Barbra Streisand in her own words – and voice
by Barbara Spindel
Dec 14, 2023
3 minutes
One of Barbra Streisand’s signature songs is “People,” from the musical “Funny Girl.” But when Streisand, who landed the lead role in the Broadway production in 1963, first heard the lyric “people who need people are the luckiest people in the world,” the 21-year-old newcomer had a question for songwriter Bob Merrill.
“Isn’t it people who need people who are the luckiest people in the world?” she asked. As she recalls in her massive autobiography, “My Name
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