My Name Is Barbra

For the television special, see My Name Is Barbra (TV special).
My Name Is Barbra
Studio album by Barbra Streisand
Released May 1965
Genre Pop
Label Columbia
Producer Robert Mersey
Barbra Streisand chronology
People
(1964)
My Name Is Barbra
(1965)
My Name Is Barbra, Two...
(1965)

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.

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

A digitally restored / remastered CD was released.

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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

DVD

  1. "My Name Is Barbra"
  2. "Much More"
  3. "I'm Late"
  4. "Make Believe"
  5. "How Does The Wine Taste"
  6. "I Wish I Were A Kid Again"
  7. "I'm Five"
  8. "Sweet Zoo"
  9. "Where Is The Wonder?"
  10. "I've Got The Blues"
  11. "Pearl From Istanbul"
  12. "Second Hand Rose"
  13. "Give Me The Simple Life"
  14. "I Got Plenty Of Nothing"
  15. "Brother Can You Spare A Dime?"
  16. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out"
  17. "Second Hand Rose"
  18. "The Best Things In Life Are Free"
  19. "When The Sun Comes Out"
  20. "Why Did I Choose You?"
  21. "Lover Come Back To Me"
  22. "You Are Woman (I Am Man)"
  23. "Don't Rain On My Parade"
  24. "The Music That Makes Me Dance"
  25. "My Man"
  26. "Happy Days Are Here Again"

Singles

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

Song information

Awards

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.[1]

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