My Name Is Barbra, Two...

My Name Is Barbra, Two... is the second of two studio album tie-ins to Barbra Streisand's debut television special, My Name Is Barbra, which first aired on April 28, 1965. The album was released in October 1965 to coincide with the rebroadcast of the special on CBS and to promote both of them, Columbia planned a major advertising and promotion campaign which include full-page advertising in TV Guide and Esquire magazines, saturation radio spot in 30 major markets, retailers supplied with 38-inch die-cuts, streamers and pre-pack counter browsers and 800 transportation display locations with four-sheet posters to drow attention to both the album and the TV special.[2]

My Name Is Barbra, Two...
Studio album by
Barbra Streisand
ReleasedOctober 1965
GenrePop, vocal
Length36:38
LabelColumbia
ProducerRobert Mersey
Barbra Streisand chronology
My Name Is Barbra
(1965)		 My Name Is Barbra, Two...
(1965)		 Color Me Barbra
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The Medley (Track 11) is the only music from the show, and the other tracks newly recorded for the album.

The two charting singles from the album are "He Touched Me" (US #53) and "Second Hand Rose" (US #32; Canada AC #1).[3]

Commercial performance

The album was also certified Platinum and peaked at #2 on the US charts and #6 in the UK charts.[4]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "He Touched Me" (Ira Levin, Milton Schafer) – 3:10
  2. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:45
  3. "Quiet Night" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:25
  4. "I Got Plenty of Nothin'" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:08
  5. "How Much of the Dream Comes True" (John Barry, Trevor Peacock) – 3:05
  6. "Second Hand Rose" (Grant Clarke, James F. Hanley) – 2:09

Side Two

  1. "The Kind of Man a Woman Needs" (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin) – 3:53
  2. "All That I Want" (Francine Forest, Neil Wolfe) – 3:48
  3. "Where's That Rainbow" (Hart, Rodgers) – 3:39
  4. "No More Songs for Me" (Richard Maltby, Jr., David Shire) – 2:53
  5. "Medley: Second Hand Rose/Give Me the Simple Life/I Got Plenty of Nothin'/Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?/Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out/Second Hand Rose/The Best Things in Life Are Free" – 5:43

Singles
  1. "He Touched Me" / "I Like Him" 1965
  2. "Second Hand Rose" / "The Kind of Man a Woman Needs" 1965

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Columbi's Streisand pitch is hitting all the basis. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 9 October 1965. p. 6.
  3. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1966-01-24. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  4. OfficialCharts.com Barbra Streisand My Name Is Barbra, Two... UK album charts
  5. David Kent (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940 - 1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  6. "Barbra Streisand | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  7. "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  8. "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1966". Archived from the original on August 25, 2012.. Cash Box magazine.
  9. "American album certifications – Barbra Streisand – My Name Is Barbra, Two". Recording Industry Association of America.



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