Hit Parade: Hello, Gorgeous Edition Part 1
b'Barbra Streisand: star of stage and screen. Oscar-winner, film director and TV producer. Culture warrior and meme generator.\\n\\nYes, all that\\u2014but don\\u2019t get it twisted: Barbra\\u2019s legend rests in her catalog of hit songs\\u2014and that voice.\\n\\nEven as culture vultures consume her recent doorstop of a memoir My Name Is Barbra, what\\u2019s getting overlooked are Streisand\\u2019s awesome musical benchmarks, especially on the Billboard charts. All of those records Taylor Swift has been setting on the album chart, and Billie Eilish on the Grammys? Babs got there first.\\n\\nAt a time when rock was ascendant and showtunes were on the wane, Streisand set her own pop agenda, scoring brassy hits that weren\\u2019t trendy but topped the charts anyway. She became a pop star, Broadway legend and box-office commander practically simultaneously.\\n\\nJoin Chris Molanphy as he tells the story of the original Queen of All Media and explains how she racked up all those hits your mom loved (be honest, you know them too) and made \\u201cmemories, like the corners of [your] mind.\\u201d Trust us: It\\u2019ll be like buttah.\\n\\nPodcast production by Kevin Bendis.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'