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by Sara D
Mon Mar 14, 2022 12:43 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Bacharach arranged and conducted by Tony Hatch (complete album)
Replies: 2
Views: 2589

Re: Bacharach arranged and conducted by Tony Hatch (complete album)

One of the numbers not on the album is Wives And Lovers and I have an LP by Tony Hatch from the mid-60s that includes his version of it with vocals by an all-male singing group. Listening to his jazzy arrangement that features solos for flugelhorn and tenor sax just makes me wish that he'd recorded ...
by Sara D
Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:18 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Some Lovers: New album of the songs from the show
Replies: 11
Views: 8309

Re: Some Lovers: New album of the songs from the show

We finally got hold of a copy of the CD of the album and we're thoroughly enjoying it. Here's the album's instantly attractive opening track.
by Sara D
Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:45 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: R.I.P.—Marilyn Bergman
Replies: 4
Views: 3690

Re: R.I.P.—Marilyn Bergman

I watched In The Heat Of The Night again a few days ago and it reminded me of this song's inclusion in the movie. I think the combination of the film's subject manner and Quincy Jones's music took the Bergmans into areas that may have been new to them lyrically. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7HqIEtA...
by Sara D
Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:18 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: R.I.P.—Marilyn Bergman
Replies: 4
Views: 3690

Re: R.I.P.—Marilyn Bergman

It was unusual for a pair of writers to become well-known for collaborating exclusively on the lyrics of songs, especially when that pair just happened to be a married couple. Apart from The Way We Were (music by Marvin Hamlisch) and the Windmills Of Your Mind (music by Michel Legrand), Alan and Mar...
by Sara D
Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:50 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: The Bacharach Sound: 1965 TV Special
Replies: 14
Views: 21464

Re: The Bacharach Sound: 1965 TV Special

By 1965 Dionne Warwick would have already been well aware of Bacharach's fame in the UK after her visits to promote her single releases, and through her Hal David would have known of all the hype surrounding his songwriting partner, but I should imagine that they both must have been more than a litt...
by Sara D
Thu Dec 16, 2021 3:32 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Traincha Sings The Burt Bacharach Songbook Vol III
Replies: 41
Views: 45141

Re: Traincha Sings The Burt Bacharach Songbook Vol III

The orchestration on 'Be Aware' is my favourite arrangement of all the songs on the album. I recently listened again to Laura Nyro's recording of the song which was released posthumously and was reminded that she didn't include the lines, "And while your stomach's full somewhere in this world s...
by Sara D
Sun Dec 12, 2021 5:31 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
Replies: 1308
Views: 1249507

Re: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)

After hearing it on a French radio tribute to Bacharach the other day a friend alerted me to a version of 'Wives And Lovers' by Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington which is from a live album recorded in Stockholm in 1966. Listening to the arrangement I can't imagine that it is by Duke Ellington hims...
by Sara D
Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:32 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Traincha Sings The Burt Bacharach Songbook Vol III
Replies: 41
Views: 45141

Re: Traincha Sings The Burt Bacharach Songbook Vol III

I see that this album is now available on the streaming services Spotify and Apple but when I look for the CD on Amazon it's not there, not even on the Dutch version of the site. However, as I can hear the whole album for free on YouTube courtesy of Trijntje Oosterhuis herself, why should I worry ab...
by Sara D
Thu Nov 11, 2021 1:41 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Jessica Radcliffe sings Bacharach at The Bull's Head in Barnes
Replies: 4
Views: 6107

Re: Jessica Radcliffe sings Bacharach at The Bull's Head in Barnes

We saw Jessica Radcliffe and her group at the Pizza Express in Soho a few weeks after her gig at the Bull's Head in 2019 and were really impressed at how comfortable she seemed with Bacharach's often tricky material. As for this Sunday lunchtime, we're going to wait to see how we feel on the day.
by Sara D
Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:20 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Traincha Sings The Burt Bacharach Songbook Vol III
Replies: 41
Views: 45141

Re: Traincha Sings The Burt Bacharach Songbook Vol III

Originally scheduled for release in mid-September, then late October, the latest release date is November 26th.
by Sara D
Thu Oct 28, 2021 4:15 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Leslie Bricusse R.I.P.
Replies: 10
Views: 5993

Re: Leslie Bricusse R.I.P.

Another song by Leslie Bricusse that sounds like it was influenced by some of the old Music Hall favourites was 'I've Never Seen Anything Like It', performed so memorably in 'Doctor Dolittle' by Richard Attenborough. I believe Bobby Darin's recording of another song from that movie has been used in ...
by Sara D
Sun Oct 10, 2021 9:17 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Some Lovers: New album of the songs from the show
Replies: 11
Views: 8309

Re: Some Lovers: New album of the songs from the show

Talking of impressive singers, I think it was a master stroke getting Jennifer Holliday of Dreamgirls fame to sing 'Every Other Hour' for this album, especially as the arrangement is very close if not identical to the one featured in Bacharach's shows in recent years. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k...
by Sara D
Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:26 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Traincha Sings The Burt Bacharach Songbook Vol III
Replies: 41
Views: 45141

Re: Traincha Sings The Burt Bacharach Songbook Vol III

I've just discovered that the release date for this album has been put back to October 29th.
by Sara D
Mon Sep 06, 2021 3:36 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Burt to write foreword to new book
Replies: 22
Views: 46822

Re: Burt to write foreword to new book

I too attended that Glen Campbell concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and it was mainly because of Jimmy Webb's involvement as the support act and as the guest conductor that my sister and I went along. Enjoyable though the show was as a whole it was marred somewhat for us by some very ign...
by Sara D
Wed Sep 01, 2021 4:27 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Denise Donatelli - Whistling In The Dark: New all Bacharach album
Replies: 4
Views: 13977

Re: Denise Donatelli - Whistling In The Dark: New all Bacharach album

I've never heard of Denise Donatelli but judging by the two tracks I've heard from this album she does have a gorgeous tone to her voice and her pitching appears to be spot-on.