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BARBRA STREISAND: ANNIVERSARY OF HER FIRST RECORDING "YOU'LL NEVER KNOW" 29.12.11

On 29^th December  1955, Barbara Streisand recorded her first song  - You’ll Never Know

Barbra Streisand, Nola Recording Studio, 12/29/1955.

For Lyrics go to Lyrics Freak 

"You'll Never Know" was the first song that Barbra Streisand ever recorded in 1955. It was the opening song on her 4-CD box-set Just for the Record (1991). The collection closed with another version of the song, sung as a duet by Streisand at age 45 (recorded April 21, 1988) and herself as a girl at age 13.5

Barbara Streisand has won two Academy Awards,1 eight Grammy Awards,2 four Emmy Awards,3 a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award,4 a Peabody Award,4 and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.

She is one of the most commercially and critically successful entertainers in modern entertainment history, with more than 71.5 million albums shipped in the United States and 140 million albums sold worldwide.56 She is the best-selling female artist on the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) Top Selling Artists list, the only female recording artist in the top ten, and the only artist outside of the rock and roll genre.7 Along with Frank Sinatra, Cher, and Shirley Jones, she shares the distinction of being awarded an acting Oscar and also recording a number-one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

According to the RIAA, Streisand holds the record for the most top-ten albums of any female recording artist - a total of 32 since 1963.8 Streisand has the widest span (48 years) between first and latest top-ten albums of any female recording artist. With her 2009 album, Love Is the Answer, she became one of the rare artists to achieve number-one albums in five consecutive decades.9 According to the RIAA, she has released 51 Gold albums, 30 Platinum albums, and 13 Multi-Platinum albums in the United States.2

To read her biography go to Classic Actresses (all copyright www.classicactresses.com )   

AWARDS

In 1984, Streisand was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.66 She also received the National Medal of Arts67 in 2000 and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2008. She was inducted as an officer of France's Legion of Honour in 2007.

MUSIC AWARDS

Streisand's works have been nominated for over 57 Grammy Awards; she won 15 of these, including two special awards. She has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame three times. In 2011, she is honored as MusiCares Person of the Year by the Grammy Foundation.

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1963	Grammy Awards	Album of the Year	The Barbra Streisand Album	Won
		Best Female Vocal Performance		Won
		Record of the Year	"Happy Days Are Here Again"	Nominated
1964		Best Female Vocal Performance	People	Won
		Album of the Year		Nominated
		Record of the Year		Nominated
1965		Best Female Vocal Performance	My Name Is Barbra	Won
		Album of the Year		Nominated
1966		Best Female Vocal Performance	Color Me Barbra	Nominated
		Album of the Year		Nominated
1968		Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance	Funny Girl Soundtrack	Nominated
1970	AGVA Georgie Award	Entertainer of the Year	—	Won
1972	Grammy Awards	Best Pop Female Vocal Performance	"Sweet Inspiration / Where You Lead"	Nominated
	AGVA Georgie Award	Singing Star of the Year	—	Won
1975	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Female Singer of the Year		Won
1976	Grammy Awards	Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance	Classical Barbra	Nominated
1977		Best Pop Female Vocal Performance	"Evergreen" (from A Star Is Born)	Won
		Song of the Year		Won
		Record of the Year		Nominated
		Best Original Score – Motion Picture or Television Special		Nominated
	AGVA Georgie Award	Singing Star of the Year	—	Won
1978	Grammy Awards	Best Pop Female Vocal Performance	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (with Neil Diamond)	Nominated
1979		Record of the Year		Nominated
		Best Pop Vocal Performance – Duo, Group, or Chorus		Nominated
1980			Guilty (with Barry Gibb)	Won
		Album of the Year		Nominated
		Record of the Year	"Woman in Love"	Nominated
		Best Pop Vocal Female Performance		Nominated
	AGVA Georgie Awards	Singing Star of the Year	—	Won
1985	People's Choice Awards	Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer		Won
1986	Grammy Awards	Best Pop Vocal Female Performance	The Broadway Album	Won
		Album of the Year		Nominated
		Best Instrumental Arrangement Acompanying Vocal	"Being Alive"	Nominated
1987		Best Pop Vocal Female Performance	One Voice	Nominated
		Best Music Video Performance		Nominated
1988	People's Choice Awards	Favorite All-Time Musical Performer	—	Won
1991	Grammy Awards	Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance	"Warm All Over"	Nominated
1992		Grammy Legend Award	—	Special award
1993		Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance	Back to Broadway	Nominated
1994		Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award	—	Special award
		Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance	Barbra: The Concert	Nominated
		Best Pop Vocal Female Performance	"Ordinary Miracles"	Nominated
1997		Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals	"Tell Him" (with Celine Dion)	Nominated
			"I Finally Found Someone" (with Bryan Adams)	Nominated
2000		Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	Timeless – Live In Concert	Nominated
2002			Christmas Memories	Nominated
2003			The Movie Album	Nominated
2004		Grammy Hall of Fame	Funny Girl (Barbra Streisand and Sydney Chaplin)	Inducted
2006			The Barbra Streisand Album
2007		Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	Live in Concert 2006	Nominated
2008		Grammy Hall of Fame	"The Way We Were"	Inducted
2011		Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	Love Is the Answer	Nominated
2012		Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	What Matters Most	0TBA

