Barbra Streisand at her best singing THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK.;
I GOT RHYTHM / FUNNY FACE / SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER YOU
I GOT A CRUSH ON YOU / ISN'T IT A PITY ? / THE MAN I LOVE /
I GOT PLENTY OF NOTHIN' / I LOVES YOU PORGY / I'S YOUR WOMAN NOW / I GOT A CRUSH ON YOU

I GOT A CRUSH ON YOU ( duet with FRANK SINATRA
from BARBRA STREISAND DUETS ( Sony/CBS/COLUMBIA 2002 _
Live Version from Barbra Streisand in TIMELESS 2000

All songs by GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN, except some lyrics in the selection of songs of the opera PORGY AND BESS are also by
DUBOSE HEYWARD. " In his introduction to the section on DuBose Heyward in Invisible Giants: Fifty Americans Who Shaped the Nation But Missed the History Books, Stephen Sondheim wrote:

"DuBose Heyward has gone largely unrecognized as the author of the finest set of lyrics in the history of the American musical theater - namely, those of Porgy and Bess. There are two reasons for this, and they are connected. First, he was primarily a poet and novelist, and his only song lyrics were those that he wrote for Porgy. Second, some of them were written in collaboration with Ira Gershwin, a full-time lyricist, whose reputation in the musical theater was firmly established before the opera was written. But most of the lyrics in Porgy - and all of the distinguished ones - are by Heyward. I admire his theater songs for their deeply felt poetic style and their insight into character. It's a pity he didn't write any others. His work is sung, but he is unsung."

Barbra Streisand has won many prestigious awards, yet one important award she has yet to win is The George and Ira Gershwin Lifetime Musical Achievement Award . I hereby nominate Barbra Streisand as a candidadte for the 2016 award. No one is more deserving than Barbra for her lifetime contribution in preserving the GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK standards.