The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Unfortuntely, taxes, S&H, and bureacracy keep me from buying some CDs, at least as early as I would like. Thank you very much for you prompt, helpful response. (I wish I could find a video of Burt playing Beethoven (one that begins with Bette Midler is the one I have in mind, though this is not ...

"Still, any compilation that includes Patti Page's Keep Me in Mind from 1955, which, leaving aside a certain Nat King Cole instrumental, is the first recording of a Bacharach song..." I don't recall reading that Nat King Cole was the first to record a Bacharach song/work. I know this is a ...

After 0:50.
Because of what Jerry Butler says before singing Make It Easy On Yourself.

Mark, I'm sure your input will be very helpful. I will also look into that way of organizing song collections, as it seems just great.
Thanks so much for providing such a congenial environment for the flourishing of comradery among us.

Besides the cover of the book on the left, this (see below) is pretty much what I see. I get to see only an "About the Book" page. If I do a search I get the same page -- directly, or indirectly. (I am using a slower computer than usual, but the browser seems to be OK, and I waited plenty ...

You and Mark are making me feel like a have a family in here...
Thanks so much for your most generous post. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Every line, a gem.

I have a friend to whom I'm introducing the music of BB. I'm not asking her how come she didn't know about him already or which songs she did know. In any event she's telling me by e-mail that she has just installed a new car sound and looks forward to playing Burt in it. She asked for sites from wh...

I couldn't find it. But thanks for trying!

I couldn't find any of that by following the link. Did you read that in the book itself and is now using the link to refer us to the book?
Who is "Minnie"?

Promise Her Anything: anemic version. The guy doesn't understand Bacharach one bit. I think also Liz Callaway disappointed in that regard. Agree with Trains and Come and Get Me as highlight. Like it a lot with DeShannon as well. 2:55-2:58 best Bacharach moment, though the entire song is very Bachara...

"Hey, what have I found?"




(Jackie DeShannon at the end.)

Opening credits:

Made in Paris


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It Doesn't Matter Anymore

Sorry, AEBBF, but that is no samba. Has to do with the part of Latin America colonized by the Spanish, not with Brazil. Someone else will know if that's rumba or what.

Walk On By with the Beach Boys (50 secs)

There used to be on YouTube a video, apparently with scenes from that special, in which Burt played Beethoven on the piano while an orchestra on a mezzanine played a lively arrangemente of that piece. The video began with Bette Midler singing and somehow turned to Burt playing that piece. Could anyo...