GOTTA MOVE / Fiddler Barbra Streisand & The Barry Sisters

Two songs related by arrangement. Sid
Feller was inspired by the PETER MATZ
arrangement of GOTTA MOVE and provided
a similar one for the Barry Sisters
recording.
Barbra Streisand and The Barry Sisters.
A generation apart. Eastern Europe
1900s and America 1960s. Two different
outlooks on life and love.

" My Funny Valentine "
(R.Rodgers & L.Hart)
(intro): (lyrics)

"Be hold the way our fine feathered friend
His virtue doth parade
Thou knowest not my dim witted friend
The picture Thou hast made
Thy vacant brow and Thy tousled hair
Conceal Thy good intent
Thou noble upright, truthful, sincere
And slightly dopey gent"

songs:
1) FAR FROM THE HOME I LOVE
sung by THE BARRY SISTERS
from the musical FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Music: Jerry Bock
Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick
arranger/conductor: Sid Feller
Lp: The Barry Sisters sing Fiddler on the Roof.

2) GOTTA MOVE
music and lyrics: Peter Matz
arranged and conducted by: Peter Matz
from the TV special: COLOR ME BARBRA
Lp: Barbra Streisand COLOR ME BARBRA

3) My Funny Valentine (intro) introductory verse.
Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Lorenz Hart
Arranged by: Ray Ellis
Conducted by: David Shire
(from the Lp: SIMPLY STREISAND )

THE BARRY SISTERS (aka The Bagelman Sisters)
(from Wikipedia)
¨Barry Sisters
Born in the Bronx, New York, Clara and Minnie Bagelman were first known as the Bagelman Sisters. As Claire and Myrna Barry they were popular Yiddish jazz singers made popular in the 1940s-1960s on the New York Radio Show "Yiddish Melodies in Swing", where they would sing swing versions of Yiddish and popular American songs. During the height of their popularity, they even made appearances on the Ed Sullivan show, and were one of the few American acts to tour the former Soviet Union in 1959. Although Myrna Barry died in 1976, Claire Barry continues to sing and perform, and was recently featured in the NPR radio show, "Yiddish Melodies in Swing", an exhibit of the Yiddish Radio Project web site.¨
¨¨
¨The Barry Sisters began performing when they were children and were first called ¨The Begelman Sisters. As they grew older, thjey changed their stage name to The Barry Sisters. they began performing in the New York Catskills resort hotels, and became so popular that they became one of the biggest acts of the Yiddish theater circuit thrilling audiences from New York to Miami Beach. They toured and appeared with Mickey Katz (father of Joel Gray of Cabaret fame.) They became so popular that they appeared on the Ed Sullivan Television Show and were wacthed by millions of Americans. They later toured all of Europe and they were the first group of their kind to appear in the Soviet Union and were one of the most popular acts there as Russian Jews throughout the world wanted to hear their recordings. Many of these Yiddish songs were brought to America at the time of the huge wave of emigration of Eastern European Jews ¨
The Barry Sisters were very popular in the
jewish resorts of the CATSKILLS and MIAMI
BEACH. When Barbra Streisand began her
career, she also worked at these resorts,
such as her performances at the EDEN ROC
in Miami Beach´s Collins Avenue, and at the
Concord Hotel in Kiamesha Lake; New York
Catskills. I wonder if Barbra met the Barry
Sisters?

FAR FROM THE HOME I LOVE ( Lyrics)
what a melancholy choice this is,
Wanting home, wanting him,
How can I hope to make you understand
Why I do what I do,
Why I must travel to a distant land,
Far from the home I love.
Once I was happily content to be
As I was, where I was,
Close to the people who are close to me,
Here in the home I love.
Who could see that a man would come
Who would change the shape of my dreams.
Helpless now I stand with him,
Watching older dreams grow dim.
Oh, what a melancholy choice this is,
Wanting home, wanting him,
Closing my heart to ev'ry hope but his,
Leaving the home I love
Love, love....
Who could see that a man would come
Who would change the shape of my dreams.
So helpless now I stand with him,
Watching older dreams grow dim.
Oh, what a melancholy choice this is,
Wanting home, wanting him,
Closing my heart to ev'ry hope but his,
Leaving the home I love
Far from the home I love,
Leaving the home I love
Yet there with my love I'm home.

Сёстры Бэрри Сёстры Бэрри
еврейско
древнееврейско
Барбра Стрейзанд
Еврей
בארברא סטרייסאנד

ברברה סטרייסנד

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[bendmymind]

wow, 4:34... holy cow! some great early pics of Streisand I've never seen either. thanks

[albertdiner]

I said the same thing when I found that photo.

Well, it was actually a "GIF" which I converted to a JPG (Photo) otherwise the image

would have appeared as distorted in the video.

It's one of Barbra at her elegant best.

[ziegfeldgirl12]

Cool. I've always thought the girl who played Tzietal(sp?) looked a whole lot like barbra.

[albertdiner]

I had the same impression when I first saw the the film FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.

[solitudespa]

I love seeing Barbra in those pictures of her being young. Where can I find them because I can't find the ones of her younger self on the web.

[fondofletters]

this is cool!..:)

[waggietoo]

waggie lipsync, streisand too, take look 

[DevoBassGirl]

@manorrd No, no, no. Your comparison is all sorts of wrong. How can you compare an extraordinarily talented legend with someone who is purely a marketing ploy? Britney can't sing, and her photos are outrageously photoshopped. And as far as appearance goes, Barbara had (and still has) a unique look coming from her Hungarian (?) background. Britney looks like trailer trash, and despite what the media says, she still has that crazy look in her eye.

[Aviva2121]

@manorrd: I disagree - I'd say Barbra was very pretty in her youth and was far more attractive than Britney, because she had a rare talent and a natural allure that was based on far more than just teenage sexuality! Britney is nothing but marketing. There's little genuine beauty or talent underneath.

[TriciaMarieD]

Wow. Person below me needs to be shot. Who says things like that??

[Whyolin]

she s a beauty

[Gefilta]

OY What a Combo, I love the Barry Sisters and Barbra Streisand! THese photos show she was chiribim chiribom beautiful!

[manorrd]

Barbra was the "Britney" of the 60s, to be sure. Although not nearly as pretty, when you take into account how things were back then, you have to cut some slack.

Good for you, Barbra! Here's to makin' hay while the sun shines!

[bigred997]

Great to hear The Barry Sisters. They do not have to take a back seat to Barbra.

And nice to see stuff of Barbra when she was still a female mensch.

[passdajlocc]

I was watching "too wong foo" and had to hear this song in full. thank you!!