Before Columbia Records recorded an entire album of Streisand, they teamed her with producer Mike Berniker and conductor/arranger George Williams and released four Streisand songs as singles. “I don't know why I was chosen,” Berniker said. “I met with Marty [Erlichman], then with Barbra. I sent her a copy of a Tammy Grimes album I had just done. She listened to the album and said, ‘Yeah, let's go.’”

“Happy Days” and “When the Sun Comes Out” were paired for Barbra's first 7-inch single release (“Sun” was the b-side) in early November 1962.

Columbia, not 100 percent behind their newly signed recording artist, only pressed 500 copies of Barbra's first single.

Because these were recorded first, they actually have different arrangements than the ones heard on The Barbra Streisand Album — Peter Matz did the album arrangements.  George Williams orchestrated the singles.

PHOTO: Barbra Streisand in Columbia Records’ Studio C, New York, recording her first sides. October 16, 1962. The single was out less than a month later.