The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Kenny Rogers R.I.P.


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Yes except that I can't imagine that Paul McCartney, who apparently wrote 'The Fool On The Hill' by himself, would have had much if any opportunity to have heard the rarer than rare 'Searching Wind'. This is as good an opportunity as any to feature Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch's delightful recording...

I wonder if this piece of music inspired The Beatles to write 'The Fool on the Hill' ?




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The Lady in Concert...


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The one I remember Ed Ames for...


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It has to be Burt's "Instrumental" for me.

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The Portraits album was released around `74 in the US with the more pedestrian title, Greatest Hits. What was never released in the US until its inclusion on the Something Big set was the first live album on A&M. I could never figure out why. Blair, Was ''Portrait in Music... Volume 2' ever release...

Blair,
I must try to see Hiromi next time she visits the UK.

Welcome back....you've been missed.

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Jay Asher wrote:I hope this doesn't violate any rules but here I am performing some Burt & Hal songs live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR9BesGdX6o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m7dvXmsKeY

Superb !
You've really got "The Burt vibe"....thanks for sharing.

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Burt's songs pop up in the most unexpected places.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_gQmzRFtYk

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Blue, it sounds like a Bacharach pastiche. An item on BBC TV news a couple of days ago about an eco-friendly housing estate in Norwich winning an architecture award featured this instrumental piece from the 60s playing in the background for some inexplicable reason which despite being composed by w...

Burt could almost have composed this.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGkqtv-tzk0

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Sadly Joss Stone's career has been on a downward trajectory for some years now but at least she's still touring and recording, unlike another British female singer with a distinctive voice who's fallen off the radar in recent years, Duffy, or as the media constantly referred to her, 'Welsh singer D...

Blue you posted the wrong link. I was aware Dusty had a version but I think the girl group version is even superior to hers and that says alot. Geoff, Thank you for pointing out my mistake...I've now posted the correct link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlh2QOLJopY BTW 'The Honey Bees' version i...

Rare Bacharach / David song, a kind of lyrical version of the instrumental 'She's Gone Away'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_u8Wuh6xk

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