The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

I was fortunate enough to see him perform live three times in recent years, most recently last year. I’d noticed he’d canceled his tour and was worried. Some of the most joyous pop music ever recorded.

This year also marks the 25th anniversary of Bacharach's "One Amazing Night" concert. I drove to NYC from Boston, sat in a nosebleed seat beyond a loudmouth who yammered throughout (annoying everyone around him),and then drove back to Boston the same night. Of course, it was all worth it ...

This year also marks the 25th anniversary of Bacharach's "One Amazing Night" concert. I drove to NYC from Boston, sat in a nosebleed seat beyond a loudmouth who yammered throughout (annoying everyone around him),and then drove back to Boston the same night. Of course, it was all worth it a...

Weirdly, I am watching her singing "Call Me" on YouTube at this very moment. The fact that the first show we saw was purely instrumental seems like she doesn't have a burning desire to sing at all at her performances. I do like her singing and am glad we went back to see her do it. And bos...

My wife and I went to see the fine Brazilian pianist/singer Eliane Elias at SFJazz last Thursday--and enjoyed ourselves so much we went back tonight (to see a different program--on Thursday she played but didn't sing). At the Thursday show, she began to play a number that I immediately and happily r...

If the April 1964 date is correct, this aired the month I was born.

Just learned that my cousin Frank Perowsky played on Reach Out (as well as in the orchestra for the original run of Promises Promises, which I already knew). Love in a Goldfish Bowl, a movie directed by my cousin Jack Sher and written by him and another cousin, Irene Kamp, had a Bacharach/David them...

I’m glad he lived. I’m glad he lived so long. I’m glad I saw him perform live about a dozen times. I’m glad I met him briefly and he was nice enough to sign my iPod. I’m glad that I will probably be discovering songs of his I’d never heard for the rest of my life.

It would have been great to see Burt and Herb perform together. I’m sorry for those at the event that it didn’t happen, but relieved I didn’t make the trek. Here’s hoping that Burt is well.

It was thin on the sort of details we would have liked, but I liked it a lot for the vintage footage--much of which I'd never seen.

I hope Burt will perform again at some point, if he wants to. The Hollywood Reporter says that Herb Alpert also won't perform, and he's still touring.

When my wife and I attended what turned out to be Carol Channing's final onstage appearance (I'm pretty sure) some years ago, they made a point of saying she would be talking but not singing. But she did sing quite a bit, albeit a cappella, and was wonderful.

Last February, I had tickets to a tribute to A&M cofounder at LA's Music Center that was touted as including a performance by Burt. It was canceled on account of the pandemic. But now it's on for January 14: https://www.musiccenter.org/tickets-free-events/tmc-arts/live-at-the-music-center-concer...

This has only been on YouTube for four months, and I’m not sure if it’s been shared here yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFcnP6UbZuc Guests are Joel Grey, Sacha Distel, and Dionne. As its title on YT indicates, this is a bad, glitchy recording—but I’m glad that someone who had a VCR taped it of...

Yes, sadly (but not surprisingly) they emailed me a few weeks ago to say they’d been postponed. Still hoping that they do happen and that Burt (and I) will be there.