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Songbird is a studio album by Barbra Streisand, released in 1978. The album includes Streisand's solo version of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers". She also subsequently recorded this song as a duet with Neil Diamond and this version topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two non-consecutive weeks in December 1978. The title track reached number 25 on the Hot 100 and spent two weeks atop the adult contemporary chart.

In the United States the album has been certified Platinum for sales of 1,000,000 copies.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Tomorrow" (Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin) – 2:56
  2. "A Man I Loved" (Nikki Oosterveen, George Michalski) – 4:02
  3. "I Don't Break Easily" (Bruce Roberts – 3:53
  4. "Love Breakdown" (Alan Gordon) – 3:36
  5. "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (Neil Diamond, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 3:58
  6. "Honey Can I Put on Your Clothes" (Jean Monte Ray, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 5:24
  7. "One More Night" (Stephen Bishop) – 3:10
  8. "Stay Away" (Kim Carnes) – 3:47
  9. "Deep in the Night" (Helen Miller, Eve Merriam) – 3:10
  10. "Songbird" (Dave Wolfert, Stephen Nelson) – 3:46

Personnel

Single

  • "Songbird" / "Honey Can I Put On Your Clothes?" (1978)

Charts and certifications

References

  1. ^ "Barbra Streisand Archives - Songbird". Barbra Streisand Archives. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  2. ^ William Ruhlmann. "Songbird (AllMusic Review)". AllMusic. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  3. ^ Stephen Holden (July 27, 1978). "Rolling Stone Review-Songbird". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 1, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "RIAA: Songbird -Platinum Certification". www.riaa.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  5. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4628". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  7. ^ "Barbra Streisand | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  8. ^ "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  9. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  10. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Songbird". Music Canada.
  11. ^ "British album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Songbird". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Songbird in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  12. ^ "American album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Songbird". Recording Industry Association of America.
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