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SOMEWHERE

From THE BROADWAY ALBUM
Written by Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim

“The Broadway Album” was a milestone of Barbra Streisand’s unique career. Released in 1985, this perfect collection of Broadway classics became a huge hit, reaching the top of the charts and staying there for three weeks. It sold over four million copies and gave Ms. Streisand a well-deserved Grammy for “Best Female Vocal Performance.” The superstar was in rare form here.

I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE

From THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES
Written by Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, R.J. “Mutt” Lange & Bryan Adams

“I Finally Found Someone” is just one episode in the long professional partnership between Ms. Steisand and David Foster. The seventies found the super-producer first playing keyboards and arranging music on her records like “Lazy Afternoon,” “Superman,” “Songbird,” and “Wet.”

SPEAK LOW

From BACK TO BROADWAY
Written by Nash/Weill

This haunting ballad from Barbra Streisand’s #1 1993 CD – “Back To Broadway” – shows another side of David Foster’s talent, the fantastic ability to take an old classic and “contemporize” it, keeping the classic elements while adding a new, fresh setting to the tune.