When I suggested that some of Streisand’s fans might be Trump supporters, one replied, “Maybe the Trump supporters are too busy attending Klan rallies to buy records.
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“The critics liked it, but the public isn’t buying it,” one music industry insider told me.Įven more galling, Lady Gaga’s “A Star Is Born” is eclipsing Streisand’s 1976 version of the movie with Kris Kristofferson, and Gaga’s soundtrack album is crushing “Walls.” The soundtrack is likely to be No.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 'Evergreen' with the award shared by it's songwriters, Streisand & Paul Williams. The lyrics include, “Why can’t you just tell me the truth?/Hard to believe the things you say/Why can’t you feel the tears I cried today?” Alliance Barbra Streisand - A Star Is Born (Original Soundtrack) (CD) Release Date: Notes:Soundtrack to the 1976 film remake starring Streisand & Kris Kristofferson. Along with some famous covers, such as John Lennon’s “Imagine,” the album is just Streisand singing songs of protest against President Trump, including “Don’t Lie to Me,” which she said she wrote because Trump’s policies were keeping her awake at night. Evergreen lyrics: Love, soft as an easy chair Love, fresh as the morning air One love that is shared by two I have found with you Like a rose under the. Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand appear in “A Star Is Born” Warner Bros.īut “Walls” doesn’t have any duets with other stars.
Her last album, “Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway,” sold 149,000 copies in its first week. Barbra Streisands fantastic singing voice shows to the best advantage her. Streisand is the top-selling female artist of all time with a total of 68.5 million albums sold. A rock star on the decline, John Norman Howard has given in to drugs and. (The week’s tally will be announced Sunday.) Artist: Bar a Streisand Kris Kristofferson, Title Of Album: A Star Is Born, Released: 1976, Label: Sony Music Entertainment, Tracks: 11, Genre: Vocal. 1, her latest album “Walls” is “flirting with a top 10 debut, as it may bow with perhaps 30,000 to 35,000 units,” Billboard reports. Though it is credited to Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, A Star Is Born is in effect the soundtrack album to the motion picture of the same name.
Barbra Streisand might be wishing her album sales were the way they were.Īlthough the Brooklyn-born diva usually debuts at No.