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An Entity of Type : wsb:Classic_Song, within Data Space : wasabi.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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  • People
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  • 1964 singles
  • 1964 songs
  • Columbia Records singles
  • Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles
  • Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
  • Andy Williams songs
  • Barbra Streisand songs
  • Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients
  • The Supremes songs
  • Songs with music by Jule Styne
  • Songs written by Bob Merrill
  • Songs from Funny Girl (film)
  • Songs from Funny Girl (musical)
abstract
  • %22People%22 is a song composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Bob Merrill for the 1964 Broadway musical Funny Girl starring Barbra Streisand, who introduced the song. In 1998, Streisand's version was inducted in Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, Streisand's version on the soundtrack of Funny Girl finished at #13 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. It has been covered by Dionne Warwick, Steve Lawrence, Jack Jones, Aretha Franklin, Nat King Cole, Wes Montgomery, Perry Como, The Supremes and others, but is considered Streisand's signature song. The song asserts that %22people who need people%22 — that is, people who love others and are not emotionally cut off from them — are the %22luckiest people in the world%22. It was released as a single with %22I Am Woman%22, a solo version of %22You Are Woman, I Am Man%22, also from Funny Girl.Andy Williams released a version of the song on his 1964 album, The Great Songs from %22My Fair Lady%22 and Other Broadway Hits. Ella Fitzgerald recorded the song live on her CBS release Ella Fitzgerald at the Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall. The Tymes had a top 40 hit with the song in 1968. Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) performed the song in the 2014 Glee episode %22New New York%22.
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  • Bob Merrill
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  • ec7cc31d-3f38-40aa-b896-e924158512e7
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  • 5714decd25ac0d8aee3faf32
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  • USWSP0000134
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  • 3138
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  • 723774
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  • english
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wsb:record_label
  • Columbia Records
wsb:recording_description
  • 1963-12-20
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  • People
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