Funny Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Funny Girl
(Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Cast recording by Barbra Streisand / various artists
Released April 1964
Recorded April 5, 1964
Genre Pop
Length 50:14
Label Capitol
Producer Dick Jones
Barbra Streisand chronology
The Third Album
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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]

Funny Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording) is the original Broadway cast recording of the musical Funny Girl, loosely based on the life of Fanny Brice: the show opened on March 26, 1964 at the Winter Garden Theater, starring Barbra Streisand. It is considered a Streisand's album since she performed 12 out of its 17 tracks.

It was recorded in a one-day session, quickly after its Broadway debut, and released one week later by Capitol Records, marking the first time a Streisand album was not released through Columbia. At the time, Streisand was already a successful singer, winner of the 1963 Grammy Award for Album of the Year and Best Female Vocal Performance and with her 3 first solo albums charting in the Billboard Top 200.

The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in June 1964.[2] and went to win its composers the Grammy for Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album, beating Hello, Dolly!.

Track listing

All music written by Jule Styne; lyrics by – Bob Merrill

  1. "Overture" – 4:02
  2. "If a Girl Isn't Pretty" – 2:15
  3. "I'm the Greatest Star" – 3:59
  4. "Cornet Man" – 3:51
  5. "Who Taught Her Everything?" – 3:04
  6. "His Love Makes Me Beautiful" – 3:19
  7. "I Want to Be Seen With You Tonight" – 1:54
  8. "Henry Street" – 1:52
  9. "People" – 3:26
  10. "You Are Woman" – 3:47
  11. "Don't Rain on My Parade" – 2:43
  12. "Sadie, Sadie" – 3:31
  13. "Find Yourself a Man" – 1:59
  14. "Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat" – 3:20
  15. "Who Are You Now?" – 2:48
  16. "The Music That Makes Me Dance" – 3:51
  17. "Don't Rain on My Parade" (Reprise) – 2:04

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. ↑ Funny Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording) – Review AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2017
  2. ↑ "Funny Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording)", retrieved July 22, 2017
  3. ↑ "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1964". Archived from the original on August 26, 2012. . Cash Box magazine.
  5. ↑ "American album certifications – Barbra Streisand – FUNNY GIRL (ORIGINAL CAST)". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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