The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Martin Luther King said this famous words in a speech of the march in Washington 50 years ago today.. Tom Clay's medley of Abraham Martin & John plus What the world needs now is so appropriate for this occasion and the best MV of it on Utube must be this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uqNLnEzDLA

Brian Matthews' weekly show is my must to listen. He always picks some real good gems. Last week he played "Window Wishing", one of my favorite Bacharach songs by Dionne He commented that Dionne was frustrated at the time to sing Bacharach's ever complex songs. But I really think the chor...

I am a huge Webb fan too. (Hope Webb and Burt could collaborate to write a song) Ever since I heard his biggest hit MacCarthur Park in 1968 (the longest single apart from Beatles Hey Jude at that time), I was knocked off. Come to think of it, he was not yet 20 year old when he wrote and arranged th...

Last weekend's show "3 in a row" chose 3 BB rarities done by English artists. They are: If I never get to love you (Marilyn Faithful) A girl like you (Adam Faith) Everybody needs someone to love (Cliff Richard) The first two were quite raw (didn't sound like Bacharach's at first listen) T...

http://hongkonginthe60s.com/

is the link.

Being grew up listening to music in the 60s/70s, I very much preferred music from that era But there were some good moments from years after. For instance, That album by Carole Bayer Sager at around 1981 is also my all time fav. Also, the song from Isn't She Great by Vanessa Williams is really beaut...

Sorry for asking. I know this has been asked before but I was not paying
attention.

Is the movie DVD on sale ?
If not, any news of such in the near future ?

by the way: i did'nt remeber Cliff Richard had such a sweet and lovely voice!!! BRAVO!!! bye GABBA Yes. Cliff started in 1958 (when he was only 18) and is still having a good career (BTW, I started the first Cliff forum, in the form of a mailing list, way back in 1995) About the "sweet and lov...

Let me add one of my favorite Tony Hatch/Jackie Trent songs, "Lazy Day", which I only discovered just last year, though I've been a fan of theirs since the 60s. It's an unusual piece, but truly merits the adjective "haunting". It's a musical evocation of that sense of timelessne...

In yesterday's show (20 June), Brian played a beautiful version of the song People sung by Dionne Warwick. The arrangement of this song is so Bacharachish. It's by far the best version of this much sung song I have heard (for my taste at least) Here's an MV made with some good oneliners http://hk.v...

In yesterday's show (20 June), Brian played a beautiful version of the song People sung by
Dionne Warwick. The arrangement of this song is so Bacharachish.
It's by far the best version of this much sung song I have heard (for my taste at least)

Another good thing about this radio programme is that it often plays some "one hit wonder" hits which are really good (btw , there were so many good songs in the 60s that even many obscure songs are not bad at all ) and many of them are fun too. For instance, there's one guy called Buzz C...