"Evergreen (Love Theme from )" is the well known theme song
from the 1976 film
A Star Is Born. It was composed and performed by Barbra
Streisand with lyrics by Paul Williams. The song was released
on the soundtrack to
A Star Is Born.
Streisand earned an Academy Award for Best Original Song,
her second overall, as composer of the song. With "Evergreen",
Streisand earned a Grammy Award for Song of the Year as well.
She and Williams also won Golden Globes in the category of Best
Original Song for the song.
The single was a worldwide success, spending three weeks at
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and six weeks atop the adult
contemporary chart. This was Streisand's second Hot 100 #1 song
(following "The Way We Were" in 1974), and her third
chart-topper on the adult contemporary chart ("The Way We Were"
and 1964's "People").
Streisand also recorded versions of the song in Spanish
("Tema de Amor de Nace Una Estrella"), French ( "De Reve en
Reverie"), and Italian ("Sempreverde"). Of these versions, only
the Spanish version of the song has been released commercially
as a track on the CD single, "I Finally Found Someone", a duet
with Bryan Adams and on the import CD version of the "A Star is
Born" remastered soundtrack.
Songwriter Paul Williams recorded the song for his album
"Classics" (1977). British singer Hazell Dean recorded a dance
version of the song. It was released as a single in 1984.
Luther Vandross recorded the song for his
album"Songs"(1994).