Barbra Streisand’s first TV special ‘My Name Is Barbra’ airs 50 years ago this hour (Apr 28 1965)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s, Television 1960s


Video: ''Funny Girl' Sequence from My Name is Barbra'

(Wednesday, April 28, 1965, scheduled for 9:00 p.m. EDT, although probably delayed by President Johnson’s announcement on the Dominican Republic) — Barbra Streisand’s first TV special My Name Is Barbra aired tonight on CBS in conjunction with Streisand’s fifth studio album My Name Is Barbra.