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My Name Is Barbra, Two...

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{{Infobox album

| name = My Name Is Barbra, Two...

| type = Album

| artist = Barbra Streisand

| cover = My-name-is-barbra-two.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 1965

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

  • Studio A (New York, NY)https://www.barbra-archives.info/my-name-is-barbra-two-sequel-1965-album

| genre = Pop, vocal

| length = 36:38

| label = Columbia

| producer = Robert Mersey

| prev_title = My Name Is Barbra

| prev_year = 1965

| next_title = Color Me Barbra

| next_year = 1966

| misc = {{Singles

| name = My Name Is Barbra, Two…

| type = studio

| single1 = He Touched Me

| single1date = September 1965

| single2 = Second Hand Rose

| single2date = December 1965

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r26558|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

My Name Is Barbra, Two... is the second of two studio album tie-ins by Barbra Streisand for her debut television special of the same name, which first aired April 28, 1965. The second album was released in October 1965 to coincide with the rebroadcast of the special on CBS.

The Medley (Track 11) is the only music from the television program, while the remaining tracks were newly recorded for the album.

Promotion

Executives at Columbia planned a major advertising and promotion campaign, including 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 draw attention to both the new album and the rebroadcast of the highly acclaimed TV special.{{cite magazine |title=Columbi's Streisand pitch is hitting all the basis |date=9 October 1965 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6|magazine=Billboard |language=en}}

Commercial performance

The album was certified Platinum and peaked at #2 on the US charts and #6 in the UK charts.[https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/My%20Name%20Is%20Barbra%20Two OfficialCharts.com Barbra Streisand My Name Is Barbra, Two... UK album charts]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "He Touched Me" (Ira Levin, Milton Schafer) – 3:10
  2. "The Shadow of Your Smile (Love theme from The Sandpiper)" (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" (Lorenz Hart, Richard 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

The album had two singles chart: "He Touched Me" (US #53) and "Second Hand Rose" (US #32; Canada AC #1).{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=7902&|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1966-01-24 |access-date=2019-03-08}}

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

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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Chart

!Peak
position

Australia Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book | title = Australian Chart Book 1940 - 1969 | author = David Kent | isbn = 0-646-44439-5 | year = 2005 | publisher = Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W.}}

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{{album chart|UK|6|artist=Barbra Streisand|accessdate=March 19, 2016}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|2|artist=Barbra Streisand|accessdate=March 19, 2016}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable"
Chart (1966)

!Position

US Cash Box{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com:80/archives/60s_files/1966YEAP.html|title=The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1966|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825182916/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1966YEAP.html|archive-date=August 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}. Cash Box magazine.

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=My Name Is Barbra, Two|artist=Barbra Streisand|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1965|certyear=1965}}

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References

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External links

  • [https://www.barbra-archives.info/my-name-is-barbra-two-sequel-1965-album Barbra Archives: My Name Is Barbra, Two... (1965)]

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Category:Barbra Streisand albums

Category:1965 albums

Category:Albums arranged by Don Costa

Category:Albums arranged by Peter Matz

Category:Columbia Records albums

Category:Sequel albums