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Recorded
  
1963-1968

Artist
  
Barbra Streisand

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
32:21

Release date
  
January 1970

Genre
  
Pop music

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Released
  
January 1970 (LP)October 1990 (CD)

Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits(1970)
  
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever(1970)

Producers
  
Mike Berniker, Robert Mersey, Jack Gold

Similar
  
Barbra Streisand albums, Pop music albums

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Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Barbra Streisand. It was released in January, 1970 (see 1970 in music). It was her first compilation album and was released on Columbia records (catalog no. 9968).

Contents

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Content

Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits includes many of her biggest charting songs such as “People” which had reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and “Second Hand Rose” which peaked at #32 on that chart. It also includes “Sam, You Made the Pants Too Long” which had never before been released on an album. The album would reach #32 on the Billboard 200 and would be certified double-platinum by the RIAA. This was the second album from Streisand to chart in the UK, peaking at #44 in the UK album charts.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "People" (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill) – 3:39
  2. This song had been released on People.
  3. "Second Hand Rose" (Grant Clarke, J.F. Hanly) – 2:08
  4. This song had been released on My Name Is Barbra, Two....
  5. "Why Did I Choose You" (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin) – 2:49
  6. This song had been released on My Name Is Barbra.
  7. "He Touched Me" (Ira Levin, Milton Schafer) – 3:08
  8. This song had been released on My Name Is Barbra, Two....
  9. "Free Again" (Robert Colby, Mark Jourdan, A. Canfora, J. Baselli) – 3:40
  10. This song had been released on Je m'appelle Barbra and as a single in 1966.
  11. "Don't Rain on My Parade" (Merrill, Styne) – 2:44
  12. This song had been released on the soundtrack to Funny Girl.

Side Two

  1. "My Coloring Book" (Fred Ebb, John Kander) – 4:09
  2. This song had been released on The Second Barbra Streisand Album.
  3. "Sam, You Made the Pants Too Long" (Smiley Lewis, Victor Young, F. Whitehouse, Milton Berle) – 2:04
  4. This song had been released as a single in 1966. An abbreviated version appears as part of a medley on Color Me Barbra.
  5. "My Man" (Jaques Charles, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) – 2:55
  6. This song had been released on My Name Is Barbra.
  7. "Gotta Move" (Peter Matz) – 1:58
  8. This song had been released on The Second Barbra Streisand Album. A rerecording appears on Color Me Barbra.
  9. "Happy Days Are Here Again" (Jack Yellen, Milton Ager) – 3:07
  10. This song had been released on A Happening in Central Park. The original studio version appears on The Barbra Streisand Album.

Personnel

  • Mike Berniker – producer (tracks 1, 7, and 10)
  • Don Costa – arranger & conductor (track 4)
  • Jack Gold – producer (tracks 6 & 11)
  • Frank Laico – engineer
  • Michel Legrand – arranger & conductor (track 5)
  • Peter Matz – arranger & conductor (tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10)
  • Robert Mersey – producer (tracks 2, 3, 4, 9)
  • Lawrence Schiller – cover photo
  • Ettore Stratta – producer (track 5)
  • Barbra Streisand – vocals
  • Warren Vincent – producer (track 8), sound supervisor
  • Stan Weiss – engineer

    • Songs

    1People3:41
    2Second Hand Rose2:12
    3Why Did I Choose You2:52

    References

    Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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