 
Barbra (Joan) Streisand was born on April 24, 1942 in
Brooklyn, New York. For the past 4 decades, Barbra
has become a legend of music and continues to be one
of the most acclaimed performers of all-time. Barbra
has also been at the forefront of many musical events
and has opened the doors for many female artists who
came after her. Barbra was the first performer to win
an Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award (all by 1970)
and has won a total of 2 Academy Awards, 10 Grammy
Awards, 4 Emmy Awards, 1 Tony Award, and 10 Golden
Globe Awards. As a teenager, Barbra dropped the
"A" from her name (Barbara) and began
entering talent contests which led to performances at
local clubs and struggling as an actress. By the time
she was 20, the music industry had found Barbra and
she signed with Columbia Records in 1962. Barbra also
landed the part of Miss Marmelstein in the Broadway
musical, I Can
Get It For You Wholesale for which she won the
New York Drama Critics Award and received her first
Tony nomination. The show also starred Barbra's
future husband, Elliot Gould (married 1963-1971).
Tthe original Broadway cast recording of I Can
Get It For You Wholesale was released with 4
tracks sung by Barbra including "Miss
Marmelstein."
Pins
And Needles - 25th Anniversary Edition of the Hit
Musical Revue was released with 6 tracks by
Barbra.
Barbra released her first LP of solo music with The
Barbra Streisand Album with favorites such "Happy Days
Are Here Again" and "Cry Me A River."
 The
Barbra Streisand Second Album was released.
The
Barbra Streisand Third Album was released.
Barbra won 2 Grammy
Awards for Album of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (The
Barbra Streisand Album).
Barbra opened in the Broadway production of Funny
Girl as
the legendary Fanny Brice and Funny
Girl - Original Broadway Cast Recording was released in April
with mostly songs by Barbra including "Don't
Rain On My Parade" and "People."
The
Barbra Streisand Second Album was certified gold.
 People was released and became
Barbra's first #1 LP and the title track became her
first Top 10 single.
Funny
Girl - Original Broadway Cast Recording was certified gold.
The
Barbra Streisand Album was certified gold.
People was certified gold.
Barbra won a Grammy
Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("People") and won 2
Emmy Awards (Outstanding Individual Achievement and
Outstanding Program Achievement for her television
special, My
Name Is Barbra).
 My
Name Is Barbra was released with Barbra's first
television special (of the same name) airing at the
end of April.
My
Name Is Barbra, Two was released.
The
Barbra Streisand Third Album and My
Name Is Barbra were certified gold.
Barbra also won another Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (My
Name Is Barbra).
My
Name Is Barbra, Two was certified gold.
 Color
Me Barbra
was released coinciding with a television special the
same month.
Color
Me Barbra
was certified gold.
Barbra could also be heard on 2 tracks on Harold
Sings Arlen - a collection of Harold Arlen
songs including "House Of Flowers" and
Barbra's version of "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is
Dead."
 Je
M'appelle Barbra was released.
Simply
Streisand
and the holiday LP A
Christmas Album were both released - A
Christmas Album went on to become a holiday classic.
The soundtrack to Funny
Girl was
released - Barbra also starred in the film with Omar
Sharif.
The Funny
Girl soundtrack
was certified gold.
Barbra won an Academy Award for Best Actress and a
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or
Comedy for Funny
Girl.
Barbra won a Golden Globe Award for World Film
Favorite Female.
What
About Today?, was released and Barbra starred in Hello,
Dolly
as Dolly Levi (with a soundtrack released in
December).
A
Happening In Central Park, Barbra's first live LP with
performances of her Central Park concert in June, '67
was released (coinciding with a television special
the same month).
Barbra released her first hits collection, Greatest
Hits.
The soundtrack to On A
Clear Day You Can See Forever was released followed by the
soundtrack to The
Owl And The Pussycat released in December. Both films also
starred Barbra and she won a second Golden Globe
Award for World Film Favorite Female. Barbra also was
awarded with a Tony Award for Star of the Decade.
 Stoney
End was
released with the classic "Stoney End."
Stoney
End was
certified gold.
Greatest
Hits was
certified gold.
 Barbra
Joan Streisand was released.
Barbra
Joan Streisand was certified gold.
Barbra's second live LP, Live
In Concert At The Forum was released and contained
performances from April. Barbra could be seen in the
films What's
Up, Doc?
and Up
The Sandbox.
Live
In Concert At The Forum was certified gold.
Barbra
Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments was released and a
television special of the same name aired in
November.
Barbra could be seen in the box-office hit, The
Way We Were with Robert Redford, which led to her
second Best Actress Academy Award nomination. The
song "The Way We Were" hit #1 and went on
to be the top single of the year. The
Way We Were became Barbra's second #1 LP. The
Way We Were soundtrack was also released in
January.
Barbra won a third Golden Globe Award for World Film
Favorite Female and could also be seen in the film
For
Pete's Sake.
The
Way We Were and the single "The Way We
Were" were certified gold.
 Butterfly was released.
Butterfly was certified gold.
Barbra starred in Funny
Lady and
the soundtrack was released.
The Funny
Lady
soundtrack was certified gold.
Lazy
Afternoon
was released.
A
Christmas Album was certified gold.
