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Grammy Honors for Funny Girl Broadway LP |
News/January 2004 |
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The cast
album of "Funny Girl" joins "The Barbra Streisand Album" and the
singles "People" and "The Way We Were" as Grammy Hall of Fame
honorees. |
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"Funny Girl" Cast Album Inducted
January 31,
2008 (update)
At
its new facility in Los Angeles, here's how the Grammy's officially
recognize the induction of "Funny Girl" into their Hall of Fame:
"Vocalist
Barbra Streisand had already established herself as one of
pop's hit makers with three top-ten albums when she
returned to Broadway (where she made a name for herself in
1962's "I Can Get It For You Wholesale") in the starring
role in "Funny Girl." In the 1964 musical by Jule
Styne, Bob Merrill and Isobel Lennart, Streisand portrayed
Fanny Brice, the '20s vaudeville comedienne who was
tumultuously married to the notorious gambler, Nicky
Arnstein.
Streisand's signature role, which won her an Oscar for her
1968 film recreation, also spawned her signature song.
Styne and Merrill's "People" was her first major hit. Her
Columbia single version, which won the 1964 Grammy as Best
Female Vocal Performance, reached #5 on the pop singles
chart as the show was opening. "Funny Girl" ran for 1,348
performances and established Streisand as a do-anything
entertainer. "Funny Girl" was named the Grammy winner for
Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album in 1964." |
Barbra and Lainie Kazan
(left) at
"Funny Girl" recording session |
January 21, 2004
On January 21, 2004, coincidentally the 40th
anniversary of the release of Barbra's single "People," the
National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences inducted the
original cast album of "Funny Girl" into its coveted Grammy Hall
of Fame. This marks Barbra's second recording to be so honored.
In 1998, "People" was inducted as a Grammy Hall of Fame single.
Recordings of historical or qualitative significance which are
at least 25 years old are considered for the tribute.
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