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09 Feb 23
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RIP one of the greats.
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Did some work with The Carpenters as well I think?
Legend, rip |
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Very much a perfectionist, drove Cilla potty. Was he married to Carol Bayer Sager at some point?
RIP. |
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My first thought was Butch & Sundance.
R.I.P a true great  |
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Saw him 4 or 5 years ago maybe longer, one of the best gigs I've been to. His voice had obviously gone but he was a great raconteur, played piano and had a top notch band and vocalists. My favourite of his, Anyone Who Had A Heart.
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I always think that Burt Bacharach songs have a particular "feel" that I find hard to put into words but I know it when I hear it. A sort of sickly schmaltzy intonation that I dislike. "Raindrops" ruined Butch Cassidy for me. I hated that sequence on the bike. I've heard them all and with one single exception, I've never been surprised to learn that a particular song was by him after hearing it. The exception is "Baby It's You" which the Beatles covered on their first album and which I've always liked.
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He wrote some stuff I don't like. "Raindrops" is definitely one as is "Magic Moments" which I suspect few will remember. But some of his 60s stuff,particularly anything Dionne Warwick recorded first,is pure pop class. I'm not a musician but the distinctiveness which has been noted is something to do with a certain jerkiness in most of his rhythms.
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What the world needs now, is love sweet love.
Unfortunately, David, too many warmongers among the world's leaders. R.I.P |
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And yes he was married to Carol Bayer Sager,they wrote some stuff together after he and Hal David split up. There are odd ones that a lot of people don't realise he wrote. I only found out he wrote "24 Hours From Tulsa" 20 years or so ago.
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https://youtu.be/2dDGnl8_Dzg
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His music was beautiful, relaxing. emotional and listening now it takes me back to much happier days.
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quite simply the best songwriter to ever grace the planet
R.I.P. Burt and thanks for all the great songs that came from your lyrics - here's just two of my favs - and yes i guess there are better versions of the songs out there but come on how can you not like his stuff https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MLd4eRJTJyU&list=PLx_rcGo3xEReGeEZNR8CLtvXAfkk3cd1- https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=lpi7r7TTxGU |
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was listening to radio both on way and back from hospital today when listening to Drive on 5 live - was amazed to find out he actually wrote "Arthurs theme" from the film Arthur - a song i thought was all Christopher Cross's doing (still sung it magnificently mind)
Had over 70 top 40 US "HITS" and over 40 UK ones - some numbers there  and greatly influenced likes of the Beatles and Noel Gallagher amongst others so he musta been doing something right |
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Didn't he own Soul of the matter... remember him racing again Cigar back in the day
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Not all of Burt Bacharach’s hits were on the charts. The Oscar-winning songwriter and pianist found success at the racetrack, too.
He first got into horse racing in 1968, the year in which he co-wrote hits “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” by Dionne Warwick and “This Guy’s in Love with You” by Herb Alpert. Bacharach asked Charlie Whittingham to pick out a horse for him. The Hall of Fame trainer selected Battle Royal, who won his first race, setting Bacharach into a decadeslong career as an owner and breeder. Bacharach, who died Wednesday in Los Angeles of natural causes at the age of 94, named his breeding operation Blue Seas Music. His biggest successes came in the mid-1990s with two horses whose names were tied to his musical success: Soul of the Matter and Afternoon Deelites. Soul of the Matter won seven of 16 races and had career earnings of $2.3 million. |
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The Look Of Love - Dusty Springfield … absolute classic and on my phone from Burt Bacharach
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Didnt realise till today he wrote "I say a little prayer " ,immortalised by Aretha ,liked his work ,very talented sonwriter ,he had a kong innings ,but RIP
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snowy -its amazing if you look thru his catalogue
practically made Dione (whitneys aunt i believe) career wiv countless songs |
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And i guarantee every last person on this forum i will turn up
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1952 "Once In A Blue Moon" Nat King Cole His first professionally written song.
