Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits

by Barbra Streisand

Overview

At a time when Barbra Streisand's career was in decline, what turned out to be only her first greatest-hits album seemed to serve as both a summing up and a kiss-off of her 1960s recordings. Streisand was not primarily a singles artist; between 1964 and 1969, she enjoyed nine chart singles, of which only one, "People," made the Top Ten, with only one other, "Second Hand Rose," reaching the Top 40. But in that time, she scored seven gold-selling, Top Ten albums. This hits collection contained seven of her chart singles, plus her non-charting early single "My Coloring Book," "Happy Days Are Here Again," which was one of the highlights of her debut album (heard here in the live version from A Happening in Central Park), and "Don't Rain on My Parade" from the Funny Girl soundtrack. For casual fans, that made for a good sampling of Streisand's most prominent '60s work, and if at the time it seemed likely that this was all the hits there would be, instead the '60s proved to be only the first chapter in Streisand's career. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	02/01/2008
Label:	Columbia / Sbme Special Mkts.
UPC:	0886972296821
Rank:	58083

Tracks

1. People
2. Second Hand Rose
3. Why Did I Choose You?
4. He Touched Me
5. Free Again
6. Don't Rain on My Parade
7. My Coloring Book
8. Sam, You Made the Pants Too Long
9. My Man
10. Gotta Move
11. Happy Days Are Here Again

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Barbra Streisand   Primary Artist,Vocals
Peter Matz   Conductor
Michel Legrand   Conductor
Don Costa   Conductor

Technical Credits

Grant Clarke   Composer
John Kander   Composer
Fred Ebb   Composer
Jack Gold   Producer
Jack Yellen   Composer
Frank Laico   Engineer
Ettore Stratta   Producer
Sam M. Lewis   Composer
Robert Mersey   Producer
Jule Styne   Composer
Michel Legrand   Arranger
Michael Leonard   Composer
Michael Berniker   Producer
Milton Ager   Composer
James F. Hanley   Composer
Stan Weiss   Engineer
Bob Merrill   Composer
Jacques Charles   Composer
Don Costa   Arranger
Channing Pollack   Composer
Maurice Yvain   Composer
Albert Willemetz   Composer
Herbert Martin   Composer
Victor Young   Composer
Ira Levin   Composer
Milton Schafer   Composer
Warren Vincent   Producer,Sound Supervision
Peter Matz   Arranger,Composer