The last time Barbra Streisand performed on The Tonight Show John F. Kennedy was the country’s president. She made a long-awaited and much-hyped return to the program to sing a medley from her latest album Partners (out tomorrow, go here for a chance to win an autographed copy). The album features Streisand revisiting many of her classic hits with a number of contemporary vocalists such as Michael Buble and Blake Shelton and through technological magic there’s even a rendition of “Love Me Tender” sung with the late Elvis Presley. Because Streisand is such a rare presence on the talk show circuit, host Jimmy Fallon devoted the entire hour to the superstar entertainer and even joined her for a medley in which the noted impersonator offers his best attempts at Buble, Presley and Shelton.
Watch their duet below.
As fans undoubtedly realize, Barbra prefers her left profile. Here’s a clip of how she managed this feat without having Fallon rearrange his set.
Don’t call her a “diva,” though.
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The last-known time Barbra appeared on late night television was a cameo on Saturday Night Live in 1992 during a “Coffee Talk” skit that starred Madonna, Roseanne Barr and Mike Myers. She was like a big stick of buttah then and now.
Cobalt Blue
Again? Put a sock on her…
Alex56
Amazing show. A true LEGEND. Haters just stop already. Just a great entertainer.
RIGay
LOVE Barbara! But PLEASE, can Jimmy Fallon do ANYTHING without schtick!
lykeitiz
@RIGay: Exactly! I just knew that cheezball was going to sing with her!
Every time he has a music legend on, he sings with them, and to me it’s cringe-worthy, but the audience goes nuts. I don’t know which one was worse….when Stevie Nicks was there & he dressed up like Tom Petty to do “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”, or when he tried to take himself seriously & sing w/Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band.
He was so funny on SNL, but he’s just grating & annoying on his show. Granted, I think my opinion is in the minority….
lykeitiz
@lykeitiz: But more importantly……Barbra’s voice still sounds AMAZING!!
Vince Smetana
Babs: Legend.
Jonathan26
It was not good.
queertyrone
@lykeitiz: First, and certainly foremost, I couldn’t agree more. Barbra was – and is ALWAYS – amazing! 😉 Haters, be gone. You have no power here. Now, if I may take advantage of an opportunity and stray from topic *ever* so slightly; it might sound awesome, but, for the record*, “more importantly” is grammatically incorrect. It’s a very common mistake, yes, but actually, “more important” is the proper term (if you think of adding a “what’s” in front you can see why). Anyway, just a friendly FYI, my dear Queer peeps, for future postings here and elsewhere. And if you tell two friends, they’ll tell two friends …
*Extra points for the TRUE Babs lover who gets this reference. 😉
lykeitiz
@queertyrone: I wuznt awhere of that. Thank u 4 the correctness! 🙂