Funny Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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Funny Girl
(Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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Cast recording by
Barbra Streisand / various artists
ReleasedApril 1964
RecordedApril 5, 1964
Genre Pop
Length50:14
Label Capitol
Producer Dick Jones
Barbra Streisand chronology
The Third Album
(1964)
Funny Girl
(Original Broadway Cast Recording)

(1964)
People
(1964)
Singles from Funny Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
  1. "People"
    Released: January 1964
Professional ratings
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Funny Girl is the original Broadway cast recording of the musical of the same name, starring Barbra Streisand. The Funny Girl cast album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in June 1964, [3] selling 250,000 copies by the following month. [4] The recording went on to beat Fiddler on the Roof and Hello, Dolly! to win the Grammy for Best Original Cast Show Album.

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Production

The Broadway show opened on March 26, 1964, at the Winter Garden Theater, and the cast album was recorded in a one-day session in early April, then released one week later by Capitol Records. Streisand performs twelve of the album's seventeen tracks, and the album marked the first time a Streisand recording was not released through Columbia. Streisand was already a successful singer at the time, with her prior three studio albums charting in the Billboard top 10.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Bob Merrill; all music is composed by Jule Styne

Act One
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Overture"Orchestra4:03
2."If a Girl Isn't Pretty"
2:16
3."I'm the Greatest Star" Barbra Streisand 4:00
4."Cornet Man" (Trumpet soloist: Dick Perry)Streisand3:52
5."Who Taught Her Everything?"
  • Medford
  • Meehan
3:05
6."His Love Makes Me Beautiful"
3:20
7."I Want to Be Seen With You Tonight"
1:55
8."Henry Street"Cast1:53
9."People"Streisand3:25
10."You Are Woman, I Am Man"
  • Chaplin
  • Streisand
3:48
11."Don't Rain on My Parade"Streisand2:44
Total length:34:21
Act Two
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Sadie, Sadie"
  • Streisand
  • Cast
3:32
2."Find Yourself a Man"
  • Meehan
  • Stapleton
  • Medford
2:00
3."Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat"
  • Meehan
  • Streisand
  • Cast
3:22
4."Who Are You Now?"Streisand2:49
5."The Music That Makes Me Dance"Streisand3:52
6."Don't Rain on My Parade (Reprise)"Streisand2:05
Total length:17:40

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [7] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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