The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Paul,
Thank you for another great find very Bacharachian....with shades of Dionne.

'blue'

Blue, yes it's a beautiful track and shows a side to Led Zeppelin's bassist that most people wouldn't have known existed. Of course John Paul Jones along with another future member of Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, played on sessions for Burt's 'Hitmaker' album in 1965.

I hadn't realised until recently that Madeline Bell covered a song in 1967 that was originally recorded by Dee Dee Warwick and which went on to be a hit for The Supremes with The Temptations, one of the earliest collaborations by the songwriting and production team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.

Apparently blue-eyed soul merchant and former Doobie Brother Michael McDonald has been performing since his mid-teens and in 1968 at the age of 16 he made a recording of 'There's Always Something There To Remind Me'. Although he sounds remarkably mature and soulful for someone so young, he's not yet singing in the high tenor range that was later to make his voice so distinctive and instantly recognisable. Little would he have known then that eighteen years later he'd have a US no.1 record (with Patti Labelle) with another Bacharach song.

Michael McDonald duetting with Donna Taylor on 'On My Own', with Bacharach playing the piano.

I wonder when and where this was performed ?...... "Sing-A -Long-A-Burt"

'blue'

Blue, what a great find. According to the IMDB website Burt appeared on The David Frost Show in 1969, but it doesn't stipulate whether it's the UK or the US version of the show. My memory of the UK version is that there was always a substantial studio audience just like the one seen in the video, but I'm not sure whether that was the case for the US version.

pljms wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:16 am Blue, what a great find. According to the IMDB website Burt appeared on The David Frost Show in 1969, but it doesn't stipulate whether it's the UK or the US version of the show. My memory of the UK version is that there was always a substantial studio audience just like the one seen in the video, but I'm not sure whether that was the case for the US version.

Paul,
Thanks for the info, at a guess it looks like the US version from around the late sixties, early seventies.

'blue'

Re Burt performing What's New Pussycat on The David Frost Show, I get the impression that it probably occurred during a pre-recording or a pre-broadcast warm-up, hence Burt looking far more relaxed than he usually did when performing on TV.