How wonderful to be able to read MY NAME IS BARBRA and then go back in time and see and hear what she describes. I have always loved "Cry Me a River," (When I was ten, I remember my mother's best friend telling of crying a river when she tried to return a faulty 45 of the Julie London recording and the shop owner refused to take it back... a dollar was a lot of money in the fifties.) Barbra's interpretation - definitely the way it was meant to be sung...and to think she had only begun to live.
Barbra presents her songs as 3 act plays. There is a beginning, middle and the astounding endings…always her signature she takes visually on this trip through song. Brilliance we will never see again. Thank you Ms Streisand for all you’ve given us. Oh !!!
It has NOT gone UNnoticed that the singular generosity & humility of show host, Ms. Dinah Shore, are SO AWESOME as 2 allow this Brilliance of Barbra's 2 be seen, so early in her iconic career!!!! Thank you, Ms. Shore!!!! 🤩🥰❤️🎉👍🎊!!!
I had no idea she started so young, she was so special , a voice so unique, and no matter how she was berated over her nose, I loved her face , she was special
Her voice production and artistry would impress even opera singers. She shows off a mastery of her vocal instrument. One should listen to her classical Barbara album which is my most favourite work. What a great legacy she has done in this CD!
Arthur Hamilton, the person who wrote "Cry me a River", must have been thrilled to hear Streisand's performance of his biggest hit. She is the only singer to actually express the barely-controlled fury the song is about. July London made the song famous, but she sang it in a quiet, restrained manner, and that is the way it is generally sung. Barbra's interpretation, clearly influenced by Judy Garland's emotional style, brings the lyrics to life in a way no other singer ever has before or since.
I'm 27 and I feel like I'd be missing so much about life if I don't get to watch and discover this talent! I found a treasure omg! Barbra my hero! ❤️❤️❤️
@@jj2288 Yeah she's not called a legend for nothing, I mean she's extraordinary ! Just wow! It's been a year since I discovered her and I still am so obsessed of her.
@@barbraevergreen I became a great fan relatively late in college in 1980 - hooked ever since - no one can touch her - the talent, the drama, the charisma - so glad she has been here for so long!
@@RitaMalikfour Wow! You are so lucky to get to live in that era when she's just starting out. If I could just travel in time just so I could witness her early performances or any of her concerts I would be so thrilled! 👏👏👏🥰🥰🥰
It’s interesting to see how she was introduced in that era, they were trying to find words to describe her but what they couldn’t say was “She’s the new and original great star of our time, so just sit back and enjoy.”
Thank you so much for posting this! Never seen before though I follow Barbra Streisand since 1974. Saw all movies, attended several concerts in USA and Europe. She is unique.
wow, how lucky we are to be able to go back in time, when we weren't even born and experience such amazing art. Thank god for you tube and those who post this kind of incredible work. so grateful to find these incredible "historical documents" (sorry, big fan of galaxy quest). all kidding aside...what a treasure. TY
Absolutely! During this time in 2020 with all the Corona and Quarantine, I discovered this amazing woman! Thank you for RUclips, technology and the one who uploaded this. I love you Barbra!
OMG! Barbra sings 'Brotherhood of MAN' BETTER than either Morse in "61 or Radcliffe, some 50+ yrs. later in the 2011 REvival!!! She should've done J.Pierpont Finch in the '67 FILM version (pre- FG!!!)... & 'call it a compromise'!!! Sensational!!!!! 👍🥰♥️🤩🔥🎉🎊 💯% LEGEND!!!!!
