100 ESSENTIAL BARBRA STREISAND SONGS. This post: #60-51.
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BARBRA STREISAND

-HER IOO MOST ESSENTIAL SONGS-

Barbra Streisand is one of the most celebrated performers, earning Emmy, Grammy, Academy and Tony Awards in a career spanning six decades. This is a countdown of her 100 finest recordings from 1963 to the present day.

 

60

ANYTHING YOU CAN DO

Streisand recorded the humourous duet “Anything You Can Do” with actress Melissa McCarthy for the ‘Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway’. In 2016, the parent album reached #1 in America, Britain and Australia.

 

59

SOMETHING SO RIGHT

Tommy LiPuma produced Streisand’s remake of the Paul Simon song “Something So Right”. Recorded in mid-December 1973, the track appeared on her ‘The Way We Were’ studio album the following year (not to be confused with the motion picture soundtrack of the identical name).

58

AS IF WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE

Streisand interpreted “As If We Never Said Goodbye” from the musical “Sunset Boulevard” for her 1993 release ‘Back To Broadway’. The remake was co-produced by her with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nigel Wright.

 

57

ON RAINY AFTERNOONS

The songwriting team of Alan & Marilyn Bergman wrote this ballad with Lalo Schifrin. Its reference to the rain made it suitable for the ‘Wet’ album project.

56

SUPERMAN

The title track of Streisand’s 1977 album was written by Richie Snyder. In the U.S.A., the album peaked at #3.

55

PUTTING IT TOGETHER

Streisand faced resistance when she proposed the idea of an album of Broadway songs. She had used the 1970s to establish herself as a contemporary interpreter and there was a risk her Broadway project would have been seen as a backward move. “Putting It Together” is a Stephen Sondheim song from the musical “Sunday In The Park With George”. Dialogue is interwoven citing the objections Streisand had faced for her album concept. These spoken segments were contributed by Sydney Pollack, David Geffen and Ken Sylk. Unleashed in 1985, ‘The Broadway Album’ became one of Streisand’s best selling releases.

 

54

GOLDEN DAWN

George Michael’s “Jesus To A Child” inspired the creation of the bossa nova song "Golden Dawn" on ‘Guilty Pleasures’. This was the first song written for the project. Barry Gibb this time co-wrote the track with his sons Ashley and Stephen.

53

I AIN’T GONNA CRY TONIGHT

The disco-flavoured “I Ain’t Gonna Cry Tonight” was written by Alan Gordon. Richard Tee added piano to the uptempo song which was included on ‘Wet’ as its title fit the project’s water theme.

52

THE WOMAN IN THE MOON

“The Woman In The Moon” begins with dialogue from the film ‘A Star Is Born’. Co-star Kris Kristofferson introduces Streisand’s character Esther Hoffman onto the stage. The song is featured on the 1976 box office hit film’s soundtrack LP. It was written by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher. Streisand co-produced the album with Phil Ramone.

51

CRY ME A RIVER

Streisand’s first solo studio album was unleashed in late February 1963. The opening track on ‘The Barbra Streisand Album’ was her interpretation of the Arthur Hamilton torch song “Cry Me A River”.