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The Second Barbra Streisand Album

The Second Barbra Streisand Album is the title of Barbra Streisand's second solo studio album. It was released in August 1963, just six months after the release of her debut album, The Barbra Streisand Album, and was recorded in four days in June 1963.[2]

The Second Barbra Streisand Album

August 1963

February 8, 1963, June 3, 6, 7, 1963

Columbia 7th Ave, New York City

Pop

37:05

Columbia

Mike Berniker

In 1963, Streisand told a reporter: "My new album is called The Second Barbra Streisand Album, because that's just what it is. Why should I give it some fancy name that no one remembers anyway?"[3]


Radio stations received mono and stereo blue vinyl promo albums, making this Columbia's first Streisand colored vinyl.[2]


By 1966 the album sold over one million copies worldwide. The album made its digital debut on CD in 1987 and was re-released in a remastered CD edition on October 19, 1993.

"Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" was first introduced in the musical .

St. Louis Woman

"Right as the Rain" was originally performed by and David Brooks in the 1944 musical Bloomer Girl. Tony Bennett also recorded a version of the song in 1960 for his album A String of Harold Arlen.

Celeste Holm

"Down with Love" was previously recorded in 1940 by with vocals by Lee Wiley.

Eddie Condon's Orchestra

"Who Will Buy?" is originally from the musical (1960).

Oliver!

"When the Sun Comes Out" was originally performed by in 1941.

Tommy Dorsey

"Gotta Move" was written specifically for Streisand by composer . It was later re-recorded for the TV special Color Me Barbra and its soundtrack album.

Peter Matz

"Lover, Come Back to Me" was introduced in the The New Moon (1928) by Evelyn Herbert.

operetta

"Like a Straw in the Wind" is performed as a medley with "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home".

On 8 February 1963, Barbra recorded Cole Porter's “Who Would Have Dreamed” from the 1940 Broadway show . The recording is still unreleased.[3]

Panama Hattie

A recording of "" from June 1963 – the song was later re-recorded in November for The Third Album – the June recording is still unreleased.[3]

It Had to Be You

"When the Sun Comes Out" (1962 version)

"My Coloring Book" (1962 version)

"Lover, Come Back to Me" (1962 version)

- vocals

Barbra Streisand

Mike Berniker - producer

- arrangements, conductor

Peter Matz

Peter Daniels - additional material

Frank Laico - recording engineer

Fred Plaut

Fred Glaser - Ms. Streisand's coiffure

- album cover, design

John Berg

Wood Kuzoumi - cover photography

- liner notes

Jule Styne

The Second Barbra Streisand Album - Barbra Archives