Mon Homme Streisand on her album "My Name Is Barbra" and in the film adaptation of "Funny Girl" (1968), a loosely based biography of Fanny Brice. Her rendition of "My Man", sung during the film's finale, drew additional critical praise to an already lauded performance that earned her the Oscar for Best Actress at the 41st Academy Awards. Diana Ross performed the song in her final concert appearance as a Supreme at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 14, 1970. Her performance was recorded and later released on the 1970 live album "Farewell." Ross adopted Holiday's jazz and blues
Funny Girl (musical) cover the "Funny Girl" songs (several of which were to appear on their shelved 1965 album "There's a Place for Us") to tie-in with the September release of the feature-film version of the musical. Funny Girl (musical) Funny Girl is a 1963 musical (opened on Broadway in 1964) with a book by Isobel Lennart, music by Jule Styne, and lyrics by Bob Merrill. The semi-biographical plot is based on the life and career of Broadway star, film actress and comedian Fanny Brice featuring her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nick Arnstein. Its original title was "My Man." The musical