Barbra Streisand is going back to the beginning for her new album. Barely out of her teens, Streisand was performing at the Manhattan nightclub Bon Soir for a three night engagement when a live recording of the show.
Streisand also made her Broadway that same year in “I Can Get it for You Wholesale”. Two years later she starred in “Funny Girl”.
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While some of the songs were later recorded in the studio and were added as a part of her debut album in 1963.
Streisand kept the original recordings and 60 years later she has taken advantage of modern technology to remaster the songs and will be releasing them as her new album “Live at the Bon Soir” on November 4. The album will be available as a CD and as a digital download.
Guitarist Tiger Haynes, bass player Averill Pollard, drummer John Crsci, and pianist Peter Daniels also appear on the album.
In a statement, Streisand said that she had never been in a nightclub before performing at Bon Soir. She won the Bon Soir performance by singing two songs in a talent contest and winning.
The tracklisting for “Live at the Bon Soir”:
Introduction by David Kapralik and “My Name is Barbra”
“Much More”
“Napoleon”
“I Hate Music”
“Right as Rain”
“Cry Me a River”
“Value”
“Lover, Come Back to Me”
Band Introductions
“Soon it’s Gonna Rain”
“Come to the Supermarket (in Old Peking)”
“When the Sun Comes Out”
“Happy Days are Here Again”
“Keepin; Out of Mischief Now”
“A Sleepin’ Bee”
“I Had Myself a True Love”
“Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered”
“Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”
“I’ll Tell the Man in the Street”
“A Taste of Honey”
“Never Will I Marry”
“Nobody’s Heart Belongs to Me”
“My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms”
“I Stayed too Long at the Fair”
Over the course of her 60 plus year career, Barbra Streisand has recorded dozens of albums that have won her 52 gold albums, 31 platinum albums, and 13 multi-platinum albums. She is one of only a handful of artists to have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards.