Here's one from Burt's early 70's era, composed with Bacharachian overtones...
(sustainato brass and galloping major ninth chords...)
a real favorite of mine by Hank Mancini.
Thanks Blue!
now heres one from the summer of love 1967...dont know if it was released in the summer, but it is definitely of the era, and wonderful...
no matter that Jim can't sing well......its still a lot of fun...
and was translated into a great hit by the 5 D.
It's funny Rio... I saw that Gilbert O'Sullivan/Burt video, too, and was coming here to post it and saw that you beat me to it. Isn't youtube just the BEST? It brings us stuff like this that we never thought we'd ever see!!
Now here's something I ran across today. It's some guy on youtube playing "A House Is Not A Home" on the piano. I think he's very good and came up with a very nice arrangement. I wish I could play like this guy. Hope you all like it!
Re: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:05 am
by Roberto Pinardi
Et voilà:
ciao
Rob
Re: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:05 am
by blueonblue
...........pretty good rendition !
"blue"
Re: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:40 pm
by An Enormous BB Fan
The quality of this is very poor, but maybe you'd want to see it anyhow. Johnny Carson and Burt Bacharach pay tribute to Dionne. This is from 1988.
Forever My Love
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:09 am
by An Enormous BB Fan
I wonder how many of you know this great (and mostly unknown, I would imagine) Burt and Hal song, so beautifully sung by the inimitable Dionne Warwick? Someone was kind enough to post this on youtube the other day. I haven't heard this wonderful song in years and it's such a delight!
The Last One To Be Loved
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:35 am
by An Enormous BB Fan
Here's another rarity from Burt... The Last One To Be Loved.
Elvis sings "Any Day Now"
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:51 am
by An Enormous BB Fan
Burt wrote "Any Day Now" not with Hal David but with Bob Hilliard. Here Elvis Presley sings his rendition.
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:22 am
by blueonblue
James Ingram co-wrote this song with Burt Bacharach and John Bettis.......which was
produced by the brilliant Thom Bell !!!
"blue"
Re: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:08 am
by blueonblue
Hi Everyone,
There's a radio show on BBC radio 2 on Monday night at 11:3O pm (British Time)
where the host Susie Quatro will be interviewing the great singer/songwriter
Jackie DeShannon....should be well worth a listen !!!
Brilliant cover-version of one of Jackie's finest.....very Phil Spector !!!
"blue"
Re: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:02 am
by Dennis Webb
Thanks eversomuch for posting this YouTube link. What a dynamite arrangement, similar to Jackie DeShannon's but even better by virtue of all the additional instruments. As you say, Phil Specter-like, but it has more clarity than his productions could get, as they've got a bigger studio and better engineering to pick up all those horns and strings. I wish there was more music like this being recorded today.