank Churchill Ann Ronell
2:35
6. “Soon It’s Gonna Rain”
Tom Jones Harvey Schmidt
3:44
Side two
“Happy Days Are Here Again”
Milton Ager Jack Yellen
3:04
2. “Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now”
Andy Razaf Thomas Waller
2:11
3. “Much More”
Jones Schmidt
3:02
4. “Come to the Supermarket in Old Peking” Cole Porter 1:56
5. “A Sleepin’ Bee”
Harold Arlen Truman Capote
4:21
Personnel
Barbra Streisand – vocals
Mike Berniker – producer
Peter Matz – arrangements
Fred Plaut and Frank Laico – recording engineers
John Berg – design
Hank Parker – photography
Harold Arlen – liner notes
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