Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.797022 By Barbra Streisand. By Bob Merrill and Jule Styne. Arranged by David Lee Gingras and John E. Dosher. Broadway,Film/TV,Jazz,Musical/Show. Score. 3 pages. DAVID LEE GINGRAS #404203. Published by DAVID LEE GINGRAS (A0.797022). People is a song composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Bob Merrill for the 1964 Broadway musical Funny Girl starring Barbra Streisand, who introduced the song. The song was released as a single in 1964 with I Am Woman, a solo version of You Are Woman, I Am Man, also from Funny Girl. This version features a root-based chord blocking that John and I have used in a number of our arrangements.