106. Barbra Streisand - Band Introductions (Live at the Bon Soir, Greenwich Village, NYC - Nov. 5, 1962)
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success across multiple fields of entertainment, being the first performer awarded Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards.
Awards: Ten Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, Nine Golden Globe Awards, Five Emmy Awards; Four Peabody Awards, Two Academy Awards, The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, The Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the 4th Recipient of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Woman of Leadership Award in 2023.
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Lylics
[BARBRA STREISAND, spoken]
I feel like saying I'll pick up all your checks, but I won't!
At this time, I would like to do a lot of things, but I can't
So, getting back to my program, I would like to introduce you to the gentlemen that helped me out on this pedestal that I work from
On my left, I believe it's your right, we have -
[AUDIENCE MEMBER, spoken]
Harold Mengert?
[BARBRA STREISAND, spoken]
No
As a matter of fact it's Arnie Fleischer
But he's had to change his name for professional reasons to The Colonel
'Colonel' Tiger Haynes
['COLONEL' TIGER HAYNES, spoken]
I tell you one thing, this is going to be a nutty LP, I beliеve that!
[BARBRA STREISAND, spoken]
Well, we'll see
In thе back but not really in the back, but strategically in the back, we have my friend, Averill
That's not the way you pronounce his name but I like it that way
Averill Pollard
Sitting down in the back on the left, right? Your left, is an Italian man
And you know everybody says, they say his name John Cresci
But I like it - how do you say John in Italian?
[JOHN CRESCI, spoken]
Huh?
[BARBRA STREISAND, spoken]
How do you say John in Italian?
[JOHN CRESCI, spoken]
Giovanni
[BARBRA STREISAND, spoken]
Giovanni!
Si, si, si
Giovanni Cresci!
The other person sitting down is my very dear friend and pianist, and it's contractual that I introduce him this way, with a British accent
Because he's from Britain and he's very dear and marvellous
And of course- that's terrible, Peter!
He came very highly recommended by the Queen
Didn't you Peter?
[PETER DANIELS, spoken]
Yes
['COLONEL' TIGER HAYNES, spoken]
No, Harry Johnson
[BARBRA STREISAND, spoken]
His name, of course, is Peter
Peter Daniels
"Her name is Barbra Streisand. She is 20 years old, she has a three-octave promiscuity of range, she packs more personal dynamic power than anybody I can recall since Libby Holman or Helen Morgan. She can sing as loud as Ethel Merman and as persuasively as Lena or Ella, or as brassy as a Sophie Tucker ... and only Barbra Streisand can turn 'Cry Me a River' into something comparable to Enrico Caruso having his first bash at Pagliacci. When Streisand cries you a river, you got a river, Sam ... and she will be around 50 years from now if good songs are still written to be sung by good singers." — Syndicated columnist Robert Ruark, on her 1963 performances at the Blue Angel.
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