Memory Lane with Joe Franklin (1963)
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February 14, 1963
(Above: Streisand's first album is plugged by host Joe Franklin, 1963.)
Joe Franklin's talk show, which ran locally in New York, was a talk show that mixed various guests from different backgrounds. Barbra was on the show several times according to Franklin, although only one date is known. Like so many other early television shows, there are no tapes of the early Memory Lane shows.
Streisand's first press agent, Richard Falk (pictured, right), worked hard to get her name in the papers and also arranged for her to appear on Franklin's show.
“As soon as I heard her sing, my intuition told me that the kid had a terrific set of pipes and a natural style. She was a new, fresh talent. And despite her looks—or lack of them—she would someday have to be reckoned with as a great star. So I started putting her on my TV show,” Franklin said in 1978.
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