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Various Artists: Black America Sings Bacharach and David (Ace/Border)

...that of his most famous writing partner Burt Bacharach. It sometimes seems that the shorthand of pop... ...about Bacharach's songs . . . but that rather ignores that Hal... .... . . Hal David -- with or without Burt Bacharach -- was one of the greatest lyricists of the...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/6418/various-artists-black-america-sings-bacharach-and-david-ace-border/

BURT BACHARACH IN 1995: The slow rehabilitation

...stage in London recently to perform with Burt Bacharach. Gallagher, a 29-year-old mouthy wide boy from... ...in common with the urbane, tanned 67-year-old Bacharach, the elder statesman of crafted. Lyrical... ...and had been keeping up a correspondence with Bacharach for some time. Since the Sixties, when almost... ...with lyricist Hal David turned into gold, Bacharach has slid from public consciousness, although... ...Elvis Costello (who has collaborated with Bacharach on a new song), as well as a CD collection... ...The Look of Love: The Classic Songs of Burt Bacharach, Bacharach's star is riding high again.... ...Bacharach’s profile has benefited through the... ...easy intelligence and melodic cleverness of Bacharach stands beyond such trends and genres. Schooled... ...offices on New York’s Times Square, Bacharach learned the necessary economy of the... ...Sedaka, Neil Diamond and many more. Although Bacharach had occasionally worked with Hal David, they...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3394/burt-bacharach-in-1995-the-slow-rehabilitation/

Various Artists: The Hal David and Burt Bacharach Songbook (EMI)

...great acts here on David's lyrics wrapped in Bacharach's arrangements: the Shirelles with the...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3104/various-artists-the-hal-david-and-burt-bacharach-songbook-emi/

Ben Vaughn: Designs in Music (Vampisoul/Southbound)

...theme to The Jetsons, Henry Mancini and Burt Bacharach, romantic beachcomber surf music and the less...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3466/ben-vaughn-designs-in-music-vampisoul-southbound/

ELVIS COSTELLO. LOOK NOW, CONSIDERED (2018): Songwriter Elvis Bacharach meet bandleader Burt McManus

...through three songs co-written with Burt Bacharach (Burt on piano for two) and one with Carole... ...the album – aside from the Imposters, Bacharach and the arrangements – are the stories... ...heartbreaking Photographs Can Lie, also with Bacharach). Costello – like Paul Kelly – has... ...a voyeuristic man (Don't Look Now, boasting a Bacharach tune and piano part); a woman parting company...

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The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9927/elvis-costello-look-now-considered-2018-songwriter-elvis-bacharach-meet-bandleader-burt-mcmanus/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011 Rumer: Seasons of My Soul (Atlantic)

...Carpenter, Dionne Warwick (in her quieter Bacharach moods), the young Carole King, Laura Nyro, the... ...she counts among her admirers the great Burt Bacharach (who heard one song and invited her over to...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3892/best-of-elsewhere-2011-rumer-seasons-of-my-soul-atlantic/

Vera Lynn: Everybody's Talkin' (1970)

...Webb's By the Time I Get to Phoenix and the Bacharach-David hit The Look Of Love. And this version...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/5070/vera-lynn-everybodys-talkin-1970/

Various Artists: Late Night Tales, The Cinematic Orchestra (latenighttales/Southbound)

...spirits as Nick Drake and Steve Reich, Burt Bacharach and Shuggie Otis, Bjork and Terry Callier into... ...Cumulus) or even an unfamiliar piece by Burt Bacharach (South American Getaway). Interesting reading...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3214/various-artists-late-night-tales-the-cinematic-orchestra-latenighttales-southbound/

DIONNE WARWICK; AN INTRODUCTION TO DIONNE WARWICK, CONSIDERED (2023): Impossible to walk on by her

...gifted great material by Hal David and Burt Bacharach. Their songs in her hands became classics:... ...Seventies when she'd stopped working for/with Bacharach-David a hit with the Spinners, Then Came You....

The Album Considered: albumconsidered/8481/dionne-warwick-an-introduction-to-dionne-warwick-considered-2023-impossible-to-walk-on-by-her/

Carnivorous Plant Society: Carnivorous Plant Society (bandcamp)

...suggestions of classic MOR ballads (is that a Bacharach I hear?) hinted at, pieces which morph...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/6073/carnivorous-plant-society-carnivorous-plant-society-bandcamp/

Gene McDaniels: Tower of Strength (1961)

...hands this song he co-wrote with Burt Bacharach is a very different thing. McDaniels (who'd...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4889/gene-mcdaniels-tower-of-strength-1961/

Various Artists: Black America Sings Sam Cooke (Ace/Border)

...songbooks of Bob Dylan, Lennon and McCartney, Bacharach and David, and Otis Redding: see here -- would... ...with an orchestrated arrangement by Burt Bacharach. It's a beautiful song . . . and Mel Carter...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6852/various-artists-black-america-sings-sam-cooke-ace-border/

SYBIL: SYBIL, CONSIDERED (1989): An album to walk on by

...Warwick's Don't Make Me Over (written by Bacharach-David) topped the singles charts. She also... ...the Warwick/Bacharach-David hit Walk On By which was pretty...

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The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9735/sybil-sybil-considered-1989-an-album-to-walk-on-by/

Drugdealer: Raw Honey (Mexican Summer/Southbound)

...bass, the ease of America (the band), a nod to Bacharach arrangements, the uber-hip Weyes Blood on the...

Music at Elsewhere: music/8888/drugdealer-raw-honey-mexican-summer-southbound/

Institut Polaire: The Fauna and the Flora (PopFrenzy/Rhythmethod)

...Left Banke) as much as big names like Bacharach and the Monkees, as well the slightly...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1409/institut-polaire-the-fauna-and-the-flora-popfrenzy-rhythmethod/

The Beatles: I Saw Her Standing There (1963)

...Alexander's Anna, Ringo singing Boys, the Bacharach-David number Baby It's You and the MOR ballad...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/5610/the-beatles-i-saw-her-standing-there-1963/

THE BARGAIN BUY: The La De Da's

...Little Red Book (a surprising song from Burt Bacharach), Land of a Thousand Dances, Parchman Farm, I...

The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/4055/the-bargain-buy-the-la-de-das/

Jackie DeShannon: Come and Get Me, The Complete Liberty and Imperial Singles Vol 2 (Ace/Border)

...friends with Jack Nitzche, Hal David and Burt Bacharach, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller . . . When she... ...Understand Hom Like I Do) and treatments of Bacharach-David ballads (she was first out of the gate... ...World Needs Now is Love). Some of the later Bacharach-David numbers aren't their best, but it is her...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4673/jackie-deshannon-come-and-get-me-the-complete-liberty-and-imperial-singles-vol-2-ace-border/

THE BARGAIN BUY: Cilla Black; The Very Best of Cilla Black

...Who Had Heart) and was one of the better Bacharach-David interpreters. She was loved by the...

The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/7498/the-bargain-buy-cilla-black-the-very-best-of-cilla-black/

Richard Swift: Dressed Up For the Letdown (Secretly Canadian) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007

...singles: suggestions of Harry Nilsson and Burt Bacharach; a wistful nostalgia for a Tin Pan Alley of...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1131/richard-swift-dressed-up-for-the-letdown-secretly-canadian-best-of-elsewhere-2007/

Belle and Sebastian: Write About Love (Rough Trade)

...of their smart, widely referenced pop (folk, Bacharach, string sections, lovely sad ballads) here...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/3648/belle-and-sebastian-write-about-love-rough-trade/

The Darlings: The Cicada Sessions (Ode)

...harmonies here (think Beatles, girl groups, Bacharach) and tinges of alt.country brought into...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1390/the-darlings-the-cicada-sessions-ode/

Elroy Finn: Elroy (Rhythmethod/digital outlets)

...which are closer to Mantovani than Bacharach (that is more of a compliment than it seems),...

Music at Elsewhere: music/8955/elroy-finn-elroy-rhythmethod-digital-outlets/

Richard Swift: The Novelist/Walking Without Effort

...times his easy-on-the-ear ballads have a sub-Bacharach quality, in other places he evokes hip 60s...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/1060/richard-swift-the-novelist-walking-without-effort/

RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Isaac Hayes, Shaft

...to almost MOR music and to something kin to Bacharach in the arrangements for strings and horns.... ...songs (consider his 12 minute version of Bacharach-David's Walk on By and his long spoken word...

Music at Elsewhere: music/8043/recommended-reissue-isaac-hayes-shaft/

These New Puritans: Fields of Reeds (Infectious)

...be singing her way through something akin to Bacharach-David's This Guy's in Love With You. This...

Music at Elsewhere: music/5763/these-new-puritans-fields-of-reeds-infectious/

Peter Posa: Golden Guitar; The Peter Posa Anthology (Sony)

...just the obvious (It's Now or Never, David and Bacharach's Always Something There to Remind Me) but...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/5845/peter-posa-golden-guitar-the-peter-posa-anthology-sony/

Chris Farlowe: I Just Don't Know What To With Myself (1967?)

...Stones' Out of Time -- and this Hal David-Burt Bacharach song is much better known in versions by Dusty...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/6100/chris-farlowe-i-just-dont-know-what-to-with-myself-1967/

Ann Peebles: The Original Soul Sister (Music Club)

...Warren, Ellie Greenwich, Lennon-McCartney, Bacharach-David etc). Another way is if someone is so...

Music at Elsewhere: music/5309/ann-peebles-the-original-soul-sister-music-club/

Gruff Rhys: Hotel Shampoo (Ovni)

...A Sentence) come with memorable choruses and Bacharach-like strings and arrangements. There is very...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4097/gruff-rhys-hotel-shampoo-ovni/

THE BARGAIN BUY: The White Stripes; Elephant

...and the killer cover of Dusty Springfield/Bacharach-David's I Just Don't Know What To Do With...

The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/3202/the-bargain-buy-the-white-stripes-elephant/

RUMER INTERVIEWED (2011): Thankful, and slowing it right down

...her first single Slow made a fan of Burt Bacharach who invited her to his home in Miami . . . In... ...arrangements by Brown are grounded in classic Bacharach – and yet the songs are deeply...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3934/rumer-interviewed-2011-thankful-and-slowing-it-right-down/

Belle and Sebastian: Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance (Matador)

...wry pop-rock which owes nods to embellished Bacharach as much as crafted Anglofolk. And they haven't...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6780/belle-and-sebastian-girls-in-peacetime-want-to-dance-matador/

Tim Gane and Sean O'Hagan: La Vie d'Artiste (Too Pure)

...arrangements (sans vocals), suggestions of Bacharach, drifting ambient sounds, quirky French cafe...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1344/tim-gane-and-sean-ohagan-la-vie-dartiste-too-pure/

TOM JONES: GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME, CONSIDERED (1967): Here come the other people

...got lucky (through her association with Bacharach-David) and others, like Neil Diamond, found it... ...New Pussycat? later that same year around that Bacharach-David hit. But A-Tom-ic Jones('66) had no hit...

The Album Considered: albumconsidered/11399/tom-jones-green-green-grass-of-home-considered-1967-here-come-the-other-people/

Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Multi-Love (Jagjaguwar)

...track). There's also broody balladry (the Bacharach-style horn embellishments on Necessary Evil, a...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/6932/unknown-mortal-orchestra-multi-love-jagjaguwar/

Paper Knife: title unknown (1996?)

...played their sweet, short and rather divine Bacharach-Beatles, sometimes samba-influenced, pop. I...

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From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3576/paper-knife-title-unknown-1996/

THE BARGAIN BUY: Rumer; Seasons of my Soul (Atlantic)

...on the song Aretha, but nodded to Burt Bacharach, Karen Carpenter, Judee Sill and many others....

The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/4689/the-bargain-buy-rumer-seasons-of-my-soul-atlantic/

Maxine Brown: Funny (1961)

There's something very satisfying about don't-care-anymore songs. The world is awash with the luvvy stuff but every now and again a song comes along which says, "Yep, but I'm over you". An E

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4371/maxine-brown-funny-1961/

Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks: Wig Out at Jagbags (Domino/Universal)

...(with typically tart lyrics and woozy sub-Bacharach horns alongside strings), offers brittle and...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6096/stephen-malkmus-and-the-jicks-wig-out-at-jagbags-domino-universal/

Melody Gardot: My One and Only Thrill (Verve/Universal)

...music which should appeal to those along the Bacharach/Sinatra/samba axis, a step up and inward from...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2286/melody-gardot-my-one-and-only-thrill-verve-universal/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Graeme Downes of the Verlaines

.... . It would have to be someone else’s. Bacharach/David “Walk on By” The poster,...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/4890/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-graeme-downes-of-the-verlaines/

GENE PITNEY: GENE PITNEY'S BIG SIXTEEN, CONSIDERED (1964): Teardrops topping the charts to dead alone in Cardiff

...latter two both written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach). There was also the exotically unusual Mecca,... ...Jimmy Webb's By the Time I Get to Phoenix. And Bacharach provides the musical backdrop of horns ,... ...Your Eyes Out, the wonderfully orchestrated Bacharach-David's True Love Never Runs Smooth...

The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9660/gene-pitney-gene-pitneys-big-sixteen-considered-1964-teardrops-topping-the-charts-to-dead-alone-in-cardiff/

Belle and Sebastian: The Life Pursuit (Shock)

...realised, array of styles from Burt Bacharach sophistication to dark indie-rock and pure...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2149/belle-and-sebastian-the-life-pursuit-shock/

Jackie De Shannon: She Don't Understand Him Like I Do (1964)

...one with her version of Hal David and Burt Bacharach's What the World Need Now is Love, and then...

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From the Vaults: fromthevaults/2848/jackie-de-shannon-she-dont-understand-him-like-i-do-1964/

Irma Thomas, The Irma Thomas Collection (1996)

...Berry, Toussaint, Van McCoy, Randy Newman, Bacharach and David . . . and James Brown produced her...

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The Bird and the Bee: Ray Guns Are Just Not the Future (Blue Note)

...on the pop-lite My Love, have touches of Bacharach and the Beach Boys alongside the soft...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/2322/the-bird-and-the-bee-ray-guns-are-just-not-the-future-blue-note/

ONE WE MISSED: Sal Valentine and the Babyshakes (P&W/Border)

...(The Andrews Sisters and Louis Jordan to Bacharach-David). Blasting horns, women backing singers...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6162/one-we-missed-sal-valentine-and-the-babyshakes-pandw-border/

Tom Cunliffe: Howl & Whisper (Lyttleton/Southbound)

...Moon has a smart horn part which nods towards Bacharach, and he's comfortable on a lyrical ballad...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/7476/tom-cunliffe-howl-and-whisper-lyttleton-southbound/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Anna Coddington

...by Warren & Dubin) Walk On By -- Burt Bacharach Because -- The Beatles Melody first? Words or... ...could co-write with anyone it would be . . . Bacharach. I just feel like I could learn so much. The...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7686/the-famous-elsewhere-songwriter-questionnaire-anna-coddington/

The Fortunes: Laughing Fit to Cry (1965)

...by name writers and known songs, among them Bacharach-David's This Empty Place, Maria from West Side...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/8930/the-fortunes-laughing-fit-to-cry-1965/

Billy Fury: I'm Lost Without You (1965)

...and the string arrangements of Burt Bacharach. Or vice-versa possibly. Here is Marlon...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/6970/billy-fury-im-lost-without-you-1965/

Belle and Sebastian: The BBC Sessions (Shock)

...people deliver such a charming line in post-Bacharach, McCartney-like, Ray Davies-influenced pop and...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/2204/belle-and-sebastian-the-bbc-sessions-shock/

Jimmy Webb and the Webb Brothers: Cottonwood Farm (Proper/Southbound)

...Park) and he ain't much of a singer. Like Burt Bacharach, you usually need to hear Webb's songs...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2593/jimmy-webb-and-the-webb-brothers-cottonwood-farm-proper-southbound/

IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

...allude to Phil Spector, Roy Orbison, Burt Bacharach, the Walker Brothers, Bond soundtracks and so...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7462/in-brief-a-quick-overview-of-some-recent-international-releases/

THE BARGAIN BUY: The Bee Gees; One Night Only (Universal)

...at the same time (after Lennon-McCartney, Bacharach-David, Goffin-King, Jagger-Richards etc)....