1957 "The Story of My Life" Marty Robbins Hal David 15 - 1958: Michael Holliday, #1 UK 1958: Gary Miller, #14 UK 1958: Dave King, #20 UK 1958: Alma Cogan, #25 UK 1958 "Magic Moments" Perry Como Hal David 4 1 1958: Ronnie Hilton, #22 UK "Wendy Wendy" The Four Coins 72 - "The Blob" The Five Blobs Mack David 33 - 1959 "Crazy Times" Gene Vincent Paul Hampton "With Open Arms" Jane Morgan Hal David 39 - 1960 "I Looked For You" Charlie Gracie Hal David "We're Only Young Once" The Avons Robert Colby - 45 1961 "Gotta Get A Girl" Frankie Avalon Hal David "Mexican Divorce" The Drifters Hal David "Please Stay" The Drifters Bob Hilliard 14 - 1966: The Cryin' Shames, #26 UK 2001: Mekon ft. Marc Almond, #91 UK "I Wake Up Crying" Chuck Jackson Hal David 59 - "Tower of Strength" Gene McDaniels Bob Hilliard 5 - 1961: Frankie Vaughan, #1 UK "You're Following Me" Perry Como Bob Hilliard 92 - "Three Wheels on My Wagon" Dick Van **** Bob Hilliard - - "Baby It's You" The Shirelles Mack David, Luther Dixon 8 - 1964: Dave Berry, #23 UK 1969: Smith, #5 pop 1995: The Beatles (live), #67 pop, #7 UK "You Don't Have To Be A Tower of Strength" Gloria Lynne Hal David 100 - 1962 "Another Tear Falls" Gene McDaniels Hal David - - 1966: The Walker Brothers, #12 UK "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)" Chuck Jackson Bob Hilliard 23 - 1969: Percy Sledge, #86 pop 1982: Ronnie Milsap, #1 country and #14 pop "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" Gene Pitney Hal David 4 - "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" Tommy Hunt Hal David - - 1964: Dusty Springfield, #3 UK 1966: Dionne Warwick, #26 pop 1970: Gary Puckett, #61 pop 2003: The White Stripes, #13 UK "(It's) Wonderful to Be Young" Cliff Richard Hal David "Make It Easy on Yourself" Jerry Butler Hal David 20 - 1965: The Walker Brothers, #16 pop, #1 UK 1970: Dionne Warwick, #37 US "Don't You Believe It" Andy Williams Bob Hilliard 39 - "Only Love Can Break a Heart" Gene Pitney Hal David 2 - 1967: Margaret Whiting, #96 pop 1977: Bobby Vinton, #99 pop "Keep Away from Other Girls" Helen Shapiro Bob Hilliard - 40 "(There Goes) The Forgotten Man" Jimmy Radcliffe Hal David "The Love of a Boy" Timi Yuro Hal David 44 - "Don't Make Me Over" Dionne Warwick Hal David 21 - 1966: The Swinging Blue Jeans, #31 UK 1970: Brenda & the Tabulations, #77 pop 1979: Jennifer Warnes, #67 pop 1989: Sybil, #20 pop, #19 UK 1963 "This Empty Place" Dionne Warwick Hal David 84 - "Wishin' and Hopin'" Dionne Warwick Hal David - - 1964: Dusty Springfield, #6 pop 1964: The Merseybeats, #13 UK "Blue on Blue" Bobby Vinton Hal David 3 - "Be True to Yourself" Bobby Vee Hal David 34 - "True Love Never Runs Smooth" Gene Pitney Hal David 21 - "In The Land Of Make Believe" The Drifters Hal David "Saturday Sunshine" Burt Bacharach Hal David 93 - "Make the Music Play" Dionne Warwick Hal David 81 - "Blue Guitar" Richard Chamberlain Hal David 42 - "(They Long to Be) Close to You" Richard Chamberlain Hal David - - 1970: The Carpenters, #1 pop, #6 UK 1972: Jerry Butler featuring Brenda Lee Eager, #91 pop 1976: B. 