美國演藝天后［芭芭拉史翠珊］──傳統流行抒情曲──［Why Did I Choose You?／為何我選擇你?］

(feat. From The Yearling)

(M. Leonard & H. Martin)

Why did I choose you?
What did I see in you?
I saw the heart you hide so well
I saw a quiet man who had a gentle way
A way that caught me in its glowing spell
Why did I want you?
What could you offer me?
A love to last a lifetime through
And when I lost my heart so many years ago,
I lost it lovingly and willingly to you...
If I had to choose again,
I would still choose you...
And when I lost my heart so many years ago,
I lost it lovingly and willingly to you...
If I had to choose again,
I would still choose you...

Songwriters: HERBERT MARTIN, MICHAEL (USA LEONARD

Why Did I Choose You? lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

１９６５年５月　２３歲的美國演藝紅星芭芭拉史翠珊（Barbra Streisand）發行［My Name Is Barbra］大碟

由Robert Mersey製作

收錄她同名電視特輯［My Name Is Barbra］表演曲目的錄音室版本

歌曲多為音樂劇, 傳統流行等歌曲翻唱, 獲得出色樂評

登上美國告示專輯榜亞軍　拿到百萬金唱片

首支單曲是［Why Did I Choose You?／為何我選擇你?］

由法國作曲名家Michael Leonard與Herbert Martin創作, 原為１９６５年搬上舞台的百老匯音樂劇［The Yearling／鹿苑長春］所寫

被製作成傳統流行風格的抒情曲

在優美的絃樂聲中, 芭芭拉以她的金嗓溫婉詮釋這首情歌

［Why Did I Choose You］登上美國單曲榜＃７７　副榜Easy Listening榜＃１５

此曲在CD版時間長達３：４８　但黑膠唱片則只有２：４６

史翠珊以［My Name Is Barbra］四度拿到葛萊美最佳女歌手, 且被全國唱片商協會獎被選為當年最佳女歌手

2:48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-LAcEFGQe0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2808C5f1XM

3:48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2808C5f1XM

(live 1966)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFHyYj1gF4I

My Name Is Barbra (1965)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZr-fuWLa4M