The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

English veteran singer Cliff Richard sang Make It Easy On Yourself and The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore during his 1974 Japan tour..
Not a bad medley at all.

https://vimeo.com/349541259

Mike Batt (a musician/producer/arranger) from the UK has a radio programme in BBC Radio 2 which talked about the arrangement/orchestration of songs. Here he talked about Dionne and Cilla's versions and compared them http://www.mediafire.com/file/pmcp05lg2g3vo3o/Bacharach_producing_2_versions_of_ALFI...

Macarthur Park done by a Chinese singer with a full orchestra (live) and it is even longer than Richard Harris' version...
https://vimeo.com/323544840

Burt's songs are so many that there could be radio special on him forever. Here is another one (after last week's ) .. Songs played are: Make it easy for yourself (Ronan Keating) Close to you (Carpenters) What the world needs now (Jackie de Shannon) Anyone who had a heart (Dionne Warwick & Cliff...

My personal opinion is Aretha and Dionne are totally different in style and genre. Dionne sings "white" music
and Aretha belongs to the "black" (soul music) music market... Isn't Aretha being called Queen of Soul..

Veteran Hong Kong DJ (his taste is so versatile so he's called Dr. Music) has just done an half hour's radio programme on Burt.. Songs played are : Arthur's Theme, Do you know to way to San Jose, Always something there to remind me, This guy's in love with you , I'll never fall in love again, The lo...

The link was not working for a while. I have amended it and this is the new one which works

https://vimeo.com/296345330

Hi , Most of we Bacharach fans like songs written by Jimmy Webb also. For me , Bacharach and Webb opened up my horizon in music listening during the late 1960s.. There's a radio special on Glen Campbell just now. Song incl these : True Grit, Honey Come Back,The Impossible Dream,By the time I Get to ...

Yes.. Jose Mari Chan is not only a good singer but a talented songwriter too. His taste in music is also superb and have you heard of his duet with Jack Jones , singing the Bacharach/David's song Wives & Lovers, live in Manila only last month Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JoNSAb6rS0

How about a Filipino Chinese ballad singer singing this song from The Lost Horizon
(a duet with another Filipino Janet Basco)
I think it is as good as the original..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmxtNzEY4tE

Here is a beautiful ballad by an English girl called Laurie Briggs who's in The Karpenters (a tribute group of The Carpenters)
It does not sound like Karen in this song.. But simply awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSfyU0GQBm0

I have made this MV of the song in Arthur (Dudley Moore and Bo Derek) It's only love (Bacharach instrumental followed by Stephen Bishop's singing) I used the video of my recent trip to China, visiting an awesome caves as I think the pace is so suited to the relaxed boat ride ... Enjoy http://www.you...

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...