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''The Barbra Streisand Album'' is the debut album by Barbra Streisand, released February 25, 1963, on Columbia Records, catalogue CL 2007 in mono and CS 8807 in stereo. It peaked at #8 on the Billboard pop albums chart, and has been certified a gold album by the RIAA. The album receive NRARS award for best-selling album of the year, and Barbra was named best-selling female vocalist.〔https://books.google.com.br/books?id=d0UEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&dq=billboard+barbra+streisand+first&hl=pt-BR&sa=X&ei=rl9xVZpJg7CbBYeigugJ&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=billboard%20barbra%20streisand%20first&f=false 〕〔(Grammy website retrieved 10/02/11 )〕 The album won Grammy awards for Album of the Year and Best Female Vocal Performance. In January 2006, the album was inducted in Grammy Hall of Fame. == Background == Initially, Columbia label president Goddard Lieberson resisted signing Streisand to a contract, finding her style too close to the cabaret singers he disliked and too far from the understated approach of Jo Stafford or Rosemary Clooney, who recorded for the label in the 1950s.〔Gary Mamorstein. ''The Label: The Story of Columbia Records''. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007. p. 321.〕 After exposure to a television interview of Streisand by Mike Wallace on ''PM East/PM West'' and pressure from associates, Lieberson relented and agreed to sign her. In ''Just For the Record...'', Streisand indicated that: The most important thing about that first contract - actually, the thing we held out for - was a unique clause giving me the right to choose my own material. It was the only thing I really cared about. I still received lots of pressure from the label to include some pop hits on my first album, but I held out for the songs that really meant something to me.〔Barbra Streisand. ''Just for the Record...'' Columbia C4K 44111, 1991, liner notes.〕Despite Leiberson's objections, Streisand would spend her entire career to date recording for Columbia. Initially Streisand's first album was to be a "live" recording. Streisand had made a name for herself performing at the Bon Soir nightclub in New York City, which attracted primarily a gay clientele.〔Mamorstein, p. 320.〕 Her producer Mike Berniker brought a crew to the club to record Streisand accompanied only by the Bon Soir house pianist, Peter Daniels.〔Mamorstein, p. 322.〕 These recordings were scrapped, although the cover shot for the album was taken during a performance at the Bon Soir.. Material from the Bon Soir sets later appeared on her CD boxed set "Just For The Record". Barbra chose the title for the album, rejecting Columbia's suggestion of "Sweet and Saucy Streisand". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Barbra Streisand Album」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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