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As part of the Forest Hills Music Festival, Barbra Steisand plays for an audience of 15,000 at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York City, USA.Full article:
Review in Billboard magazine : Barbra Streisand, the gifted girl with the Greenwich Village manner and the Londonderry air, was on target but failed to hit the bull's-eye at her West Side Tennis Club concert on Sunday.
One cannot fault her singing. She was in excellent vocal form, displaying the unique style, the clarity of tone, the range that makes her one of the great new stars in the musical firmament today. She sang some oldies such as I Got Plenty of Nuthin', When the Sun Comes Out, My Man and Fine and Dandy. She sang some newies from a forthcoming musical, Yearling, including When In Rome and Why Did I Choose You, and in between there were a few novelty-type tunes and humorous little anecdotes.
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One cannot fault her singing. She was in excellent vocal form, displaying the unique style, the clarity of tone, the range that makes her one of the great new stars in the musical firmament today. She sang some oldies such as I Got Plenty of Nuthin', When the Sun Comes Out, My Man and Fine and Dandy. She sang some newies from a forthcoming musical, Yearling, including When In Rome and Why Did I Choose You, and in between there were a few novelty-type tunes and humorous little anecdotes.