@J. F. Gecik Her final note here was not a mistake. In fact, it was the very same note she presented at the end of the recording on her first release. While Barbra's highs were not her strength, she put forth this note to impart final exasperation in the ending of this song. Because this is not the best quality audio recording, some of it gets lost here. But, if you listen to the ending of the album version, it very much conveys exasperation with this same note. The whole point to this song is that while it's a song about happy days being here again, she sings it in such an ironic way as to impart just the opposite of the songs lyrics. It would be a few years from this performance before she would modify the ending (and interpretation) of this song's lyrics in subsequent performances. Theatrical delivery was what Barbra was known for when she started out. She dropped the theatrics once she entered film because while the stage is all about exaggeration so the audience can see it, film is all about subtlety in performance. She ended up retraining parts of her mannerisms and delivery when she entered film. You can tell that she had not yet entered her foray into film here as her facial expressions are extremely exaggerated because of her then theatrical training.
You are correct in your analogy. Just like in the musical Phantom of the Opera, the final note of practically every song was intentionally "off," per the melancholy story line.
As a DINAH SHORE fan I watched and recorded a audio of DINAH 'S show and found BARBRA STREISAND songs to be wonderful ... TOMMY TUNE was also on this show his dancing was unforgettable.
This is not the Peter Matz version of Cry me a river that is on her first album. Maybe it wasn't released yet. Barbra just starting out. Not even Funny Girl on Broadway yet (that would be 1964, the next year). Before she said she realized "less is more" and stopped doing the dramatic high note ending on Happy Days.
Barbra considers herself an actress who communicates through song. If you have time, read her interviews, she's goes into it in detail. It's a consistent message she conveys throughout the years. Critics say she demands a lot of her audience, as her vocal dynamics are unexpected and add character and storyline to her songs (ie,you don't just sit there and hum along, you listen as if to an orator). She's a master storyteller, along the lines of Sinatra.
This was aired on May 12, 1963, when Barbra was 21. It was painful to hear 7:50 (the final note of "Happy Days ..."), when she was very flat -- maybe due to nervousness, maybe because the band played an arrangement that was in too high a key for her voice. I've been listening to her throughout her career, and that was the first significant mistake I've ever heard her make. The other performers were Sam Fletcher, Georgia Brown [real name: Lilian Klot], and Frances Rose "Dinah" Shore.
J. F. Gecik It was nerves....she knew Fran Stark was there considering her for Fanny Brice. Fran wasn’t impressed. I don’t get it. Barbra was amazing as usual.
@@RitaMalikfour I grew up singing ...... singing with daddy in the car, singing at church, singing in the school chorus, glee club, choir, singing with the music on the radio ..... and then one spring, from clearing my throat so much (lots of post nasal drip from allergies and pollen) I started sounding awful when talking let alone singing ..... turned out I had broken a blood vessel on one vocal chord ... it healed and my speaking voice went back to normal ...... but if I try to sing with any amount of volume I sound like Gravel Gertie. I suppose, with proper remedial voice training I might be able to get back some degree of a singing voice back, but at 70 it ain't worth it ...... I just crank up Queen that much louder when I am in the car. :0D
@@tinydancer7426 I do wish I could sing, I feel cheated as I live singing but I recorded myself once with a song so I had a tune to help me but I set the recorder to only hear my voice. I’ve never sang in front of anyone since ouch was I terrible
Also, Barbra was depressed here. She hated being separated from Elliott, and this was the first time she’d been away...she felt totally out of her element in sunny California, there was west coast snobbery afoot, and she was all nerves because of the looming Brice consideration. I feel bad for her. Of course, she was immediately signed by Columbia after this...but she is still basically a young girl. A young Jewish girl with severe self doubt and inferiorities.
Dinah Shore is fawning all over Georgia Brown and barely paying attention to Barbra; even gave a few wisecracks to her. Guess what: Barbra, became a bigger start than all of them combined Dinah, must not of been too nice to Barbra, as she does not thank her on the "Just For the Record" box set Go check out the booklet with everyone she thanked and Dinah Shore is not listed. She thought Georgia Brown was going to be the big star. wrong. Good thing Dinah was not an agent
Dinah's introduction to Barbra could not be more enthusiastic and warm. It is interesting that Barbra did not thank Dinah in the "Just For The Record" - but then, none of her Dinah performances are in the set. One wonders if Shore's estate refused to let Barbra have the music rights for the CD.
