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1964 cast recording by Barbra Streisand / various artists
Funny Girl is the original Broadway cast recording of the musical of the same name , starring Barbra Streisand . The Funny Girl cast album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in June 1964,[ 3] selling 250,000 copies by the following month.[ 4] The recording went on to beat Fiddler on the Roof and Hello, Dolly! to win the Grammy for Best Original Cast Show Album .
The Broadway show opened on March 26, 1964, at the Winter Garden Theater , and the cast album was recorded in a one-day session in early April, then released one week later by Capitol Records . Streisand performs twelve of the album's seventeen tracks, and the album marked the first time a Streisand recording was not released through Columbia . Streisand was already a successful singer at the time, with her prior three studio albums charting in the Billboard top 10.
Act Two Title Performer(s) 1. "Sadie, Sadie" 3:32 2. "Find Yourself a Man" 2:00 3. "Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat" 3:22 4. "Who Are You Now?" Streisand 2:49 5. "The Music That Makes Me Dance" Streisand 3:52 6. "Don't Rain on My Parade (Reprise)" Streisand 2:05 Total length: 17:40
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^ "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved March 29, 2016.
^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1964" . Archived from the original on August 26, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2017 . . Cash Box magazine .
^ "American album certifications – Barbra Streisand – FUNNY GIRL (ORIGINAL CAST)" . Recording Industry Association of America .
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