My Name Is Barbra | ||||
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Studio album by Barbra Streisand | ||||
Released | May 1965 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 31:14 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Robert Mersey | |||
Barbra Streisand chronology | ||||
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My Name Is Barbra is the first of two studio album tie-ins to Barbra Streisand's Emmy Award-winning CBS-TV debut My Name Is Barbra television special, which aired on April 28, 1965, choreographed by Joe Layton. Barbra's brother Sheldon shot the front cover photograph when she was 5 years-old.
The album was certified gold and peaked at #2 on the US charts.
A digitally restored / remastered CD was released.
Streisand won a Best Vocal Performance, Female Grammy award for the album, her third in this category and fourth overall.
In NRARS award, Barbra was named best-selling female vocalist of 1965.
Side One
Side Two
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone