When it comes to diction, she is peerless. No matter what note she is singing, or how powerful, you can understand every word. She is and always has been in a class by herself.
@joaocampelo3725 I agree. I know no life without our Barbra. She's everything. I just heard a new song that I never heard (thought I'd heard everything) it's called Your gonna hear from me. OMG it's just so beautiful. Have you ever heard it? Blew me away like every note she sings. So so beautiful
Reading her autobiography right now. Streisand addresses the fact she wanted to be an actor first, but singing paved the way to stardom. Watching her perform here (and anywhere else) proves she attained both, as the greatest singing actor of her generation- she tells a story and plays a character with every song- bravo, Barbra!
It is pretty damned good, I agree: so fresh, so full of confidence and she's brilliant. In 1962, nobody heard the likes of her - likely we never will again.
I can still remember the first time that I heard Barbra Streisand sing, I was around 10yrs old and at the cinema with my dad and after the film’s finished and we were all leaving they played a film trailer and it was Barbara singing Don’t Rain on my Parade, I just looked at this woman singing on the screen and the hairs on the back of my head stood up, I didn’t know who she was then but I fell in love with her voice right then, I’m now 70yrs old and an still in love 🥰 with this woman’s voice, and it’s good to know that I’m not by myself in feeling this way, there are millions around the world 🌎 September 2021 Love to you all around the world ❤️💐🎤
know what you'r talking about... I was 12 when I watched Funny Girl. And when I heard her sing My man - that was it. I was hooked. I always wanted to see her in concert, of course. And I always thought that the chances for that were zero. Then, about 8 years ago, she came to my country, The Netherlands, to do a concert. I have an illness and at that time I was to sick to go. And seeing her in Amsterdamon the news just broke my heart. But I have her new/old album Barbra Streisand - Live at the Bon Soir and it is sooooo good!.
Lets keep her singing aside .. but how well she has acted on this song !!! .. its so difficult to act while you are singing such a great song !! This performance is indeed a master piece !
I've seen it, but I still don't believe it. 20 years old and in possession of a very special talent. Streisand was a superhero masquerading as a mere mortal.
There are have been lots of good singers in the past, there are maybe a few today. And then there's Barbra Streisand. Truly in a league of her own. She has the most remarkable non operatic voice in the world. But also what sets her apart from all the other is the incredible control she has over it. She knows how to use her instrument like no other singer I've ever heard. A true musical wonder the likes of which we'll never see again.
@@TruthSerum101 I love Sarah (I prefer Ella), but Sarah can't belt as high as Barbra. In fact, Sarah did not belt. And her vibrato was intense. What I like about Barbra is her vibrato, just the right speed and amplitude. And sometimes, she sings straight tone, it's always changing, surprising. Listen to that note at 1:09 : she start it staight tone and then, the vibrato creeps in, gradually and the vibrato is subtle, it's not overwhelming, it complements the sound. Sarah's vibrato in the 70's was distracting and too much, like a cake that is too rich.
@@Ninafan68 I love both of them and would generally never compare the two, but since you've taken it in that direction - I don't know anyone who sings better than Sarah did and I've been on stage with some of the best. I had the opportunity to meet her twice and I saw her live on several ocrassions. The depth and purity of her instrument in a live setting was otherworldly. I won't even get into her improvisational skills. Do you want to hear Streisand attempt that? Had Sarah chosen to take her chest voice higher, she could have belted as high as Barbra - not that higher is better. Sarah preferred a more operatic approach. She stuck to that. Similarly, Streisand stuck to Streisand in her approach to the arias on Classical Barbra. They are both wonderful musicians.
Absolutely Eric. Barbra is the best female artist we have ever known. Ella Fitzgerald comes a close second but BS is just superb. As a child her friends called her the girl with the voice and they were spot on. This performance at just 20 is outstanding.
I used to sing along with this song when I was 5/6 years old. I started voice lessons because of this woman. I studied 13 years. She was such an inspiration for me. Still is.
This wasn't supposed to happen. A poor, skinny-legged, novice Jewish girl from Flatbush wasn't the preferred formula for Stardom in 1962. From the first note of her career, the "supposed to be" axis smashed and nothing would be the same again. Her rising star was a joy to behold and would surpass every expectation and limitation. She is peerless, flawless.
Some artists do their best work when young; Streisand, in my opinion, was one. Between 1962 (here) and 1970 (the Owl and the Pussycat) she was a true phenomenon, unparalleled and unequaled. Then she created "Yentl", and proved what maturity coupled with genius can accomplish. And now she's only 80 - what else will she do? Who can tell??
At 80 she'll be releasing her memoir book and hopefully accompany it with a multi-DVD set of her career. She's working on that right now. My guess is that she'll also do lots of interviews to promote both. No recording planned right now but she does have songs picked for a new album if she can get her butt into the studio and gather the musicians and engineers.
I heard her saying, bewitched, bothered and bewildered, and it blew me away. I think it was on ed thatSullivan. I started searching for her album ever since I never heard anyone sing like that before with such a range and emotion.
I was 17 when I first LISTENED to Barbra. Picture this:. Myrtle Beach, 2004. A lonely gay boy in his grandmother's house spending the night and alone after dark in the spare bedroom with nothing but a candle and vinyl records from the 60s. He has heard of the great Streisand, this boy, is even sure he's heard her music or send her face. But there, by the dim light of the candle, is a beautiful Jewish girl with a prominent nose on a record cover titled, The Second Barbra Streisand Album withe the word "Second" underlined in red. The ONLY color on that glorious album face. I knew I had to listen to this at once and as I powered the player on and made sure the little thingy that scratched the disc and made the magic of music were working properly, I tuned in for my first listening session with (possibly) the greatest performer of all time. I fell in love with Barbra Streisand that night in 2004 as a late teenager. I have been in love with her ever since. -Lewis Breland, March 2020
@@lewisbreland I'm lucky that my husband also loves her. He never heard of her until the song The Way We Were was a hit. But he actually bought the album because he liked the cover.
Yes, she's a natural with little formal training. I'll contrast her to say, Edie Adams. I read her book. Edie had a fine voice as well and graduated from prestigious Julliard School of Music in NYC as well as Columbia U. Edie was educated in music theory, music history, instruments, piano, acoustics, voice training, the whole bit, but her singing wasn't better than Barbra's or say Judy Garland, another natural talent. Perhaps not even as beautiful. Some people are just born with it. But in opera, that's where Edie's formal training came into play. In that, she could sing stuff a pop singer couldn't touch, however, she seldom got to do it. Anyway, just saying.
An exquisitely lovely young woman, who when she sings, transposes raw and passionate human emotion into extraordinarily sung musical notes and beautifully enunciated and acted out lyrics. While I am not much of a fan of how she delivers the goods these days, she will always have my love, admiration and gratitude for what she was and still could be!
I've heard other artists record this no one even comes close to this you feel it every truly great singer can own one song Barbra manages to own everything she records!
This is impeccable and pristine. I knew of Barbra but I never really payed attention and I’m glad I did. You can call her the singer with the most amazing acting skill or the actress with the most amazing voice because she is both!
Beautiful, natural and heartfelt rendition... so real emotions ... Truly an incredible talent! Barbara Streisand impressive and great voice... Greetings from Philippines...
this is such a beautiful performance and the emotion put into it reminded me very much of judy garland. with such a stunning voice is it any wonder babara streisand has remained at the top of her profession
This is truly a treasure and for the first time I can see the influence of Judy Garland in Streisand. A wonderful thing to see as is this performance !
A primeira vez em que ouvi a Barbra, foi paixão imediata, com a música Memory. Depois, pude conhecer seu repertório musical e penso que não há artista mais completa do que ela.
Only 20 years old with so much poise and confidence. For those who weren’t around then, the Ed Sullivan Show on CBS was broadcast on Sunday nights. It was a VERY big deal to appear on Ed’s show and America tuned in big time!
When it comes to diction, she is peerless. No matter what note she is singing, or how powerful, you can understand every word. She is and always has been in a class by herself.
Barbra Streisand is a walking master class of vocal ability and control. The woman's voice is just flawless ❤
She's TWENTY years old here. Unbelievable!
And Ariana’s still a 20something who can’t act. Let’s touch base in 50yrs and see how many Oscars and Tonys she picks up. ;)
@David S. Lol
I think 19 actually……….
@sobebenj No, she's 20 years old. Born April 24, 1942. This shows is from December 1962. ❤
She's a musical instrument herself. That voice is a gift from God.
I remember when she simultaneously appeared on the cover of both TIME and Newsweek. The whole country was in awe of her talent.
The best female non-opera singer I have ever heard. This stupendous voice at 20!. p dennett
Can you imagine if they had had American Idol back then? They would’ve shut the competition down the first night!
This might be the best non classical vocal achievement for mankind since the beginning of recording.
Yes…absolutely agreed…all the early Streisand RUclips entries are mind blowing, transcendental..no matter the musical type… pure genius…
Her connection with the song and projecting that to the audience is other worldly in talent. Wow!
Streisand’s voice is one of the natural wonders of the world. ❤
Who at 20 can sing like that? Only one BARBRA. When that voice eventually silences the world will stop rotating.
I hope so, because I don’t want to live in a World without Barbra 😢
@joaocampelo3725 I agree. I know no life without our Barbra. She's everything. I just heard a new song that I never heard (thought I'd heard everything) it's called Your gonna hear from me. OMG it's just so beautiful. Have you ever heard it? Blew me away like every note she sings. So so beautiful
Reading her autobiography right now. Streisand addresses the fact she wanted to be an actor first, but singing paved the way to stardom. Watching her perform here (and anywhere else) proves she attained both, as the greatest singing actor of her generation- she tells a story and plays a character with every song- bravo, Barbra!
When she soars she goes totally somewhere else and it shows how talented she is. GOD'S TALENT
Not God's talent, she worked her butt off....passionate, skilled, disciplined, hard worker. I give her ALL the credit.
Happy 80th! She is the greatest star...she is by far!
Wish there was a way to express more than just "like".
Love
What POWER! My GAWD she's incredible!!!
Hands down best singer ever!
My nomination for the saddest broken-heart song of all time. Chilling. Thanks for the music, Barbra.
20 years old. To sing with such presence and control. Just wow.
This is my favorite performance by arguably the greatest female talent that ever existed!.
It is pretty damned good, I agree: so fresh, so full of confidence and she's brilliant. In 1962, nobody heard the likes of her - likely we never will again.
Id say the greatest talent.. male or female.. thanks for sharing this video x
Oh yes no doubt
The highs the lows the tone the pitch the clarity the range the vibrato and it’s all perfect! At 20??? HOW?? Amazing!! 🙏🏻
@@whostosay3256 Garland
I can still remember the first time that I heard Barbra Streisand sing, I was around 10yrs old and at the cinema with my dad and after the film’s finished and we were all leaving they played a film trailer and it was Barbara singing Don’t Rain on my Parade, I just looked at this woman singing on the screen and the hairs on the back of my head stood up, I didn’t know who she was then but I fell in love with her voice right then, I’m now 70yrs old and an still in love 🥰 with this woman’s voice, and it’s good to know that I’m not by myself in feeling this way, there are millions around the world 🌎 September 2021 Love to you all around the world ❤️💐🎤
That moment in the movie dictated the course of the rest of my life
😊 you have the best taste! Also, you must be a passionate person to love her, as I am!
I was 20, in Miami in summer 1963. I heard this on the jukebox in a neighborhood bar at NW 36th St and 27th Ave.
Amazing.
My feelings too
know what you'r talking about... I was 12 when I watched Funny Girl. And when I heard her sing My man - that was it. I was hooked. I always wanted to see her in concert, of course. And I always thought that the chances for that were zero. Then, about 8 years ago, she came to my country, The Netherlands, to do a concert. I have an illness and at that time I was to sick to go. And seeing her in Amsterdamon the news just broke my heart. But I have her new/old album Barbra Streisand - Live at the Bon Soir and it is sooooo good!.
The emotion projection is incredible. You FEEL her loss and to see moments of her insights on what she is feeling....I watch this often. Breathtaking.
Does she ever breathe!?!? Absolutely breathtaking performance (pun intended). Flawless. Pristine. Perfection.
It’s crazy I watched her over and over and she sings long and sustained notes without large inhales - I keep thinking how???
Kenny G can hold a note forever.
He taught himself how to breathe while he’s playing his saxophone!
@@sunnyhawthorne8433 not the same. That’s an instrument where circular breathing is different than trained lung capacity.
She breathes in musical notes... Lol
She has the most incredible tank of air that never quits.
Lets keep her singing aside .. but how well she has acted on this song !!! .. its so difficult to act while you are singing such a great song !! This performance is indeed a master piece !
I've seen it, but I still don't believe it.
20 years old and in possession of a very special talent.
Streisand was a superhero masquerading as a mere mortal.
I'm moved every time I listen to this performance. In my view, Barbra is one of the most renowned female vocalists the world has ever known.
Jeez christ. this is one of the best performances ever. blown away.
Truly exceptional rendition of this song.
Gorgeous rendition. BIG voice! So much control, intensity and intention to her singing.
FLAWLESS !!!!!
Just one word. Masterpiece.
I love her so much.
Just like butter!
What kind of a voice is this?? GOD REALLY TOOK TIME TO GIVE HER THAT VOICE
It’s funny to think he had this planned but he did
Damn thats a hell of a song sung by the legendary Streisand. Her unique look was so sexy.
No one will ever sing like Barbra…that amazing voice!!🙌❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻
Utterly mesmerizing
There are have been lots of good singers in the past, there are maybe a few today. And then there's Barbra Streisand. Truly in a league of her own. She has the most remarkable non operatic voice in the world. But also what sets her apart from all the other is the incredible control she has over it. She knows how to use her instrument like no other singer I've ever heard. A true musical wonder the likes of which we'll never see again.
Perfect comment.
Have you ever heard Sarah Vaughan?
@@TruthSerum101 I love Sarah (I prefer Ella), but Sarah can't belt as high as Barbra. In fact, Sarah did not belt. And her vibrato was intense. What I like about Barbra is her vibrato, just the right speed and amplitude. And sometimes, she sings straight tone, it's always changing, surprising. Listen to that note at 1:09 : she start it staight tone and then, the vibrato creeps in, gradually and the vibrato is subtle, it's not overwhelming, it complements the sound. Sarah's vibrato in the 70's was distracting and too much, like a cake that is too rich.
@@Ninafan68 I love both of them and would generally never compare the two, but since you've taken it in that direction - I don't know anyone who sings better than Sarah did and I've been on stage with some of the best. I had the opportunity to meet her twice and I saw her live on several ocrassions. The depth and purity of her instrument in a live setting was otherworldly. I won't even get into her improvisational skills. Do you want to hear Streisand attempt that? Had Sarah chosen to take her chest voice higher, she could have belted as high as Barbra - not that higher is better. Sarah preferred a more operatic approach. She stuck to that. Similarly, Streisand stuck to Streisand in her approach to the arias on Classical Barbra. They are both wonderful musicians.
She's 20 and yet feels so mature... I'm actually 20 myself, but could never compare myself to this.
Keep watching more of her videos - her whole career is documented such as this and everything forward - it’s FASCINATING … enjoy 😉
20 years old.....untrained......Remarkable! Me thinks we shall never see one such as her anytime soon.
Absolutely Eric. Barbra is the best female artist we have ever known. Ella Fitzgerald comes a close second but BS is just superb. As a child her friends called her the girl with the voice and they were spot on. This performance at just 20 is outstanding.
If ever...
@Jarred Knox No. And not relevant issue to admiring great talents (as my father, who introduced me to her among Ella, Mel & Nat, would also attest)
Well, she trained from the womb, cuz her moms sang opera and lieder, so her ear and pitch are to the manner born!
I believe her grandfather was a cantor as well
She’s the vocal trinity in one
Before Barbra, no one sang like her. No one has since, and no one ever will.
I used to sing along with this song when I was 5/6 years old. I started voice lessons because of this woman. I studied 13 years. She was such an inspiration for me. Still is.
This wasn't supposed to happen. A poor, skinny-legged, novice Jewish girl from Flatbush wasn't the preferred formula for Stardom in 1962. From the first note of her career, the "supposed to be" axis smashed and nothing would be the same again. Her rising star was a joy to behold and would surpass every expectation and limitation. She is peerless, flawless.
@Jim Perretta Beautifully articulated!
But it WAS supposed to happen…
Barbara Stanwyck, Susan Hayward, and Mary Tyler Moore were from Flatbush.
Her voice was forged by Prometheus, signed by Rabbi Chaim Yankel! Such a gorgeous maidle we’ve nevah hoyd before!
@@Mimi-ey5ej yes and it amazing to see that over the years she has become a beautiful woman. She reset the stage for all future generations.
All the gorgeous build-up...and then that last bell-like note. Just stunning
She conveys worlds of emotion…. A power animal in cat’s eye mascara.
Amazing! What a voice that woman was blessed with.
*LEGENDARY*
The voice ,but also the art to use it...the art of interpretation...it's pure genuine and raw talent,if not genius...
She could hear differently and her way of singing comes from that ringing in her ears well done lady. 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
I watch this video several times a week. Voice of an angel - bewitching eyes and captivating performance!
So well suited the only couple that conveyed the music so well❤️❤️❤️❤️
A voice of a lifetime - perfect!
She truly is THE GREATEST STAR. What a career
I'm screaming from the sheer perfection of this!
It’s truly amazing
Wonderful performance of the best talent ever existed.
OMG! THE EMOTIONS THAT ARE FELT!
Some artists do their best work when young; Streisand, in my opinion, was one. Between 1962 (here) and 1970 (the Owl and the Pussycat) she was a true phenomenon, unparalleled and unequaled. Then she created "Yentl", and proved what maturity coupled with genius can accomplish. And now she's only 80 - what else will she do? Who can tell??
At 80 she'll be releasing her memoir book and hopefully accompany it with a multi-DVD set of her career. She's working on that right now. My guess is that she'll also do lots of interviews to promote both. No recording planned right now but she does have songs picked for a new album if she can get her butt into the studio and gather the musicians and engineers.
Interpretation, emotions, soul, finesse. Using vocal dynamics that wow and convey feelings w/o showboating. That is a lost art form
Outstanding singer . Outstanding lady. World class performer
Destined to be Star of stars.
I heard her saying, bewitched, bothered and bewildered, and it blew me away. I think it was on ed thatSullivan. I started searching for her album ever since I never heard anyone sing like that before with such a range and emotion.
I was 17 when I first LISTENED to Barbra. Picture this:. Myrtle Beach, 2004. A lonely gay boy in his grandmother's house spending the night and alone after dark in the spare bedroom with nothing but a candle and vinyl records from the 60s. He has heard of the great Streisand, this boy, is even sure he's heard her music or send her face. But there, by the dim light of the candle, is a beautiful Jewish girl with a prominent nose on a record cover titled, The Second Barbra Streisand Album withe the word "Second" underlined in red. The ONLY color on that glorious album face. I knew I had to listen to this at once and as I powered the player on and made sure the little thingy that scratched the disc and made the magic of music were working properly, I tuned in for my first listening session with (possibly) the greatest performer of all time. I fell in love with Barbra Streisand that night in 2004 as a late teenager. I have been in love with her ever since.
-Lewis Breland, March 2020
I love that story. It's very familiar to many of us lonely gay boys in our teens, in the presence of a Streisand album.
@@JeffBazell Facts, bro. Lol. My husband of 16 years hates her voice and loves Britney Spears. Takes all kinds I suppose. Lol
@@lewisbreland I'm lucky that my husband also loves her. He never heard of her until the song The Way We Were was a hit. But he actually bought the album because he liked the cover.
THAT VOICE! ❤❤❤
omg shivers up my spine
My favorite Streisand performance. OMHeavens! So pure and heartbreaking.
The power, clarity and phrasing choices.....unbelievable....she is untrained!!!
Almost spooky
Where do you get the idea that's she's "untrained"? Just being in the choir in high school (with Neil Diamond) is training.
@@jdinhuntsvilleal4514 There was also, apparently, a piano in her home growing up, and her mother taught her at least some music theory.
Yes, she's a natural with little formal training. I'll contrast her to say, Edie Adams. I read her book. Edie had a fine voice as well and graduated from prestigious Julliard School of Music in NYC as well as Columbia U. Edie was educated in music theory, music history, instruments, piano, acoustics, voice training, the whole bit, but her singing wasn't better than Barbra's or say Judy Garland, another natural talent. Perhaps not even as beautiful. Some people are just born with it. But in opera, that's where Edie's formal training came into play. In that, she could sing stuff a pop singer couldn't touch, however, she seldom got to do it. Anyway, just saying.
Her best live performance ever
Best rendition evah!
An exquisitely lovely young woman, who when she sings, transposes raw and passionate human emotion into extraordinarily sung musical notes and beautifully enunciated and acted out lyrics. While I am not much of a fan of how she delivers the goods these days, she will always have my love, admiration and gratitude for what she was and still could be!
I agree with all of you, a perfect performance, one for the ages as the best!
It's crazy how a girl of 20 could convey such emotion (1:35). Simply extraordinary, simply Streisand.
Wow! No wonder it was a hit then. And she became a star. Kander & Ebb - brilliant!
I've heard other artists record this no one even comes close to this you feel it every truly great singer can own one song Barbra manages to own everything she records!
Agree....she is so captivating...I lose myself in her peeformances. Love her so much.
Natural, pure talent.
There are no words.
This is impeccable and pristine. I knew of Barbra but I never really payed attention and I’m glad I did. You can call her the singer with the most amazing acting skill or the actress with the most amazing voice because she is both!
Beautiful, natural and heartfelt rendition...
so real emotions ...
Truly an incredible talent!
Barbara Streisand
impressive and great voice...
Greetings from Philippines...
It's Barbra without the a...
Stunning! Breath taking! Perfection! 👍💓
That VOICE! Masterful. Peerless. Iconic.
THE best arrangement of this song by her bar none!! It was on the *Songs for a Summer Night* album & I remember as a kid in the sixties.
I was 16 when I fell in love with her voice, ...phil dennett
Discovered and introduced to the world by the one, and only Liberace ! Not many people in that
Extraordinary!
This song the way we were and you don't send me flowers anymore 3 greatest love songs in the history of the universe
this is such a beautiful performance and the emotion put into it reminded me very much of judy garland. with such a stunning voice is it any wonder babara streisand has remained at the top of her profession
This is truly a treasure and for the first time I can see the influence of Judy Garland in Streisand. A wonderful thing to see as is this performance !
Wow just wow and just love ❤️
Mesmerising............
Stunning performance …
Great audio video quality. It's amazing seeing Barbra at this young age so clearly. I loved watching her expressive eyes.
her vibrato is fantastic
She's just amazing!!
A primeira vez em que ouvi a Barbra, foi paixão imediata, com a música Memory. Depois, pude conhecer seu repertório musical e penso que não há artista mais completa do que ela.
Faço minhas suas palavras. Pena que é pouco conhecida aqui no Brasil.
Only 20 years old with so much poise and confidence. For those who weren’t around then, the Ed Sullivan Show on CBS was broadcast on Sunday nights. It was a VERY big deal to appear on Ed’s show and America tuned in big time!
Stunning. One of my favorites. Incredible. Heartbreaking ❤
Haven’t heard this song for a long time! Love it!
Amazing beauty and talent!
Can't get over this ..What were the public thinking at thr time this little 19 year old old lady in soul
Absolutely Fantastic. Thank you for sharing this
Song also available on the Columbia/Sony Music 1963 album, "The Second Barbra Streisand Album," released August, 1963.
Simply enthralling