The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Hi Steveo, Yes, this is a re-recording along with 9 others. There's only one "new" composition featured on this collection. I am a big fan of updated "re-works" by the original artists. Some of my favorite ones are: "Hello, It's Me" from Todd Rundgren's "With A Twi...

Just finished listening to Jackie's newest CD entitled "When You Walk In The Room" and it is a knock-out! She sounds better than ever! Each song is like an encore. Her voice sounds exactly like it did 45 years ago and she looks exactly like she looked back in 1965. The overall sound of thi...

Yes Steve, that was the last one that BB/HD/DW did together from 1999. There's two (2) versions of it on the soundtrack, the original and an "extended" reprise titled "The Book Tour-On My Way-Reprise". Another Burt/Hal composition also appears on the soundtrack titled "Open ...

Thanks "blue" for posting "Don't Ever Take Your Love Away" and also "Blame It On Me". There's also another Bacharach/Sager composition from that same album that just blows me away. The name of it is "Maybe". And to "gillanddon", I couldn't agree with...

I really have enjoyed the recent videos that have been posted. My favorite non-Bacharach song by Dionne is "Don't Ever Take Your Love Away" written by the late, great Isaac Hayes along with Adrienne Anderson. I mixed that version with two others, one by John Klemmer on solo sax (with great...

Hi Ron, thanks for the observation. I stand corrected. I now remember that "Extravagant Gestures" was not on the "Sometimes Late At Night". As I said earlier, that song happened to be my favorite one off the "Friends" album and when it first came out, I asked a friend w...

Thanks Steve for sharing that link. I consider "Sometimes Late At Night" to be one of my favorite albums. I had it on vinyl when it was first released and was just crazy about how the songs segued out and right into the next one. The producer (the late Brooks Arthur) did a splendid job alo...

Thanks Ron for sharing the link. I just finished viewing it and I've just got to say that this performance is a Tour-de-force in every sense! There are not enough superlatives to describe this amazing performance. I read the Youtube comments and all I can say is "Ditto". I urge everyone wh...

Two very gifted and talented musical icons passed away today. Jerry Leiber, the lyricist of the partnership Leiber and Stoller died unexpectedly of cardiopulmonary difficulties at age 78. Nicholas Ashford, of the song-writing team Ashford and Simpson, died of throat cancer at age 70. Both will be gr...

Hi Steve, Yes, I agree with you that the two songs share similar chord progressions whether they're augmented or diminished. "Come In Ogni Ora" (Translation: "Every Other Hour") is my favorite of the two, especially sung by one of Burt's three (3) background vocalists. I can't re...

Thanks "blue" for sharing that hauntingly beautiful song. That song puts the "T" in torch! When you mentioned "After All" by Paul Anka, I wondered if Keith also included the other Maestro-written composition "Rainbow" taken from the same Polydor Import album w...

The late Keith Burke who was a contributor to this forum was in the middle of compiling such a collection when he suddenly passed away several years ago. I had the good fortune of corresponding with him. His A-Z compilation got to the "I's" when I received my copy and shortly after that I ...

Thanks Joe for that link. Now for more great news about Jackie! Collectors' Choice will release four (4) reissues on August 25th. They are: Jackie DeShannon (1963), a "twofer" Me About You (1968)/To Be Free (1970), and New Arrangement (1975). For an abundance of details on these reissues A...

"When You Walk In The Room" is the title of Jackie's soon-to-be released album for RockBeat Records. The release date is set for September 27. Songs included are: "When You Walk In The Room", "Put A Little Love In Your Heart", "Bette Davis' Eyes", "Come A...

The great Chuck Mangione introduced a vocalist by the name of Esther Satterfield on his album entitled "Chase The Clouds Away" on which she sang the title track. She released two (2) solo albums, one for A & M Records and the other one for another company. Her voice sounds STRIKINGLY C...