The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Ronan and Burt move up 2 places on the UK album chart this week, now currently sitting at no.3 It is also at No.5 in Ireland.

GehVorbei wrote: All the marketing machine keeps communicating is that Burt "was in the room" with Ronan.

But Burt was in the studio every day, you only had to follow the "tweets" from Ronan, Greg and various other people working on the album and the documentry.

As with any album of Bacharach songs, the role of the arranger is almost if not just as important as the vocalist(s). When I heard 'Something Big' from the album on the radio the other day, with an arrangement almost identical to Bacharach's own version from 'Living Together', it made me assume tha...

Here is a short video of the making of "When Ronan met Burt". It gives an idea as to what the album is going to sound like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Et3NQkp2f4 and you can hear more clips on this advert for the album: http://musicfriendships.tumblr.com/post/3765072949/when-ronan-met...

Nice little interview with Ronan talking about making the album with Burt:

As promised here are some more details about the album: http://www.stereoboard.com/images/stories/new/010311_js_ronan_keating.jpg Ronan Keating has teamed up with legendary composer Burt Bacharach to record his brand new solo album,‘When Ronan Met Burt’, set to be released on March 21st. A long time...

I also hear that whilst they were recording there was also a documentry being made about the making of the album. I will let you know when the transmission date is likely to be. Obviously it may not be on US TV but I'm sure it will be put on to youtube at some point in the future. This is a more rec...

As far as I know they have recorded some of Burts classics together. They have used a 95 piece orchestra and they recorded the tracks live over 6 days. I am not sure whether they have included any new songs written by Burt, but I guess its possible they could have used one or two. I'm sure informati...

He is an Irish singer/songwriter. His success has been mainly in the UK and Europe, but is also very popular in Australia, New Zealand (where he is a judge on the X Factor) and also in parts of Asia. If you have ever seen the film Notting Hill you may recognise him from the soundtrack, he sang the s...