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13 unusual facts about Burt Bacharach


Anita Kerr

:*Two Classic Albums from The Anita Kerr Singers 1999/CD COLLECTOR'S CHOICE (US), reissue of Anita's The Anita Kerr Singers Reflect on the Hits of Burt Bacharach & Hal David and Velvet Voices and Bold Brass LPs, respectively

:*The Anita Kerr Singers Reflect on the Hits of Burt Bacharach & Hal David 1969/LP DOT DLP-25906 (US)

At This Time

At This Time is an album by American pianist, composer and music producer Burt Bacharach, released in 2005 through Columbia.

Burt Bacharach – synthesizer, piano, arranger, composer, flugelhorn, keyboards, vocals, producer, Fender Rhodes, oberheim, audio production

Bill Wells

Wells' style of experimental jazz takes influences from Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach, Gil Evans, and Charles Mingus.

Geoff Love

Big Bond Movie Themes (1975) featuring a selection of instrumental versions of music and songs from the James Bond film series from Dr. No up to The Man with the Golden Gun (including Burt Bacharach's Casino Royale from the 1967 spoof Bond film) has since become one of Love's most sought after MFP albums.

NTD

NTD-8 was officially launched at 8:00pm on 11 November 1971, with the opening lineup beginning at 5:30pm with Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, followed by Bandstand at 6:00 p.m. and at 7:00 p.m., An Evening with Burt Bacharach.

Rob Fisher

Naked Eyes' two biggest hits were their rendition of the Burt Bacharach song "Always Something There to Remind Me", and the self-penned "Promises, Promises".

Rockin' with Judy Jetson

# "A House Is Not a Home" (not related to the Burt Bacharach song of the same name) - Judy

Something Big

The lighthearted title song, which sets the picaresque tone for the movie, was written by Burt Bacharach (music) and Hal David (lyric) and sung by Mark Lindsay.

The Golden Hits of Sandie Shaw

The only song not written by him is the opener of side one - Shaw's breakthrough single "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me," which is by American songwriting duo Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

Treorchy Male Choir

Television programmes with Sir Tom Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Dame Julie Andrews, Sir Harry Secombe and Burt Bacharach was only the beginning of their long association with major celebrities.

Wishin' and Hopin'

"Wishin' and Hopin'" is a song, written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, which was a Top 10 hit for Dusty Springfield in 1964.


A Group Called Smith

# "Baby, It's You" (Burt Bacharach/Mack David/Luther Dixon (credited as Barney Williams)) - (cover of The Shirelles, also by The Beatles)- Connecticut Native John Deleone did the drum work on this track . He did it while on a leave of duty while being in the Army 3:27

Best 1991–2004

# "Walk On By" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:18 previously unreleased

Dave's Room

Many popular engineers and producers frequently use Dave's Room, including Jack Joseph Puig, T Bone Burnett, Alan Parsons (who recorded the very first Alan Parsons Project sessions at the studio), Brown Bannister, Burt Bacharach, Larry Norman and many others.

Donna McKechnie

In April, 1968, McKechnie was back on Broadway in the short-lived musical version of Leo Rosten's collection of short stories The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, which led to a featured role in Burt Bacharach and Hal David's Promises, Promises, choreographed by Bennett.

I'll Still Love You

a fact that led her to tell a reporter that she and Harrison could become a singer/songwriter pairing on the scale of Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach.

Karine Costa

She had a hit with her own version of Burt Bacharach's song, "I Say a Little Prayer" (made famous by Dionne Warwick) that is currently used in France in the TV advert for the Crédit mutuel.

Liz Damon's Orient Express

Liz Damon's Orient Express released Burt Bacharach's "Loneliness Remembers (What Happiness Forgets)" for the Anthem label in late 1971, and it became their second and last US chart single, and the only charted version of that song, which was originally recorded by Dionne Warwick.

Long Ago Tomorrow

"Long Ago Tomorrow" is a song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film The Raging Moon, and originally recorded by BJ Thomas in 1971.

Rod Castro

The yet to be released album features artist collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Shock G of Digital Underground, Bootsy Collins, "Daughtry" drummer Robin Diaz, Shavo Odadjian of System Of A Down, Reggie Calloway of Midnight Star, Rick Rouse of George Clinton and Burt Bacharach violinist Eliza James.

The Singles Collection: 1959 to 1966

#"Send Me No Flowers"  (Hal David/Burt Bacharach)  (with Mort Garson's orchestra)    (Recorded September 11, 1964)