Barbra Joan Streisand is an album by Barbra Streisand, released in August, 1971 on Columbia Records. It includes "I Mean to Shine", the first recording of a song written by the Steely Dan duo of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The album also features production and backing work by members of the female band Fanny.
The album reached #11 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA. The album peaked #25 in Canada. It peaked #99 in the 1971's Year-end chart of the Cash Box...
Barbra Joan Streisand is an album by Barbra Streisand, released in August, 1971 on Columbia Records. It includes "I Mean to Shine", the first recording of a song written by the Steely Dan duo of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The album also features production and backing work by members of the female band Fanny.
The album reached #11 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA. The album peaked #25 in Canada. It peaked #99 in the 1971's Year-end chart of the Cash Box magazine. According to the liner notes of Barbra's retrospective box set: Just for the Record, the album also received a record certification in Belgium and in Sweden.
Personnel:
Barbra Streisand – vocals
June Millington, Mike Deasy, John Uribe, Louie Shelton, Eric Weissberg – guitar
Hugh McCracken, June Millington – acoustic guitar
Larry Muhoberac, Nickey Barclay, Michel Rubini, Nick De Caro, Lincoln Mayorga – piano
Donald Fagen, Billy Preston – Hammond organ
Joe Osborn, Jean Millington, Larry Knechtel – bass guitar
Alice DeBuhr, Jim Gordon, Hal Blaine, Jim Keltner – drums
Richard Perry, Alice DeBuhr – percussion
Bobby Keys, Jim Price – horns
Gene Cipriano – clarinet, oboe
Clydie King, Oma Drake, Venetta Fields, Fanny, Sherlie Matthews – background vocals
Nick De Caro, Fanny, Dick Hazard, Ken Welch, Gene Page – arrangements
Peter Matz – orchestration Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
