Funny Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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| Cast recording by Barbra Streisand | ||||
| Released | April 1964 | |||
| Recorded | April 5, 1964 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 50:14 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Dick Jones | |||
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The album is the original Broadway cast recording of the musical Funny Girl, loosely based on the life of Fanny Brice: the show opened on March 26, 1964 at the Winter Garden Theater, starring Barbra Streisand.
It was recorded in a one-day session, quickly after its Broadway debut, and released one week later by Capitol Records, marking the first time a Streisand album was not released through Columbia. At the time, Streisand was already a successful singer, winner of the 1963 Grammy Award for Album of the Year and Best Female Vocal Performance and with her 3 first solo albums charting in the Billboard Top 200.
The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in June 1964. and went to win its composers the Grammy for Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album, beating Hello, Dolly!.
All music written by Jule Styne; lyrics by – Bob Merrill
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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