"Songbird / Honey Can I Put On Your Clothes?" Released: 1978
Songbird is the twentieth studio album by American singer
Barbra Streisand, released in 1978.
The title track reached number 25 on the Hot 100 and spent two weeks atop the
adult contemporary chart. The album also includes Streisand's solo version of "
You Don't Bring Me Flowers". She also subsequently re-recorded the song as a duet with
Neil Diamond and this version topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart for two non-consecutive weeks in December 1978.
In the United States the album has been certified Platinum for sales of 1,000,000 copies.[2] Streisand received the award at a convention held by
CBS, in Los Angeles.[3]
^Stephen Holden (July 27, 1978).
"Rolling Stone Review-Songbird". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 1, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2012.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
link)
^Kemnitz, Robert (September 1978).
"Records". Orange Coast (Vol.4, nº 9 ed.). Emmis Communications. p. 72. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
^Blume, Dave (9 Jul 1978). "Too Many Cooks Dilute the Streisand Soul". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 85.