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Styne, Jule. (1901–1994). "People" ["Funny Girl"] - SIGNED SHEET MUSIC. New York: Chappell-Styne, Inc. & Wonderful Music Corp.. 1964 [1968]. Upright folio. 4 pp. Signed upper left with his name alone in black ink by the composer, "Jule Styne." Light tonight and foxing to edges, else fine condition. An excellent copy of this iconic song from the film adaptation of Funny Girl starring Barbra Streisand, signed by the celebrated British-born American songwriter who wrote the scores for many Broadway shows, most notably Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Peter Pan (additional music), Bells Are Ringing, Gypsy, Do Re Mi, Funny Girl, Sugar (with a story based on the movie Some Like It Hot, but all new music), and the Tony-winning Hallelujah, Baby!.
Barbra Streisand played the lead in the 1964 Broadway musical “Funny Girl” and made an enormous hit with the show-stopping ballad in the play’s first act, featuring the opening and closing counsel: “People, who need people, are the luckiest people in the world….” Composer Jule Styne once asked lyricist Bob Merrill what the words to the song meant. “I don’t know,’’ Merrill reportedly said. “But it sounds good.” Streisand was 21 years-old when “Funny Girl” made its debut and already had three albums on the pop charts--“The Barbra Streisand Album,” “The Second Barbra Streisand Album” and “The Third Album.” In March 1964, Columbia Records released “People” as a single before “Funny Girl” opened on Broadway--then watched the song vault up the “Billboard” 100 through the following June. Streisand’s fourth studio album--also released in 1964--was called “People.” Streisand left “Funny Girl” on Boxing Day in 1965 and never again performed on Broadway. From there, she made her film debut--as Fanny Brice, yet again, in the 1968 Hollywood musical “Funny Girl.” For that performance she won an Academy Award. On screen and in concert, “People” had become her signature.
Styne, Jule. (1901–1994). "People" ["Funny Girl"] - SIGNED SHEET MUSIC. New York: Chappell-Styne, Inc. & Wonderful Music Corp.. 1964 [1968]. Upright folio. 4 pp. Signed upper left with his name alone in black ink by the composer, "Jule Styne." Light tonight and foxing to edges, else fine condition. An excellent copy of this iconic song from the film adaptation of Funny Girl starring Barbra Streisand, signed by the celebrated British-born American songwriter who wrote the scores for many Broadway shows, most notably Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Peter Pan (additional music), Bells Are Ringing, Gypsy, Do Re Mi, Funny Girl, Sugar (with a story based on the movie Some Like It Hot, but all new music), and the Tony-winning Hallelujah, Baby!.
Barbra Streisand played the lead in the 1964 Broadway musical “Funny Girl” and made an enormous hit with the show-stopping ballad in the play’s first act, featuring the opening and closing counsel: “People, who need people, are the luckiest people in the world….” Composer Jule Styne once asked lyricist Bob Merrill what the words to the song meant. “I don’t know,’’ Merrill reportedly said. “But it sounds good.” Streisand was 21 years-old when “Funny Girl” made its debut and already had three albums on the pop charts--“The Barbra Streisand Album,” “The Second Barbra Streisand Album” and “The Third Album.” In March 1964, Columbia Records released “People” as a single before “Funny Girl” opened on Broadway--then watched the song vault up the “Billboard” 100 through the following June. Streisand’s fourth studio album--also released in 1964--was called “People.” Streisand left “Funny Girl” on Boxing Day in 1965 and never again performed on Broadway. From there, she made her film debut--as Fanny Brice, yet again, in the 1968 Hollywood musical “Funny Girl.” For that performance she won an Academy Award. On screen and in concert, “People” had become her signature.