The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

"Go Away Little Girl" performed by Donny Osmond in 1971. (song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King) Chords and musical arrangement of this song have much similarity with some songs of Burt Bacharach. Note: The voice of Donny Osmond, with 14-year-old is much like the voice of Michael J...

[quote="Blair N. Cummings"]You can still afford to live in the city? I was driven out before you were born. Before then, it really was a "magic town" when Dizzy and Ra still walked the earth and you could see them and their bands in clubs for less than a month`s rent. Th@ere was ...

So today i felt like listenin to some early 60's songs. Some of these are pretty obscure so comment if you know them or like them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNqLZ0KlUpQ steve lawrence portrait of my love...just a simple beautiful song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGS6Bb6WRfo ginny arnell i...

Wow that is good, particularly the changing-tempo verse. Thanks for posting. Thanks for listening. This thread is about the Royalettes but since Teddy Randazzo goes hand in hand with them i thought i could post here. I strongly believe Teddy must have been closely studying Bacharach's work. I get a...

Teddy is the man. Check out the weekend by Steve Lawrence

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Blair N. Cummings wrote:An enjoyable cover medley:

Todd Rundgren is one of my fave singers in life but its called soul music for a reason. His heart was in the right place though.

Was this inspired by this song?

Lesser known gems still beautiful

Tear it down

since u been gone

As a spinoff from my blue magic post I thought i should tribute the genre of sweet soul. This is one genre where there are many songs on par with Bacharach/ Webb/ and the likes. Even though music is color blind it has always seemed black musicians of the past found a way to tap into every ounce of e...

A couple others your youth may have cost you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l153atE72OA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DHRGrIqmb0 and here`s Laura Nyro`s beautiful live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK-JL2PaXNs Blair I can always count on you to rub it in and make me feel worse. Thes...

Man did i miss it all being born so late. I just love the soul musicians of the past its like magic came out of their mouths and fingers. I can imagine how they must have woooed ladies with those silky vocals and killer moves. These brothas were the shit( thats a compliment!!!) https://www.youtube.c...

I thibk that we should retire this thread...but not before I post these tracks by Brasil`s greatest song-writer, Milton Nascimento: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_YsSXn-OCg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFyl1jPzv8g Nonsense this thread should never be retired. If we cant get Bacharach then at ...

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Wait didnt Sergio Mendes and Antonio Carlos Joabim influence Burt and the rest of the Brill Building? So its more that Burt sounds like them than the other way around. Right?

I think we all get a bit carried away on this thread by posting anything that seems unusually melodic; I`m as guilty as anyone. So don`t take offence with my opinion that almost none of your examples really "sound like Bacharach." Todd`s "Courage" comes closest. Nevertheless, th...