 FILM AWARDS

Streisand has won 2 Academy Awards (Oscar) against 5 nominations, 2 for acting, 2 for song writing and 1 for Best Picture,

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1969	Academy Awards	Best Actress	Funny Girl	Won
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)		Won
1970			Hello, Dolly!	Nominated
		Henrietta World Film Favorite	—	Special award
1971		Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)	The Owl and the Pussycat	Nominated
		Henrietta World Film Favorite	—	Special award
1974	Academy Awards	Best Actress	The Way We Were	Nominated
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)		Nominated
1975		Henrietta World Film Favorite	—	Special award
1976		Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)	Funny Lady	Nominated
1977	Academy Awards	Best Original Song	"Evergreen" (from A Star Is Born)	Won
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)		Won
		Best Original Song		Won
1978		Henrietta World Film Favorite	—	Special award
1984		Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)	Yentl	Nominated
		Best Director (Motion Picture)		Won
1988		Best Actress in Motion Picture (Drama)	Nuts	Nominated
1992	Academy Awards	Best Picture	The Prince of Tides	Nominated
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Director (Motion Picture)		Nominated
1997	Academy Awards	Best Original Song	"I Finally Found Someone" (from The Mirror Has Two Faces)	Nominated
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Nominated
		Best Original Song	"I Finally Found Someone" (from The Mirror Has Two Faces)	Nominated
2000		Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement	—	Special award

 BROADWAY PERFORMANCES

Year	Title	Notes
1961–1963	I Can Get It for You Wholesale	Nominated—Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
1964–1965	Funny Girl	Nominated—Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical

 West End performances

Year	Title	Notes
1966	Funny Girl	April 13, 1966 – July 16, 1966 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London.

 TELEVISION SPECIALS

Year	Title	Notes
1965	My Name Is Barbra	Aired April 28, 1965
1966	Color Me Barbra	Aired March 30, 1966
1967	The Belle of 14th Street	Aired Oct. 11, 1967
1968	A Happening in Central Park	Aired June 17, 1967
1973	Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments	Nov. 2, 1973
1975	Funny Girl to Funny Lady
1976	Barbra: With One More Look at You
1983	A Film Is Born: The Making of 'Yentl'
1986	Putting it Together: The Making of The Broadway Album
1987	One Voice
1994	Barbra Streisand: The Concert	Also producer and director
2001	Barbra Streisand: Timeless	Aired on FOX TV February 14, 2001 (1 hour ed version)
2009	Streisand: Live in Concert	Aired on CBS April 25, 200968 (Filmed in Florida in 2006)
2009	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	First Ever UK Performance

Tours and live performances

Year	Title	Continents	Box-office benefits	Total audience
1966	An Evening with Barbra Streisand (Tour)	North America	$480,000	60,000
1994	Barbra Streisand: The Concert Tour	North America and Europe	$50 million	400,000
2000	Timeless: Live in Concert Tour	North America and Oceania	$70 million	200,000
2006–2007	Streisand: The Tour	North America and Europe	$119.5 million	425,000

Barbara with Elliot Gould

Barbara & Louis Armstrong

Barbara & Kris Kristofferson

Barbara & Omar Sharif

DISCOGRAPHY

1963: The Barbra Streisand Album

1963: The Second Barbra Streisand Album

1964: The Third Album

1964: People

1965: My Name Is Barbra

1965: My Name Is Barbra, Two...

