"Songbird" is the title track and first

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Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers List ...

's 1978 album '' Songbird''. It was written by Dave Wolfert and Steve Nelson and produced by Gary Klein. On the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, the song peaked at number 25. Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 609. It spent two weeks atop the ''Billboard''

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in July and August 1978, her fifth song to accomplish this feat.Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications), page 221. One theory as to why "Songbird" was less successful on the U.S. pop chart is that Streisand recorded the theme to the 1978 film '' Eyes of Laura Mars'', which was released as a single a few weeks after "Songbird" came out. " Prisoner (Love Theme from ''Eyes of Laura Mars'')" reached number 21 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and may have created competition with herself for pop radio airplay and single sales.

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