People (Barbra Streisand album)

People
Studio album by
Barbra Streisand
ReleasedSeptember 1964
RecordedDecember 20, 1963; July 24, 1964; August 4, 11, 21, 1964
StudioColumbia 7th Ave, New York City
GenrePop
Length35:35
LabelColumbia
Stereo CS 9015
Mono CL 2215
ProducerRobert Mersey; "People" produced by Mike Berniker
Barbra Streisand chronology
Funny Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
(1964) 		People
(1964) 		My Name Is Barbra
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Record Mirror[2]

People is Barbra Streisand's fourth solo studio album, released in September 1964. The title track was a newly recorded version of the hit song from the Broadway musical Funny Girl in which Streisand starred.

The album became the first of Streisand's albums to hit No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, spending five weeks in the top spot; it was also certified Platinum.[3][4] After hitting No. 1 on the charts, Barbra received a commemorative plaque from Billboard magazine editor Mike Gross.[5] The album was re-released in the UK on the CBS Hallmark Series label in 1966 with different artwork.[6]

In 2017, the album was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[7]

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "People - Barbra Streisand - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  2. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (27 February 1965). "Barbra Streisand: People" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 207. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Albums 1955-2001 (Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2001), 845.
  4. ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Barbra Streisand accepts..." Billboard. November 21, 1964. p. 4. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  6. ^ Original 1966 album
  7. ^ "Registry Titles with Descriptions and Expanded Essays". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-01-11.