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Released
  
May 1965

Artist
  
Barbra Streisand

Producer
  
Robert Mersey

Label
  
Columbia

Release date
  
May 1965

Genres
  
Pop music, Vocal music

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My Name Is Barbra(1965)
  
My Name Is Barbra, Two...(1965)

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Similar
  
Barbra Streisand albums, Pop music albums

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My Name Is Barbra is the first of two studio album tie-ins to Barbra Streisand's Emmy Award-winning CBS debut My Name Is Barbra television special, which aired on April 28, 1965, directed and choreographed by Joe Layton. Barbra's brother shot the front cover photograph when she was 5.

Contents

The album was certified gold and peaked at #2 on the US charts.

A digitally restored / remastered CD was released.

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Song information

  • "Why Did I Choose You?" - On the CD, the long version (3:46) appears, but on the vinyl LP the short version (2:46) appears.
  • "Where Is The Wonder" was contributed by Dion McGregor and his roommate Michael Barr, and one of the few times they were successful in getting one of their songs recorded. It was also released as a single. McGregor and Barr had sent many songs to publishers and been unsuccessful in getting them recorded, so they saw Barbra's rendition as a breakthrough in their songwriting career. Whilst McGregor was not a performer himself, he did become known for his elaborate sleeptalking, as recorded by Barr and chronicled on the Decca LP "The Dream World Of Dion McGregor" the previous year, as well as on several archival releases since.

    • Accolades

    Streisand won a Best Vocal Performance, Female Grammy award for the album, her third in this category and fourth overall.

    In NRARS award, Barbra was named best-selling female vocalist of 1965.

    Track listing

    Side One

    1. "My Name Is Barbra" (Leonard Bernstein) – 0:53
    2. a. "A Kid Again" (Johnny Melfi, Roger Perry) – 1:27
      b. "I'm Five" (Milton Schafer) – 0:38
    3. "Jenny Rebecca" (Carol Hall) – 3:03
    4. "My Pa" (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin) – 2:30
    5. "Sweet Zoo" (Jeffrey D. Harris) – 1:36
    6. "Where Is The Wonder" (Michael Barr, Dion McGregor) – 2:18

    Side Two

    1. "I Can See It" (Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt) – 3:06
    2. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:43
    3. "I've Got No Strings" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 2:49
    4. "If You Were the Only Boy in the World" (Nat Ayer, Clifford Grey) – 3:28
    5. "Why Did I Choose You?" (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin) – CD: 3:46/Vinyl: 2:49
    6. "My Man" (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) – 2:57

    Singles

    1. "Why Did I Choose You?" / "My Love" 1965
    2. "My Man" / "Where Is The Wonder " 1965

    Songs

    1My Name Is Barbara0:55
    2A Kid Again / I'm Five2:08
    3Jenny Rebecca3:02

    References

    My Name Is Barbra Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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