How wonderful to be able to read MY NAME IS BARBRA and then go back in time and see and hear what she describes. I have always loved "Cry Me a River," (When I was ten, I remember my mother's best friend telling of crying a river when she tried to return a faulty 45 of the Julie London recording and the shop owner refused to take it back... a dollar was a lot of money in the fifties.) Barbra's interpretation - definitely the way it was meant to be sung...and to think she had only begun to live.
Barbra presents her songs as 3 act plays. There is a beginning, middle and the astounding endings…always her signature she takes visually on this trip through song. Brilliance we will never see again.
Thank you Ms Streisand for all you’ve given us. Oh !!!
Being able to watch these vintage Streisand videos is like a dream come true.
agreed truly a gift .
1963 and already the Greatest Star
It has NOT gone UNnoticed that the singular generosity & humility of show host, Ms. Dinah Shore, are SO AWESOME as 2 allow this Brilliance of Barbra's 2 be seen, so early in her iconic career!!!!
Thank you, Ms. Shore!!!! 🤩🥰❤️🎉👍🎊!!!
The same costumer 4 Ms. Shore did ALL of Ms. Streisand's 'Funny Girl' costumes in the '68 film version...
Irene Sharaff!!! ♥️👍
Talent like this comes around once in a generation. Phenomenal!
Broadcast on NBC May 12, 1963.
I had no idea she started so young, she was so special , a voice so unique, and no matter how she was berated over her nose, I loved her face , she was special
I think she’s beautiful
I agree. I've always thought she's gorgeous.
She absolutely crushed this.
Her voice production and artistry would impress even opera singers. She shows off a mastery of her vocal instrument. One should listen to her classical Barbara album which is my most favourite work. What a great legacy she has done in this CD!
I love that album!
What's notable about Barbra here, is she is giving it her all and then some.
Arthur Hamilton, the person who wrote "Cry me a River", must have been thrilled to hear Streisand's performance of his biggest hit. She is the only singer to actually express the barely-controlled fury the song is about. July London made the song famous, but she sang it in a quiet, restrained manner, and that is the way it is generally sung. Barbra's interpretation, clearly influenced by Judy Garland's emotional style, brings the lyrics to life in a way no other singer ever has before or since.
This is how you sing and emote a song. Embody it entirely. You feel she's truly pissed off and then cautiously hopeful.
......and she only kept getting better and better and still has IT!
Absolutely gorgeous
Her first album is just amazing‼👑⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
No lights, no dancing with cast, no background whatsoever, simply a great voice and a way of ma king a song into a 3 act play.
An incredible talent she was--and still is.
I'm 27 and I feel like I'd be missing so much about life if I don't get to watch and discover this talent! I found a treasure omg! Barbra my hero! ❤️❤️❤️
Same here, I thought my fave artist are the best, but here I'am rooting for Barbra.
@@jj2288 Yeah she's not called a legend for nothing, I mean she's extraordinary ! Just wow! It's been a year since I discovered her and I still am so obsessed of her.
@@barbraevergreen I became a great fan relatively late in college in 1980 - hooked ever since - no one can touch her - the talent, the drama, the charisma - so glad she has been here for so long!
Heck I’m old, I was a kid but I actually watched this show on our black and white. Ohh my
@@RitaMalikfour Wow! You are so lucky to get to live in that era when she's just starting out. If I could just travel in time just so I could witness her early performances or any of her concerts I would be so thrilled! 👏👏👏🥰🥰🥰
It’s interesting to see how she was introduced in that era, they were trying to find words to describe her but what they couldn’t say was “She’s the new and original great star of our time, so just sit back and enjoy.”
