Song of the Day #5,885: ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’ – Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand continued to churn out albums in the mid-60s, releasing four between 1966 and 1967.

First came Color Me Barbra, another record that accompanied a television special. As the title suggests, it was Streisand’s first TV production not shot in black and white.

Then came Je m’appelle Barbra, which found her singing most of its tracks in French.

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Song of the Day #770: ‘O’ Little Town of Bethlehem’ – Bob Dylan

I started the Dylan Weekends series back in the closing days of January. And here we are in the closing days of August, a full seven months later.

It took me that long to explore every studio album Dylan has released so far — 34 of them — while leaving out 20 other albums consisting of either greatest hits, live performances or unreleased tracks.

It is to those albums that I will turn my attention next, specifically the amazing bootleg series that is surely the best project of its sort ever attempted.

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