1966: Color Me Barbra

1966: Je m'appelle Barbra

1967: Simply Streisand

1967: A Christmas Album

1969: What About Today?

1971: Stoney End

1971: Barbra Joan Streisand

1973: Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments

1974: The Way We Were

1974: ButterFly

1975: Lazy Afternoon

1976: Classical Barbra

1977: Streisand Superman

1978: Songbird

1979: Wet

1980: Guilty

1981: Memories

1984: Emotion

1985: The Broadway Album

1988: Till I Loved You

1993: Back to Broadway

1997: Higher Ground

1999: A Love Like Ours

2001: Christmas Memories

2003: The Movie Album

2005: Guilty Pleasures
2009: Love Is the Answer

2011: What Matters Most

L to R, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Barbara Streisand, Sidney Poiter

 FILMOGRAPHY

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Funny Girl	Fanny Brice	Academy Award for Best Actress Tied with Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress Tied with Mia Farrow for Rosemary's Baby Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role also for Hello, Dolly!
1969	Hello, Dolly!	Dolly Levi	Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role also for Funny Girl Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1970	On a Clear Day You Can See Forever	Daisy Gamble / Melinda Tentres
	The Owl and the Pussycat	Doris Wilgus / Wadsworth / Wellington / Waverly	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1972	What's Up, Doc?	Judy Maxwell
	Up the Sandbox	Margaret Reynolds
1973	The Way We Were	Katie Morosky	David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress Tied with Tatum O'Neal for Paper Moon Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1974	For Pete's Sake	Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
1975	Funny Lady	Fanny Brice	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1976	A Star Is Born	Esther Hoffman Howard	Academy Award for Best Original Song Shared with Paul Williams (lyrics) for the song "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Shared with Paul Williams (lyrics) for the song "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Shared with Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher, Rupert Holmes, Leon Russell, Kenny Loggins, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Donna Weiss
1979	The Main Event	Hillary Kramer
1981	All Night Long	Cheryl Gibbons	Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Actress
1983	Yentl	Yentl / Anshel	also director and producer Golden Globe Award for Best Director Nastro d'Argento for Best New Foreign Director Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Actor
1987	Nuts	Claudia Faith Draper	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1991	The Prince of Tides	Dr. Susan Lowenstein	also director and producer Nominated—Academy Award for Best Picture Shared with Andrew S. Karsch Nominated—Directors Guild of America Award Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Director
1996	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Rose Morgan	also director and producer Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Song Shared with Marvin Hamlisch, Robert John Lange and Bryan Adams for the song "I Finally Found Someone" Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Shared with Marvin Hamlisch, Robert John Lange and Bryan Adams for the song "I Finally Found Someone"
2004	Meet the Fockers	Roz Focker
2010	Little Fockers	Roz Focker	Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress
2012	My Mother's Curse	Joyce Brewster

 

SEE WHAT ELSE HAPPENED ON THIS DAY. 29^TH DECEMBER IN OTHER YEARS

·         On December 29th, 1955, 13-year-old Barbra Streisand made her first recording, "You'll Never Know."

·         In 1957, singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were married in Las Vegas.

·         In 1967, musician Dave Mason lef

·         t the band Traffic to pursue a solo career.

·         In 1975, Paul Kantner and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane divorced.

·         In 1980, singer-songwriter Tim Hardin died of a heroin overdose in Los Angeles at the age of 40. He's best known for composing the song "If I Were A Carpenter."

·         In 1989, Jane Pauley marked her last day as co-host of the "Today" show after 13 years. Her successor was Deborah Norville.

·         In 1992, actor Todd Bridges was arrested in Burbank, California. Police say they found speed and a loaded gun in his car, but Bridges claimed he had been framed. At the time, Bridges had been doing public service announcements telling kids to stay away from drugs.

·         In 2006, burlesque artist Dita Von Teese filed for divorce from singer Marilyn Manson, citing irreconcilable differences. They had been married barely a year.