Barbra joined forces with the Columbia Symphony
Orchestra and released Classical
Barbra.
Lazy
Afternoon
was certified gold.
The soundtrack to Barbra's next starring role was
released: A
Star Is Born. The LP was Barbra's third #1 LP and
contained the #1 hit, "Love Theme From A Star Is
Born (Evergreen)" for which Barbra won an
Academy Award as songwriter for Best Song.
Barbra won 3 Golden Globe Awards for Best Film
Musical or Comedy and Best Actress in a Musical or
Comedy for A
Star Is Born and Best Song for "Love Theme From
A Star Is Born (Evergreen)."
The soundtrack for A
Star Is Born went on to sell over 4 million copies
in the U.S.
Barbra won a Golden Globe Award for World Film
Favorite Female again.
Barbra released Superman. The LP contains a track
written and often sung by Billy Joel, "New York State Of
Mind."
Superman was certified gold by the end
of the month.
Superman was certified platinum.
Barbra won 2 Grammy
Awards
for Song of the Year (songwriter with Paul Simon)
and Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance
("Love Theme from A Star Is Born
(Evergreen)").
 Songbird was released with a solo
version of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers." Neil Diamond also recorded a version of the
song, and eventually the song was recorded as a duet
by the 2 musicians. The duet hit #1 and appeared on Barbra
Streisand's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 released in November along
with the hit "Prisoner" from the film, The
Eyes Of Laura Mars. Barbra's second greatest
hits collection became her fourth #1 LP and sold over
5 million copies in the U.S.
Songbird was certified gold by the end
of the month.
Songbird was certified platinum.
 Barbra
Streisand's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 was certified platinum and the
single "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" was
certified gold.
Barbra starred in and produced The
Main Event
and the soundtrack was released with the Top 5 hit
"The Main Event (Fight)."
The single "The Main Event (Fight)" was
certified gold.
The
Main Event
soundtrack was certified gold.
Her next studio LP, Wet, was released. The theme of
the LP was meant to reflect water with tracks such as
"Kiss Me In The Rain" and "Come Rain Or
Come Shine." To keep the concept of a water
theme, a duet with Donna Summer almost didn't make it on the
LP until the title was changed to "No More Tears
(Enough Is Enough)." Top billing for the single
was alternated between the 2 superstars with
Streisand appearing first on the single version and
Summer appearing first on the 12" version. The
single went on to hit #1 by the end of the year.
 # 12
Singles Artist of the Year
Barbra was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite
Pop/Rock Female Artist.
Barbra hit the Top 40 with "Kiss Me In The Rain."
Barbra was nominated for a Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or
Group
("You Don't Bring Me Flowers" with Neil Diamond).
Wet was certified platinum.
Barbra released Guilty and hit #1 with the LP and 4
weeks at #1 with the track "Woman In Love" (hitting the Top 40 in
September). She also landed in the Top 10 twice with
duets with Barry Gibb (who co-produced the LP):
"Guilty" and "What Kind Of Fool." The LP sold over 5
million copies in the U.S. (and over 20 million
copies worldwide).
Barbra hit the Top 10 and #1 for 4 weeks with "Woman In Love."
Barbra topped the UK singles chart for 3
weeks with "Woman In Love."
Guilty was certified platinum and the
single "Woman In Love" was certified gold.
Barbra hit the Top 40 with Barry Gibb with "Guilty."
Barbra topped the UK LP chart for 2 weeks
with Guilty.
Barbra hit the Top 10 with Barry Gibb with "Guilty."
 # 27
Singles Artist of the Year
Barbra won an American Music Award for Favorite
Pop/Rock Female Artist.
Barbra hit the Top 40 with Barry Gibb with "What Kind Of Fool."
Barbra won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or
Group ("Guilty" with Barry Gibb), and was nominated for Album of the Year (Guilty), Best Vocal Performance - Female, Record of the Year ("Woman In Love").
Barbra hit the Top 10 with Barry Gibb with "What Kind Of Fool."
The single "Guilty" was certified gold.
Barbra hit the Top 40 with "Promises."
Barbra released a collection of prior recordings
called Memories with 2 new tracks: "Memory" (from Cats) and the Top
10 hit "Comin' In And Out Of Your Life" (hitting the Top 40 in
November). The LP sold over 5 million copies in the
U.S.
Barbra could be seen in the film All Night Long.
Barbra hit the Top 40 with "Comin' In And Out Of Your Life."
 # 82
Singles Artist of the Year
 Memories was certified platinum.
Barbra hit the Top 10 with "Comin' In And Out Of Your Life."
Barbra hit the Top 40 with "Memory."
 # 105
Singles Artist of the Year
Barbra achieved a dream of her own by starring in,
producing, writing, and directing Yentl. The soundtrack was released
with all songs written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman,
including the hit "The Way He Makes Me Feel" and "Papa Can You
Hear Me."
Barbra hit the Top 40 with "The Way He Makes Me Feel."
 # 158
Singles Artist of the Year
Barbra won 2 Golden Globe Awards for Best Director
and Best Film Musical or Comedy for Yentl.
The Yentl soundtrack was certified
platinum.
Barbra returned to studio recording with the release
of Emotion.
Barbra
Streisand's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 was certified 4x platinum and Guilty was certified 4x platinum.
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