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Express, #82 pop 1986: Gwen Guthrie, #25 UK 1990: The Carpenters, #25 UK (reissue) "Reach Out for Me" Lou Johnson Hal David 74 - 1964: Dionne Warwick, #20 pop, #23 UK "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" Gene Pitney Hal David 17 5 "Wives and Lovers" Jack Jones Hal David 14 - "Anyone Who Had a Heart" Dionne Warwick Hal David 8 42 1964: Cilla Black, #1 UK 2008: Atomic Kitten, #77 UK 2015: Cilla Black, #41 UK 1964 "Send me no Flowers" Doris Day Hal David "Any Old Time Of The Day" Dionne Warwick Hal David "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed" Linda Scott Hal David 100 - "Walk On By" Dionne Warwick Hal David 6 9 1969: Isaac Hayes, #30 pop 1975: Gloria Gaynor, #98 US 1978: The Stranglers, #21 UK 1979: AWB, #92 pop, #46 UK 1982: D Train, #44 UK 1989: Dina Carroll, #95 UK 1990: Sybil, #74 pop, #6 UK 1997: Gabrielle, #7 UK "A House Is Not a Home" Dionne Warwick Hal David 71 - 1964: Brook Benton, #75 pop 2010: The Glee Cast, #53 pop, #77 UK "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" Dionne Warwick Hal David 34 20 1973: The Stylistics, #23 pop "Me Japanese Boy I Love You" Bobby Goldsboro Hal David 74 - "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" Lou Johnson Hal David 49 - 1964: Sandie Shaw, #1 UK 1968: Dionne Warwick, #65 pop 1968: Jose Feliciano 1970: R. B. Greaves, #27 pop 1983: Naked Eyes, #8 pop, #59 UK 1994: Sandie Shaw, #66 UK (reissue) 1995: Tin Tin Out, #14 UK "A Message to Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)" Lou Johnson Hal David - 36 1964: Adam Faith, #12 UK 1966: Dionne Warwick, "Message to Michael", #8 pop "Rome Will Never Leave You" Richard Chamberlain Hal David 99 - 1965 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" Dionne Warwick Hal David "Long After Tonight Is All Over" Jimmy Radcliffe Hal David - 40 "Trains and Boats and Planes" Burt Bacharach Hal David - 4 1965: Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, #47 pop, #12 UK 1966: Dionne Warwick, #22 pop "What the World Needs Now Is Love" Jackie DeShannon Hal David 7 - 1971: Tom Clay, #8 pop 1998: Dionne Warwick & the Hip-Hop Nation United, #87 pop "What's New ****cat?" Tom Jones Hal David 3 11 "My Little Red Book" Manfred Mann Hal David - - 1966: Love, #52 pop "Here I Am" Dionne Warwick Hal David 65 - "A Lifetime of Loneliness" Jackie DeShannon Hal David 66 - "Looking with My Eyes" Dionne Warwick Hal David 64 - "Are You There (With Another Girl)" Dionne Warwick Hal David 39 - 1966 "Alfie" Cilla Black Hal David 95 9 1966: Cher, #32 pop 1967: Dionne Warwick, #15 pop 1968: Eivets Rednow, #66 pop 2004: Alison Moyet, #99 UK "Come and Get Me" Jackie DeShannon Hal David 83 - "Another Night" Dionne Warwick Hal David 49 - "Go With Love" Dionne Warwick Hal David - "Nikki" Burt Bacharach Hal David "Promise Her Anything" Tom Jones Hal David 74 - "So Long Johnny" Jackie DeShannon Hal David 1967 "The Beginning of Loneliness" Dionne Warwick Hal David 79 - "Casino Royale" Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 27 27 "The Look of Love" Dusty Springfield Hal David 22 - 1968: Sérgio Mendes, #4 pop 1971: Isaac Hayes, #79 pop 1973: Gladys Knight & the Pips, #21 UK 1996: T-Empo, #71 UK 2001: Diana Krall, #22 Adult Contemporary "The Windows of the World" Dionne Warwick Hal David 32 - "I Say a Little Prayer" Dionne Warwick Hal David 4 - 1968: Aretha Franklin, #10 pop, #4 UK 1971: Glen Campbell and Anne Murray, #81 pop 1988: Bomb the Bass, #10 UK 1997: Diana King, #38 pop, #17 UK "One Less Bell to Answer" Keely Smith Hal David - - 1970: The 5th Dimension, #2 pop 1968 "Knowing When to Leave" Sue Raney Hal David "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" Dionne Warwick Hal David 10 8 "This Guy's in Love with You" Herb Alpert Hal David 1 3 1969: Dionne Warwick, "This Girl's in Love with You", #7 pop "Let Me Be Lonely" Dionne Warwick Hal David 71 - "Who Is Gonna