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The Second Barbra Streisand Album is the title of Barbra Streisand's
Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand is an United states singer and film and theatre actress. She has also achieved note as a composer, political activist, film producer and film director....
 second solo studio album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
. The album was released in August 1963, just six months after the release of her debut album, The Barbra Streisand Album
The Barbra Streisand Album

The Barbra Streisand Album is the title of Barbra Streisand debut solo studio album. Released on February 25, 1963 in the United States, it contained her Musical interpretation of eleven pop standards....
, and recorded in just four days in June 1963 .

Radio stations received mono and stereo blue vinyl promo albums, making this Columbia's
Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
 first Streisand colored vinyl .

like her previous album, the record didn't produce one charting single, but still managed to do well in terms of sales and chart performance.






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The Second Barbra Streisand Album is the title of Barbra Streisand's
Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand is an United states singer and film and theatre actress. She has also achieved note as a composer, political activist, film producer and film director....
 second solo studio album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
. The album was released in August 1963, just six months after the release of her debut album, The Barbra Streisand Album
The Barbra Streisand Album

The Barbra Streisand Album is the title of Barbra Streisand debut solo studio album. Released on February 25, 1963 in the United States, it contained her Musical interpretation of eleven pop standards....
, and recorded in just four days in June 1963 .

Radio stations received mono and stereo blue vinyl promo albums, making this Columbia's
Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
 first Streisand colored vinyl .

Chart performance and sales

Just like her previous album, the record didn't produce one charting single, but still managed to do well in terms of sales and chart performance. The album reached #2 on Billboard's Pop Albums Chart
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
, surpassing the peak of her previous album, which reached #8. To date, the album has been certified Gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

  1. "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
    Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home

    'Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home' is a popular song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.It was first introduced in 1946 in the film St....
    " (Harold Arlen
    Harold Arlen

    Harold Arlen was an United States Jewish composer of popular music.Having written over 400 songs, a number of which have become known the world over, Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook....
    , Johnny Mercer
    Johnny Mercer

    John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American songwriter and singer. As a songwriter, he is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music....
    ) – 2:45
  2. "Right as the Rain" (Harold Arlen
    Harold Arlen

    Harold Arlen was an United States Jewish composer of popular music.Having written over 400 songs, a number of which have become known the world over, Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook....
    , E. Y. Harburg
    Yip Harburg

    Edgar Yipsel Harburg , known as E.Y. Harburg or Yip Harburg, was an United States popular song lyricist who worked with many well-known composers....
    ) – 3:25
  3. "Down With Love
    Down with Love (song)

    Down with Love is a popular song with lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and music by Harold Arlen. It was originally written in 1937 for the Broadway musical Hooray for What!....
    " (Harold Arlen
    Harold Arlen

    Harold Arlen was an United States Jewish composer of popular music.Having written over 400 songs, a number of which have become known the world over, Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook....
    , E. Y. Harburg
    Yip Harburg

    Edgar Yipsel Harburg , known as E.Y. Harburg or Yip Harburg, was an United States popular song lyricist who worked with many well-known composers....
    ) – 3:42
  4. "Who Will Buy?" (Lionel Bart
    Lionel Bart

    Lionel Bart was a writer and composer of British pop music and musicals, best known for creating the book, music & lyrics for Oliver!...
    ) – 3:32
  5. "When The Sun Comes Out
    When the Sun Comes Out

    "When the Sun Comes Out" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler in 1941. It was introduced in 1941 by Helen O'Connell with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra....
    " (Harold Arlen
    Harold Arlen

    Harold Arlen was an United States Jewish composer of popular music.Having written over 400 songs, a number of which have become known the world over, Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook....
    , Ted Koehler
    Ted Koehler

    Ted Koehler was an United States lyricist, born in Washington, DC....
    ) – 3:23
  6. "Gotta Move" (Peter Matz) – 2:01
  7. "My Coloring Book
    My Coloring Book

    "My Coloring Book" is a song written by Fred Ebb, John Kander....
    " (Fred Ebb
    Fred Ebb

    Fred Ebb was an American musical theatre lyricist who had many successful collaborations with composer John Kander. The Kander and Ebb team frequently wrote for such performers as Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera....
    , John Kander
    John Kander

    John Harold Kander is the United States composer of a series of musical theatre successes as part of the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb....
    ) – 4:11
  8. "I Don't Care Much" (Fred Ebb
    Fred Ebb

    Fred Ebb was an American musical theatre lyricist who had many successful collaborations with composer John Kander. The Kander and Ebb team frequently wrote for such performers as Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera....
    , John Kander
    John Kander

    John Harold Kander is the United States composer of a series of musical theatre successes as part of the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb....
    ) – 2:52
  9. "Lover, Come Back To Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II
    Oscar Hammerstein II

