The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Yes, I am sure Obama appreciates Warwick but I just bet that he had more important things to do than plan the program for this event! I am sure that he had little to do with the award or the ceremony itself...that was left to underlings, committees etc. This award and the event were not a cabinet le...

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? No Dionne Warwick?

pljms, this reminds me so much of the tunes Tony Hatch produced for Jackie Trent! It definitely brings to mind Where Are You Now My Love, a great tune Trent recorded in 1965 and a huge hit in the UK...it is also reminiscent of Bacharach. I've often wondered if Dionne could have returned the favor (w...

Dionnefan, Dionne attended the Hartt College of Music in Hartford from 1959 through the end of 1962. At that time, when Don't Make Me Over hit, she quit to pursue her recording career and she was just one or two semesters shy of graduating. She later finished her Bachelor's Degree in Music Education...

Below is Doug Bradley's great piece on a Dionne Warwick concert at Bethany College from April 4, 1968 and his experience sharing the news with Dionne Warwick that Martin Luther King had been assassinated. The MLK Tribute That Never Was By Doug Bradley From the Huffington Post Posted: 04/ 3/2012 1:13...

It's anyone's guess what the CD will contain. I wonder if the assumption that it would include greatest hits to make is commercially viable is correct? It seems in the light of all the failed releases of the "Dionne Sings Her Own Hits" type material that this might indeed be incorrect. Dio...

Thanks Blair for defending my right to post here and state my feelings. As for GehVorbei, no I will not stop posting. I say what I think...you say what you think. What's the difference? I don't say to you to stop with your "contant positivism", do I? No, again, you say your thing and I'll ...

Oh dear, after listening to the ET interview, as Blair pointed out, my suspicions are confirmed. This is not an album chock full of new Bacharach/David material as some have led us to believe. I am expecting some dreadful revisits, some possibly newly recorded but I think much of this will be materi...

Burtchifan, Where have you read this? Tell us more. This is great news if Dionne is back in the studio with Burt, Hal and Phil and with new Bacharach material. I am surprised that Burt's camp has been largely silent about such a collaboration...they promote everything else to the hilt...Dionne was v...

I truly suspect it will be those dreadful remakes simply because Dionne was planning a part 2 to her My Friends and Me project featuring male singers. I understand that she had already had the material in the can but due to the failure of part 1, part 2 was never released. In its original concept it...

In a newpaper article for a New Jersey paper regarding Whitney's death, the reporter also stated the following: "Warwick is currently putting the final touches on her latest disc "50th Anniversary," that will boast a new crop of songs written by legendary singer-songwriter Burt Bachar...

I suspect it will be illuminating to a degree that Dionne's wasn't, but only to a degree. Burt, in interviews after his breakup with Warwick and David was suprisingly bitter toward Dionne, especially once she returned to the fore in popular music via Clive Davis/Barry Manilow. I think time has tempe...

Burt Bacharach, the American musician, producer and composer behind dozens of Top 40 hits, plans to write his autobiography. Bacharach is known for writing the music, while Hal David handled the lyrics, on dozens of songs for Dionne Warwick, including I Say a Little Prayer and What the World Needs N...

Dionne Warwick

Rare clip of European television appearance singing (or lip-syncing) another night...campy fun with the dancers and Dionne groovin' along!

From A House is Not A Home web site: At his mother's insistance, he studied cello, drums and then piano beginning at the age of 12. As a youth, Burt hated taking piano lessons. His dream was to play professional football, but his size, or lack thereof, kept him out of that field. Apparently, Burt di...