Love Me?" Dionne Warwick Hal David 33 56 "To Wait for Love" Herb Alpert Hal David 51 - 1964: Tony Orlando "Promises, Promises" Dionne Warwick Hal David 19 - 1969 "The April Fools" Dionne Warwick Hal David 37 - "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" Burt Bacharach Hal David 93 - 1969: Bobbie Gentry, #1 UK 1969: Dionne Warwick, #6 pop 1990: Deacon Blue (on Four Bacharach & David Songs), #2 UK "Odds and Ends" Dionne Warwick Hal David 43 - "I'm a Better Man (For Having Loved You)" Engelbert Humperdinck Hal David 38 15 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" B. J. Thomas Hal David 1 38 1970: Sacha Distel, #10 UK 1970: Bobbie Gentry, #40 UK 1970 "Everybody's Out of Town" B. J. Thomas Hal David 26 - "Let Me Go To Him" Dionne Warwick Hal David 32 - "Paper Mache" Dionne Warwick Hal David 43 - "The Wine Is Young" Dionne Warwick Hal David 1970 - B side to Paper Mache "The Green Grass Starts to Grow" Dionne Warwick Hal David 43 - 1971 "All Kinds Of People" Dionne Warwick Hal David "Who Gets the Guy" Dionne Warwick Hal David 57 - "Long Ago Tomorrow" B. J. Thomas Hal David 61 - 1973 "Living Together, Growing Together" The 5th Dimension Hal David 32 - "Lost Horizon" Shawn Phillips Hal David 63 - 1980 "I Don't Need You Anymore" Jackie DeShannon Paul Anka 86 - 1981 "Stronger Than Before" Carole Bayer Sager Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager 30 - "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" Christopher Cross Christopher Cross, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen 1 7 "Making Love" Roberta Flack Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager 13 - 1982 "Night Shift" Quarterflash Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Ross 60 - "Heartlight" Neil Diamond Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond 5 47 "That's What Friends Are For" Rod Stewart Carole Bayer Sager - - 1985: Dionne Warwick and Friends (Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Gladys Knight), #1 US pop, #1 R&B, #16 UK 1983 "Front Page Story" Neil Diamond Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond 65 - 1984 "A Chance for Heaven" Christopher Cross Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross 76 - "Turn Around" Neil Diamond Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond 62 - 1986 "On My Own" Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald Carole Bayer Sager 1 2 "Love Always" El DeBarge Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager 43 - 1987 "Love Power" Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne Carole Bayer Sager 12 63 "Over You" Ray Parker Jr. Carole Bayer Sager, Ray Parker Jr. - 65 1994 "Don't Say Goodbye Girl" Tevin Campbell Sally Jo Dakota, Narada Michael Walden 71 - 1998 "Toledo" Elvis Costello Elvis Costello - 72 |
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What a way to start an amazing journey, the great Nat king Cole.
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Walk On By- Dionne Warwick would be my favourite.
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… Bacharach with Dionne Warwick in a London recording studio, in 1964. |
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he basically made Dionnes career and laterly Whitneys......
do you know the way |
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BBC2 enjoy
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i aint even gona put the link up - go find it but Baby its you by Adele is on anutha level
 Burt and Adele |