BARBRA STREISAND - IT HAD TO BE YOU

IT HAD TO BE YOU

BARBRA STREISAND

SONGWRITERS: GUS KAHN & ISHAM JONES

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE THIRD ALBUM

LABEL: COLUMBIA STUDIOS

GENRE: FOLK

YEAR: 1964

 

       Barbara Joan Streisand (/ˈstraɪsænd/; born April 24, 1942), known professionally as Barbra Streisand, is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony(EGOT).

     Streisand began her career by performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters in the early 1960s. Following her guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to Columbia Records, insisting that she retain full artistic control, and accepting lower pay in exchange, an arrangement that continued throughout her career, and released her debut The Barbra Streisand Album(1963), which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Throughout her recording career, Streisand has topped the US Billboard 200 chart with 11 albums—a record for a woman—including People(1964), The Way We Were(1974), Guilty(1980), and The Broadway Album(1985). She also achieved five number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100—"The Way We Were", "Evergreen", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "No More Tears(Enough Is Enough)", and "Woman in Love".

       Following her established recording success in the 1960s, Streisand ventured into film by the end of that decade. She starred in the critically acclaimed Funny Girl(1968), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Additional fame followed with films including the extravagant musical Hello, Dolly!(1969), the screwball comedy What's Up, Doc?(1972), and the romantic drama The Way We Were(1973). Streisand won a second Academy Award for writing the love theme from A Star Is Born(1976), the first woman to be honored as a composer. With the release of Yentl(1983), Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film. The film won an Oscar for Best Score and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Musical. Streisand also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, becoming the first (and for 37 years, the only) woman to win that award. Streisand later directed The Prince of Tides(1991) and The Mirror Has Two Faces(1996).

      The Third Album is the title of Barbra Streisand's third solo studio album which was released in February 1964. By 1966, the album sold over one million copies worldwide.

Seems like dreams like I always had

Could be, should be making me glad

Why am I blue?

It's up to you to explain

 

I'm thinking maybe, baby, I'll go away

Someday, some way, you'll come and say it's you I need

And you'll be pleading in vain

It had to be you, had to be you

 

I wondered around, finally found somebody who

Could make me be true, could make me be blue

And even be glad just to be sad

Thinking of you

 

Some others I've seen

Might never be mean, might never be cross

I tried to be boss, but they wouldn't do

'Cause nobody else gave ma a thrill

 

With all your faults I love you still

Had to be you, crazy old you, had to be you.