It’s difficult to imagine a world without “People” but one almost existed. In 1962, during early tryouts of Funny Girl, composer Jule Styne and lyricist Bob Merrill wrote the ubiquitous show tune that would become Barbara Streisand’s signature anthem. Producers didn’t care for the song and wanted it cut from the show. Merrill persuaded them to keep it, Babs sang it, and the world embraced it.
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