“Funny Girl” / Original Broadway Cast (1964)
Catalog Number(s):
- SVAS 2059 (stereo LP, 1964)
- VAS 2059 (mono LP, 1964)
- Capitol CDP 7 46634 2 (CD, 1987)
- Angel 64661 (CD, 1992)
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(Below: Original album's inside left & right liner notes and photographs ...)
1992 CD (pictured above)
CD Tracks
- Overture [4:02]
- If a Girl Isn't Pretty [2:15]
- I'm the Greatest Star [3:59]
- Cornet Man [3:51]
- Who Taught Her Everything? [3:04]
- His Love Makes Me Beautiful [3:19]
- I Want to Be Seen With You Tonight [1:54]
- Henry Street [1:52]
- People [3:26]
- You Are Woman [3:47]
- Don't Rain on My Parade [2:43]
- Sadie, Sadie [3:31]
- Find Yourself a Man [1:59]
- Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat [3:20]
- Who Are You Now? [2:48]
- The Music That Makes Me Dance [3:51]
- Don't Rain on My Parade (Reprise) [2:04]
About the Album
- Released April 1964
- Album Produced for Capitol Records by: Dick Jones
- “Barbra Streisand appears on this Recording through courtesy of Columbia Records”
- Music by: Jule Styne
- Lyrics by: Bob Merrill
- Musical Direction by: Milton Rosenstock
- Orchestrations by: Ralph Burns
- Photography: Henry Grossman
Funny Girl, the Broadway musical, opened on March 26, 1964 at the Winter Garden Theater. Ten days later, on Sunday, April 5, 1964, the cast assembled at Manhattan Center studios (311 West 34th Street) to record the Capitol Records album. Capitol released the album about one week later.
Capitol sent a promo 45 rpm record to radio stations to promote their original cast album. #PRO 26222 contained “Barbra Streisand Solo Tracks” from the album:
Side A:
- Who Are You Now?
- Cornet Man
Side B:
- The Music That Makes Me Dance
- Don't Rain On My Parade
Why did Capitol release Funny Girl, and not Columbia — Streisand's own record label? Capitol invested in the show (reportedly one third of its final cost), and producer Ray Stark, in turn, negotiated a deal in which Capitol would release the original cast album.
Besides the soundtrack to her film sequel Funny Lady, it is the only non-Columbia Records album she's recorded in her career.
Billboard Charts
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine.
Here's the numbers for this Streisand album:
- Debut Chart Date: 5-2-64
- No. Weeks on Billboard 200 Albums Chart: 51
- Peak Chart Position: #2
- Gold: 9/21/64
Gold: 500,000 units shipped
Note: The record company must submit an album to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) where it undergoes a certification process to become eligible for an award. The process entails an independent sales audit, which calculates the quantity of singles or albums shipped for sale, net after returns. The audit surveys shipments to the entire music marketplace, including retail, record clubs, television sales, Internet orders and other ancillary markets. Based on the certification of these shipments, a title is awarded Gold, Platinum, Multi-Platinum or Diamond status. The data here comes directly from official sources, mainly the RIAA online database.
Grammy Award(s)
- Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album: Funny Girl, Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, composers (Capitol)
- FUNNY GIRL: Original Broadway Cast was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame in 2004. The GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Award was established by The Recording Academy's National Trustees in 1973 to honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old.
CD Packaging Notes
Capitol Records released the first CD of Funny Girl in 1987 (pictured below, Capitol CDP 7 46634 2). It was, reportedly, of poor sound quality as it was transferred from the LP master tapes and not remastered for CD. The first Funny Girl Broadway cast CD in 1987 did not have liner notes.
Angel Records (purchased by Capitol in the 1950s) released the remastered CD version of Streisand's Broadway recording in 1992. The CD was remastered by Robert Norberg. The CD booklet retained some (but not all) of Henry Grossman's photographs of Streisand and the Funny Girl cast which appeared on the original LP. However, Stanley Green's 1964 liner notes were replaced with notes by David Foil.
Mono vs. Stereo: Alternate Vocal
The mono LP of Funny Girl (VAS 2059) contained a different vocal on the song “Cornet Man”. Barbra Archives has compared the two songs for you. Click play below to hear the difference between them:
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