Back in 1962, Columbia Records recorded three live nightclub shows by a little-known young singer. Two years earlier, the then 18-year-old with the op shop clothes and powerful voice had entered a talent competition at New York’s Lion nightclub and won, which afforded her a few nights’ appearance. Afterwards, the act was picked by the Bon Soir, a small but trendy underground nightclub in New York’s Greenwich Village that hosted acts such as comedian Phyllis Diller.
She went on to become something of a household name: Barbra Streisand.