Extraordinary talent
Thank you so much for posting this! Never seen before though I follow Barbra Streisand since 1974. Saw all movies, attended several concerts in USA and Europe. She is unique.
wow, how lucky we are to be able to go back in time, when we weren't even born and experience such amazing art. Thank god for you tube and those who post this kind of incredible work. so grateful to find these incredible "historical documents" (sorry, big fan of galaxy quest). all kidding aside...what a treasure. TY
Absolutely! During this time in 2020 with all the Corona and Quarantine, I discovered this amazing woman! Thank you for RUclips, technology and the one who uploaded this. I love you Barbra!
Dinah was aware of who her guest was and was gonna be.
This is absolutely fabulous
Babs is chewing up the scenery… what? 20 years old?
Remarkable pipes and artistry.
What an incredible talent she was!
And still is!
Is
@@edithcarter3554 I wonder if she ever told in any interview how she discovered herself?? She is amazing g
One of the great belters!
THE BEST BELTER
Gave me chills when saw this then and still does! 😉👍
Those were the days. 💝🥰👍🏻
What a treat! Such a great time capsule
This is stunningly beautiful in its original color.
Georgia Brown as 'Nancy' from 'Oliver!' & Barbra from '.....Wholesale!!'
WOW!!!
Now that's a SHOW!!!!♥️🤩♥️🥰👍🎉🎊
Some of us WERE "even born," but had never this performance before. I was 11 years old, but did not watch Dinah Shore's program.
That was surprising!
OMG! Barbra sings 'Brotherhood of MAN' BETTER than either Morse in "61 or Radcliffe, some 50+ yrs. later in the 2011 REvival!!!
She should've done J.Pierpont Finch in the '67 FILM version (pre- FG!!!)...
& 'call it a compromise'!!!
Sensational!!!!! 👍🥰♥️🤩🔥🎉🎊
💯% LEGEND!!!!!
Streisand is a great singer.. She's so great that people rave even when she gives a poor performance.
Nice footage
Hard to believe Streisand will be 80 in April 2022.
@J. F. Gecik Her final note here was not a mistake. In fact, it was the very same note she presented at the end of the recording on her first release. While Barbra's highs were not her strength, she put forth this note to impart final exasperation in the ending of this song. Because this is not the best quality audio recording, some of it gets lost here. But, if you listen to the ending of the album version, it very much conveys exasperation with this same note. The whole point to this song is that while it's a song about happy days being here again, she sings it in such an ironic way as to impart just the opposite of the songs lyrics. It would be a few years from this performance before she would modify the ending (and interpretation) of this song's lyrics in subsequent performances.
Theatrical delivery was what Barbra was known for when she started out. She dropped the theatrics once she entered film because while the stage is all about exaggeration so the audience can see it, film is all about subtlety in performance. She ended up retraining parts of her mannerisms and delivery when she entered film. You can tell that she had not yet entered her foray into film here as her facial expressions are extremely exaggerated because of her then theatrical training.
She does the exact same note on Jack Parr
You are correct in your analogy. Just like in the musical Phantom of the Opera, the final note of practically every song was intentionally "off," per the melancholy story line.
how is her voice now? still good? i see she may do another concert series... (the anguish in her HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN is splendid)
Do you live on mars?
Amazing and only just twenty , now she’s an old lady but kept her talent
As a DINAH SHORE fan I watched and recorded a audio of DINAH 'S show and found BARBRA STREISAND songs to be wonderful ... TOMMY TUNE was also on this show his dancing was unforgettable.
Love Babs but nobody can top the maniacal restraint in Julie London’s version. She was awesome.
Well one thing’s for sure, she never sang back up again.
This is not the Peter Matz version of Cry me a river that is on her first album. Maybe it wasn't released yet. Barbra just starting out. Not even Funny Girl on Broadway yet (that would be 1964, the next year). Before she said she realized "less is more" and stopped doing the dramatic high note ending on Happy Days.
Where is her mike?
It’s overhead on a boom. Basically raw live performance. NO body mic or sound booth fix.
Like him or hate him Ryan Seacrest is a great guy.
Found that really strange that Dianna Shore does not give her credit as a singer? What was that all about? Shes basically a comedian?