    Oscar Hammerstein II was an American writer, Theatrical producer, and Theatre director of Musical theatre for almost forty years, collaborating on many of the most important pieces of musical theatre of the twentieth century....
    , Sigmund Romberg
    Sigmund Romberg

    Sigmund Romberg, born Zsigmond Romberg was an United States composer best known for his operettas....
    ) – 2:18
  10. "I Stayed Too Long at the Fair" (Billy Barnes
    Billy Barnes (composer)

    'Billy Barnes' is a six-time Emmy Award nominated composer/lyricst from Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his theatrical revues, including The Billy Barnes Revue, Billy Barnes' People, Billy Barnes' Party, Billy Barnes' L.A., and Billy Barnes' Hollywood. Other productions include Movie Star, and Blame It...
    ) – 4:21
  11. "Like a Straw In the Wind" (Harold Arlen
    Harold Arlen

    Harold Arlen was an United States Jewish composer of popular music.Having written over 400 songs, a number of which have become known the world over, Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook....
    ) – 4:46


Non Album Tracks

  • "When The Sun Comes Out
    When the Sun Comes Out

    "When the Sun Comes Out" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler in 1941. It was introduced in 1941 by Helen O'Connell with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra....
    " (1962 Version)
  • "My Coloring Book
    My Coloring Book

    "My Coloring Book" is a song written by Fred Ebb, John Kander....
    " (1962 Version)
  • "Lover, Come Back To Me" (1962 Version)


Song information

  • "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
    Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home

    'Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home' is a popular song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.It was first introduced in 1946 in the film St....
    " was first introduced in the musical St. Louis Woman
    St. Louis Woman

    St. Louis Woman is a musical theatre by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer based upon the novel God Sends Sunday by African-American writer Arna Bontemps....
    .


  • "Right As The Rain" was originally performed by Celeste Holm
    Celeste Holm

    Celeste Holm is an American stage, film, and television actress, with an Academy Award-winning performance in Gentleman's Agreement , as well as for her Oscar-nominated performance in All About Eve ....
     and David Brooks in 1944 in the musical
    Musical theatre

    Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece ? humor, pathos, love, anger ? as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole....
     Bloomer Girl. Tony Bennett
    Tony Bennett

    Tony Bennett is an United States singer of traditional pop music, pop standards and jazz.Raised in New York City, Bennett began singing at an early age....
     also recorded a version of the song in 1960 for his album A String Of Harold Arlen.


  • "Down With Love
    Down with Love (song)

    Down with Love is a popular song with lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and music by Harold Arlen. It was originally written in 1937 for the Broadway musical Hooray for What!....
    " was previously recorded in 1940 by Eddie Condon's Orchestra
    Eddie Condon

    Albert Edwin Condon , better known as Eddie Condon, was a jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in the so-called "Chicago school" of early Dixieland, he also played piano and sang on occasion....
     with vocals by Lee Wiley
    Lee Wiley

    Lee Wiley was an United States jazz singer popular in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. She possessed an attractive, slightly husky tone and delivered lyrics with warmth and intimacy....
    .


  • "Who Will Buy?" is originally from the musical Oliver!
    Oliver!

    Oliver! is a United Kingdom Musical theater, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is loosely based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
     in 1960.


  • "When The Sun Comes Out" was originally performed by Tommy Dorsey
    Tommy Dorsey

    Tommy Dorsey was an United States jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big band era. He was the younger brother of Jimmy Dorsey....
     in 1941.


  • "Gotta Move" was written specifically for Streisand by composer Peter Matz.


  • "Lover, Come Back To Me" was introduced in the musical The New Moon
    The New Moon

    The New Moon is the name of an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, and Laurence Schwab....
     by Evelyn Herbert.


  • Track 11; "Like A Straw In The Wind" is performed as a medley with "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
    Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home

    'Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home' is a popular song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.It was first introduced in 1946 in the film St....
    ".


Personnel

Produced by Mike Berniker
Mike Berniker

Michael Berniker was a record producer who was recognized with nine Grammy Awards over the course of his career for his work on albums with such performers as Perry Como, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Johnny Mathis and Barbra Streisand, as well as Broadway theatre cast recordings, Latin jazz, classical, spoken word and comedy albums in a car...


Arranged and Conducted by Peter Matz

Additional Material by Peter Daniels

Original Recording Engineers: Fred Plaut, Frank Laico

Album Cover Design: John Berg

Cover Photo: Wood Kuzoumi

Liner Notes: Jule Styne
Jule Styne

Jule Styne was a United Kingdom-born United States songwriter especially famous for a series of Broadway theatre musical theatre, which included several very well known and frequently revived shows....


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