The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

A special mention for Carole Bayer Sager, if only for her collaboration with Burt on her sublime album 'Sometimes Late At Night'. I was gonna put a disclaimer that she can't be considered but then i listened to Arthurs Theme and Heartlight and it softened up my heart but Thats What friends are for ...

I think it`s very much up for debate (however heretical) that Hal was Burt`s best lyricist - albeit indisputably his most commercially successful. I`ve always thought it regrettable that Burt never had a partner with the sophistication of a Larry Hart or a Cole Porter. I understand that these men w...

.....and who could forget ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rrp3Zvzl20 'blue' Omg so weird you posted this. I've been on a Tami Terrell binge all weekend. What a beauty with an angelic voice but a heartbreakingly sad sad story smh. The song ive been singing all weekend is if this world were mine w...

Another notable song Bacharach wrote with Sydney Shaw was the far from dreamy and in fact very jazzy Out Of My Continental Mind. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GoeSjRcnuzM Bob Hilliard would get my nomination as Bacharach's best collaborator after Hal David and out of the twenty-six songs they wrote...

Freddie Scotts Hey Girl written by Brill Building alumn Carole King/Gerry Goffin sounds like an early 60s Bacharach composition especially in the ryhthm section.

blueonblue wrote: ↑Sat Aug 20, 2022 4:49 pm For me it's a "toss-up" between Bob Hilliard and Elvis Costello.

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Bob Hilliard was from the classic years. Sidney Shaw precedes even Hilliard. I do like that Elvis Costello helped Bacharach ressurrect that 60's and 70s sound. I wish he never lost it.

If you notice I asked for second not the best. It is not up for debate that Hal David is his best songwriting partner by every metric you could think of. I myself am very partial to his earlier work with Sidney Shaw, especially the songs written for Johnny Mathis which ironically used as the titles ...

Three Degrees " lonelier are he fools" which was written by Thom Bell's, an already confirmed Bacharach fan/admirer, protege's. This one is probably not as obvious as songs usually posted. But the piano chords from 250 to 255 as well as throughout other part of the song remind me of the wi...

Teddy Randazzo's "you dont need a heart" sounds classically Randazzoish while having alot of elements you would hear in a Bacharach song. Considering that Randazzo started out before Bacharach i wonder if Randazzo is one of the few pop producers who may have influenced Bacharach. Anybody k...

Minnie Ripperton's Come to My Garden(the song) sounds like a late 60s Bacharach song written without Hal David You almost wouldnt be able to tell it wasnt him who composed it sart at 1:10 Bacharach influenced so many greats Thom Bell, Jimmy Webb, Charles Stepney, et al. More Bacharach influence can ...

blueonblue wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 6:34 am My first recollection of David Shire was through his music for films....



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Gorgeous melody. Wish he had done more pop work. This is opulent.

As a millenlial I have such reverence for these greats that have made music that will live on forever. Those Motown songs my folks used to play on Saturday mornings(along with other greats) made an real impression on me and raised the bar for my taste in music. The Holland Bros and Mr. Dozier are pa...

i discovered them accidentally as I am not a huge theater buff but as someone who appreciates the regal sophisticated compositions of Bacharach they are def cut from the same cloth. Here are some of their tunes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LosF0Xqs0hI "next time" https://www.youtube.co...

Tim Morgons " take a look around" sounds like something that could have been on the Lost Horizon soundtrack, Alot of DAVID SHIRE AND RICHARD MALTBY songs do have a Bacharach touch to them.

Even though Richard Hawley's song about a well known lovers meeting place in Sheffield features lush extended chords, a lilting melody and in this sublime version by Tony Christie a subtle arrangement with a prominent flugelhorn part, I wouldn't say it necessarily sounds like something Bacharach mi...