Simply Streisand
by Barbra Streisand
- Type: Album
- Released: October 1967
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 29:08
- Community rating: 3/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Pivoting away from contemporary pop trends, Barbra Streisand returns to her roots with a beautifully arranged, straightforward collection of American standards. The production places her unparalleled vocal instrument front and center, utilizing sweeping, elegant orchestration that completely avoids the psychedelic influences of the era. The album reaffirmed her unmatched dominance within traditional adult contemporary pop.
Genres
Descriptors: Vocal
Tracklist
- My Funny Valentine (2:19)
- The Nearness Of You (3:26)
- When Sunny Gets Blue (2:54)
- Make The Man Love Me (From the Musical Production "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn") (2:24)
- Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) (2:47)
- More Than You Know (3:27)
- I'll Know (From the Musical Production "Guys and Dolls") (2:45)
- All The Things You Are (From the Musical Production "Very Warm For May") (3:33)
- The Boy Next Door (From the Motion Picture "Meet Me In St. Louis") (2:48)
- Stout-Hearted Men (From the Musical Production "The New Moon") (2:41)
Credits
- Barbra Streisand - primary artist
- Ray Ellis - arranged by
- David Shire - conductor, arranged by
- Rodgers & Hart - written-by
- Hoagy Carmichael - written-by
- Ned Washington - written-by
- Jack Segal - written-by
- Marvin Fisher - written-by
- Arthur Schwartz - Written-By
- Dorothy Fields - Written-By
- Jimmy Davis - Written-By
- Jimmy Sherman - Written-By
- Roger Ramirez - Written-By
- Billy Rose - Written-By
- Edward Eliscu - Written-By
- Vincent Youmans - Written-By
- Frank Loesser - Written-By
- Jerome Kern - Written-By
- Oscar Hammerstein II - Written-By
- Hugh Martin - Written-By
- Ralph Blane - Written-By
- Sigmund Romberg - Written-By
- Howard A. Roberts - producer
- Jack Gold - producer