The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

I have always been intrigued with them. There is something about them that would work in todays industry. They might have been one of the first musical acts that had personas that had a life of its own. They wore black stockings with holes, had weapons in their hair and under their tongues, hickies ...

Because she wasn`t as stunningly beautiful as Marilyn McCoo. Its almost unfair to compare anyone to marilyn mccoo. However the lead singer of the royalettes is beautiful in her own right in an innocent shy girl new to fame kinda way(tho she could be my grandma by now).I am sure she is the image lab...

https://youtu.be/G7Mxtdg752Q Then of course there is there signature song. I,think the lqck of tvs worked against some artists backm then including them. The lead singer has.a sweet shy angelic charisma to her(look at how she looks away from the.camera and smiles betwen 220 and 225). I doubt any of ...

The teddy randazo produced let me.dream,by georgia gibbs.

Many girlgroups are often linked with certain songwriting teams similar to dionne.burt n hal.Some of my fave combos are very under the.radar. Oje is the royalettes and teddy randazzo n,bobby weinstein. Alot of burt.fans.would find their music very similar and the lead singer had a singing styoe simi...

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https://youtu.be/DtHifB9NX08 Blair I tend gravitate to dramatic songs that crescendo to sweping strings and ethereal harmonies. This would be a perfext example. Then you have those songs thqt are beautiful from the.very first note and.never relinquish that haunting hold. Like these. https://youtu.be...

Disagree strongly. I find that song to b average on the.bacharach spectrum and the verses are slightly meandering.jackie deshannon has better songs thwn that like windows and.doors Idont need you anymore and of course.wtwnn. The bequtiful parts of thats not the answer hit right out the gate qnd.r no...

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Its so simple but the vocal harmonies,are so ethereal I cant stand it. There are two versions. This one is more bacharachish. https://youtu.be/-_Xgy7LaxOk Dionnes version sounds like a 50s mr sandman arrangement with 70s production. Man those harmonies could warm the.hearts in heaven. https://youtu....

Burt was obviously an acknowledged influence on JW and the (in my view) wildly over-rated Wilson (whose claim to melodic fame rests on a half-dozen or fewer songs). I think Webb was creative enough in his own right not to merit the "tailgating" metaphor. The version of "If You Must L...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LQnN-WI2vM Well guess that settles it then. I didn't know Jerry and them had the ability to compose in that style. I have always thought some of their music at times sounded somewhat occult especially the vocal harmonies( Ben E. King on the horizon, Ben King i keep ...

"Do Your Own Thing" is, indeed, a Lieber/Stoller song arranged by Mike Stoller. It was a minor hit around `68. How cqn u tell? Lieber stoller songs tend not to be soft n Mellon. Since when do they use french horns without triangles and mandolins? Check out the links I posted in the post u...

Burt bacharach arranges and produces but not compose this tearjerking soul writhing blues record called aint no use by lou johnson.

A young dionne sings,I,could make.you mine. I hear similarities with this.and the teddy randazzo produced get out of my life,by timi yuro.