The Very Best of Barbra Streisand

~ Release by Barbra Streisand (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 14, & 16 from My Name Is Barbra, Two... (1965)
tracks 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, & 15 from People (1964)
track 12 from Funny Girl (1968)
track 13 from The Second Barbra Streisand Album (1963)

at least 2 versions of this compilation, with track typos* inherent in sites, eg:
http://www.booklooker.de/app/detail.php?id=263503415&setMediaType=2 (2003, exact match)
http://www.kdc.pl/the-very-best-of_p4591780.html (2002, match)
http://www.lafeltrinelli.it/products/4013659040927/The_Very_Best_Of/Streisand_Barbra.html (2005 variant, with track previews)
http://www.ibs.it/disco/4013659040927/barbra-streisand-1/the-very-best.html (2005 variant, with track previews)

* tracks 7, 8, 10, & 13.

Annotation last modified on 2010-12-27 06:23 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1The Shadow of Your Smile
producer:
Robert Mersey
vocals:
Barbra Streisand
conductor:
Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer)
arranger:
Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer)
recording of:
The Shadow of Your Smile
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Johnny Mandel (American composer and arranger)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Marissa Music, Miller Music Corp. and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部, ヤマハミュージックEH(CM), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
The 38th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 38)
2:50
2Where's That Rainbow?
producer:
Robert Mersey
vocals:
Barbra Streisand
conductor:
Peter Matz
arranger:
Peter Matz
recording of:
Where’s That Rainbow?
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
3:43
3Absent Minded Me
recording of:
Absent Minded Me
lyricist:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Broadway Tunes LLC dba Songs of Funny Girl and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
3:11
4How Does the Wine Taste?
2:40
5No More Songs for Me
2:56
6Quiet Night
2:29
7When in Rome (I Do as the Romans Do)
producer:
Robert Mersey
vocals:
Barbra Streisand (on 1964-07-24)
conductor:
Peter Matz (on 1964-07-24)
arranger:
Peter Matz
recorded at:
Columbia (CBS) Studio ‘A’ in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1964-07-24)
recording of:
When in Rome (I Do as the Romans Do) (on 1964-07-24)
lyricist:
Carolyn Leigh
composer:
Cy Coleman
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (ended), Edwin H. Morris (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (ended), Carwin Music, Inc., Hipgnosis Notes and Notable Music Company, Inc.
3:00
8Supper Time
2:52
9Autumn
recording of:
Autumn
lyricist:
Richard Maltby, Jr. (theatre director and producer, lyricist, and screenwriter)
composer:
David Shire (American score composer)
publisher:
BJS Music Corp.
1:57
10Will He Like Me
producer:
Robert Mersey
vocals:
Barbra Streisand (on 1964-08-21)
conductor:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor) (on 1964-08-21)
arranger:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor)
recording of:
Will He Like Me? (on 1964-08-21)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
publisher:
Bock IP LLC and R&H Music
2:35
11I'm All Smiles
recording of:
I’m All Smiles (The Yearling)
lyricist:
Herbert Martin (lyricist)
composer:
Michael Leonard (composer, collaborated with Herbert Martin)
publisher:
BJS Music Corp. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.)
2:14
12Don't Rain on My Parade
recording of:
Don’t Rain on My Parade
lyricist:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Broadway Tunes LLC dba Songs of Funny Girl, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
part of:
Funny Girl (Broadway musical)
2:45
13Gotta Move
producer:
Mike Berniker
vocals:
Barbra Streisand (on 1963-02-08)
conductor:
Peter Matz (on 1963-02-08)
arranger:
Peter Matz (in 1963)
recording of:
Gotta Move (on 1963-02-08)
lyricist and composer:
Peter Matz
publisher:
Alley Music Corp. and Trio Music Company
2:01
14All That I Want
3:48
15Love Is a Bore
2:10
16Medley: Second Hand Rose / Give Me the Simple Life / I Got Plenty of Nothin' / Brother Can You Spare a Dime? / Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out / Second Hand Rose / The Best Things in Life Are Free
producer:
Robert Mersey
vocals:
Barbra Streisand
conductor:
Peter Matz
arranger:
Peter Matz
medley including a recording of:
Brother Can You Spare a Dime
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Jay Gorney
medley including a recording of:
Give Me the Simple Life
lyricist:
Harry Ruby
writer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) and Harry Ruby
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist)
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
medley including a recording of:
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ (Porgy and Bess, catch-all for jazz & pop arrangements)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, Frankie G. Songs, Nokawi Music and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
is based on:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’nuttin’”
medley including a recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
medley including a recording of:
Second Hand Rose
lyricist:
Grant Clarke (in 1921)
composer:
James F. Hanley (in 1921)
medley including a recording of:
Second Hand Rose
lyricist:
Grant Clarke (in 1921)
composer:
James F. Hanley (in 1921)
medley including a recording of:
The Best Things in Life Are Free (Good News)
lyricist:
Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Ray Henderson
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Good News (1947 film)
5:43