Barbra considers herself an actress who communicates through song. If you have time, read her interviews, she's goes into it in detail. It's a consistent message she conveys throughout the years. Critics say she demands a lot of her audience, as her vocal dynamics are unexpected and add character and storyline to her songs (ie,you don't just sit there and hum along, you listen as if to an orator). She's a master storyteller, along the lines of Sinatra.
Because she was on Broadway being funny.
This was aired on May 12, 1963, when Barbra was 21. It was painful to hear 7:50 (the final note of "Happy Days ..."), when she was very flat -- maybe due to nervousness, maybe because the band played an arrangement that was in too high a key for her voice. I've been listening to her throughout her career, and that was the first significant mistake I've ever heard her make. The other performers were Sam Fletcher, Georgia Brown [real name: Lilian Klot], and Frances Rose "Dinah" Shore.
J. F. Gecik It was nerves....she knew Fran Stark was there considering her for Fanny Brice. Fran wasn’t impressed. I don’t get it. Barbra was amazing as usual.
Omg her voice😮!She was just a teenager here? What a talent❤
She was 21. 1963.
Hmmmm. Babs didn't look too happy while singing "Hapoy Days."
Always wondered when a person discovers they were blessed with talent, I sound like a dying animal when I sing
We should do a duet! :0D
@@tinydancer7426 I always said since I love singing so much, I’m a. Crippled singer,
@@RitaMalikfour I grew up singing ...... singing with daddy in the car, singing at church, singing in the school chorus, glee club, choir, singing with the music on the radio ..... and then one spring, from clearing my throat so much (lots of post nasal drip from allergies and pollen) I started sounding awful when talking let alone singing ..... turned out I had broken a blood vessel on one vocal chord ... it healed and my speaking voice went back to normal ...... but if I try to sing with any amount of volume I sound like Gravel Gertie. I suppose, with proper remedial voice training I might be able to get back some degree of a singing voice back, but at 70 it ain't worth it ...... I just crank up Queen that much louder when I am in the car. :0D
@@tinydancer7426 I do wish I could sing, I feel cheated as I live singing but I recorded myself once with a song so I had a tune to help me but I set the recorder to only hear my voice. I’ve never sang in front of anyone since ouch was I terrible
@@RitaMalikfour If when I do sing, I try to keep it down, cuz I don't want to get the dogs next door to howlin'. tee hee
Also, Barbra was depressed here. She hated being separated from Elliott, and this was the first time she’d been away...she felt totally out of her element in sunny California, there was west coast snobbery afoot, and she was all nerves because of the looming Brice consideration. I feel bad for her. Of course, she was immediately signed by Columbia after this...but she is still basically a young girl. A young Jewish girl with severe self doubt and inferiorities.
Interesting. Quick note - Barbra was already on the Columbia roster of musical talent as of this airing (1963). She signed on in 1962.
WOwsa terrible lighting..she was so young ..but it was great!
Dinah Shore is fawning all over Georgia Brown and barely paying attention to Barbra; even gave a few wisecracks to her. Guess what: Barbra, became a bigger start than all of them combined Dinah, must not of been too nice to Barbra, as she does not thank her on the "Just For the Record" box set Go check out the booklet with everyone she thanked and Dinah Shore is not listed. She thought Georgia Brown was going to be the big star. wrong. Good thing Dinah was not an agent
Dinah's introduction to Barbra could not be more enthusiastic and warm. It is interesting that Barbra did not thank Dinah in the "Just For The Record" - but then, none of her Dinah performances are in the set. One wonders if Shore's estate refused to let Barbra have the music rights for the CD.
Shore was apparently exceptionally kind to Barbra. She even personally took her out shopping for the dress she's wearing on the show.
Samuel Freedman, you're giving Dinah Shore a bum rap. I've never seen her be unkind and I don't think she was in this clip.
She is outstanding, but the arrangements are terrible!
Great talent. But certainly brainwashed in the political arena!