The statistics of Barbra Streisand’s achievements as a recording sales leader are clearly drawn in platinum and gold. She has achieved sales unequaled by any other female recording artist. With fifty-two gold albums, she is second in the all-time charts, ahead of The Beatles and The Rolling...
In mid-January 1964,Funny Girlhad its first public showing in Boston, but it bombed, in part because of a snow storm, but also poor reviews. The play was reworked by Jerome Robbins, who gave Streisand more songs and comedy, placing more of the show’s success or failure on her performa...
40.“My Heart Belongs to Me” by Barbra Streisand Well, if you’re a Streisand fan, this is a great start to a countdown. I’m not a fan. I appreciate that she does have a beautiful voice. But, I can only take her in very small doses – as in a half a song at as time. ...
in his memoir, arthur says, “how i wished i could have directed her in that phone call! there was no reason for her to hide her face; barbra streisand understood rejection. what she needed was help from someone who understood her.” arthur blamed sydney and said, “it was never reshot...
Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru, Barbra Streisand, Beach Girl #1, Becca, Betty, Black Actress, Black Chick, Black Student, Black Woman, Boy, Boy in K-Mart, Brad's Mom, Brenda, Broadway Actress, Brunette Sitcom Mom, Calvin Klein Model #3, Carol Alt, Catherine Bell, Cathy, Channel 5...
Watch Barbra Streisand’s Top TV Performances To Date Partners‘ opening sum is the largest sales week for a female artist in 2014, and Streisand’s biggest sales frame since Christmas week of 1997. Her last album to sell more in a week wasHigher Ground, which shifted 402,000 in the fram...
“When you think about a GRAMMY Legend, Barbra Streisand immediately comes to mind,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy® and Chair of the Board of the GRAMMY Museum. “Nominated for a GRAMMY again this year, she’s one of only 15 artists to h...
”20/20”(10 p.m., ABC) Babs meets Babs! In an exclusive interview, talk mistress Barbara Walters sits down for the fifth time with bettah than buttah Barbra Streisand. Maybe now we’ll finally find out why she married James Brolin. (Or, better yet, why he married her.) ...
Streisand changed her name from Barbara to Barbra because, she said, "I hated the name, but I refused to change it." Streisand further explained, "Well, I was 18 and I wanted to be unique, but I didn't want to change my name because that was too false. You know, people were sayi...
negotiating creative control over her material and album covers. That fall she was also auditioning for new Broadway shows. But it was her appearance onThe Ed Sullivan ShowDecember 16, 1962 singing “My Coloring Book” and “Lover, Come Back To Me” that helped introduce Barbra Streisand to ...