The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

A Most Happy Birthday to Burt's Favorite Concert-goer!!

Another 86 yr old, who's still composing and performing concert's. Watch out Burt, you're not alone ! http://www.channel4.com/news/ennio-morricone-the-italian-maestro-cinema-paradiso-video "blue" Morricone is such a musical genius! He's scored 500 films and with such high quality composit...

What passes for well-written and Grammy-worth songs these days is appalling! I can only imagine what Burt thinks when he hears these mounds of mediocrity! Your thoughts?

"To Wait For Love," sung by Jackie DeShannon. And what a wonderful arrangement. If only the Taylor Swift's of the world could write a song that even comes close to a song like this. Burt just is a genius who composes music that is such a JOY to listen to .... over and over and over. And th...

To AEBBF, although the radio show concerned famous records that didn't make our Top 75 singles chart, the long list of 24 Bacharach songs I posted is of TOP 40 US hits that failed to reach the UK Top 40, not 75. However, I doubt if BB got too excited about 'Love Power' reaching the lofty heights of...

How cool is that?! Great! Maybe a show will actually happen. Let's hope so! I would have loved to have been at that workshop!

Interesting show on BBC Radio 2 yesterday featuring well known records which failed to make the UK Top 75 singles chart. 24/ Love Power – Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne Martin, I have to differ here. "Love Power" did make the UK Top 75 singles chart -- at least according to the link b...

Martin, thanks for that great video. The first time I ever heard that song was way back in1969 on Burt's "Make It Easy On Yourself" album. This will always be my favorite version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjIi7Iiurm4 "blue" Me, too, blue. That was an amazing album with aw...

It reminds you of the Carpenters' version, Blue, for the very good reason that the Mike Sammes Singers sing the same changes in melody to the chorus (Burt wouldn't have been pleased) as the Carpenters plus, of course, there's the breakneck speed. However, one major difference is that the Mike Samme...

Yes, blue, what a masterful performance by Johnny Mathis -- one of the greatest pop singers ever. And singing a song by the truly great songwriter Michel Legrand. A great combination for sure. And you're right about how long he can hold a note. (While he was holding that note, I had lunch and came b...

The Beatles were absolutely GREAT and they came out with one great pop song after another. I just love this revising history bit that's going on here.

Here we go again. It's very upsetting, but I try not to let it get me down. I know that it bothers Carol Bayer Sager, too, because she mentioned it in that private concert that Burt and Carol gave. Once again the Kennedy Center Honors will give out their honors this year to Al Green, Tom Hanks, Patr...

So beautiful! And Liza's violin solo is superb.