The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/5061/the-bargain-buy-the-bee-gees-one-night-only-universal/

Rumer: Boys Don't Cry (Atlantic)

The covers album usually appears after about four others and the double live, usually as a stop-gap in a career going too fast. But after the acclaim which attended her debut Seasons of My Soul, Rumer

Music at Elsewhere: music/4997/rumer-boys-dont-cry-atlantic/

Hacienda: Loud is the Night (Alive)

...brooding Degree of Murder which has ripples of Bacharach), but I suspect this album will be more...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2175/hacienda-loud-is-the-night-alive/

HOWARD MORRISON: BORN FREE, CONSIDERED (1968): Each time you look at a star?

...best song in '66, beating out material by Burt Bacharach and Leonard Bernstein. And then it became an...

The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9684/howard-morrison-born-free-considered-1968-each-time-you-look-at-a-star/

Sarah Blasko: As Day Follows Night (Universal)

...are as chock full of hooks as any Kate Bush, Bacharach or Camera Obscura pop song and memorably...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/2659/sarah-blasko-as-day-follows-night-universal/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Seamus Cahill

...– Planxty, Walk on By – Burt Bacharach Any interesting, valuable or just plain...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7198/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-seamus-cahill/

THE PYE AND PICCADILLY GIRLS (2016): They also serve who only stand and sing

...by her partner in hit-making Tony Hatch, the Bacharach of Britain), the truly awful politicised... ...in these arrangements from Bond themes, Bacharach, soul-funk, soaring srings (hold tight for Glo...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7624/the-pye-and-piccadilly-girls-2016-they-also-serve-who-only-stand-and-sing/

NEIL DIAMOND CONSIDERED (2014): Back down the melody road

...songwriter, as witnessed by the fact Burt Bacharach, David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager and Stevie...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6630/neil-diamond-considered-2014-back-down-the-melody-road/

Grant Green: Funk in France; From Paris to Antibes 1969-1970 (Resonance)

...Your Hand alongside standards, Latin tunes and Bacharach-David tunes – was wide in his listening...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/8503/grant-green-funk-in-france-from-paris-to-antibes-1969-1970-resonance/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Dave McArtney of Hello Sailor

...Prayer For You, Aretha Franklin, written by Bacharach/David, unquestionably the classiest pop song...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5278/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-dave-mcartney-of-hello-sailor/

Barbra Streisand: Walls (Sony)

...Imagine and What a Wonderful World, the Bacharach-David classic What the World Needs Now and...

Music at Elsewhere: music/8645/barbra-streisand-walls-sony/

Jim Ford: The Unissued Capitol Album. Big Mouth USA; The Unissued Paramount Album (both Bear Family)

...Up to the Bumper in the mix; and he goes Burt Bacharach/Randy Newman pop on I Call Her Baby. And much...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2692/jim-ford-the-unissued-capitol-album-big-mouth-usa-the-unissued-paramount-album-both-bear-family/

Elvis Costello: Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album (Universal)

...late Allen Toussaint, Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach); as at home writing about his love for big...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7325/elvis-costello-unfaithful-music-and-soundtrack-album-universal/

ELVIS COSTELLO, THE EARLY CAREER CONSIDERED: Anger is an energy

...the man who would later record with Burt Bacharach (Painted From Memory in '98) also sang the...

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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/374/elvis-costello-the-early-career-considered-anger-is-an-energy/

Elvis Costello: Hey Clockface (Concord/digital outlets)

...the Brodsky Quartet, Allen Toussaint and Burt Bacharach, the Wise Up Ghost revisions with the Roots...

Music at Elsewhere: music/9629/elvis-costello-hey-clockface-concord-digital-outlets/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2009 Elvis Costello: Secret, Profane and Sugarcane (Starbucks/Universal)

...him in rock mode, with strings attached, with Bacharach or jazz pianist Marianne McPartland or New...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2441/best-of-elsewhere-2009-elvis-costello-secret-profane-and-sugarcane-starbucks-universal/

THE BEATLES; LIVE IN 95: All back to the Beeb

...pop (Goffin-King songs), Hal David-Burt Bacharach, Elvis of course (McCartney on a...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3642/the-beatles-live-in-95-all-back-to-the-beeb/

RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Scott Fagan; South Atlantic Blues (Atco/Southbound)

...clever arrangements which sometime suggest Bacharach (with steel drums in the distance), Fagan...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7252/recommended-reissue-scott-fagan-south-atlantic-blues-atco-southbound/

RECOMMENDED RECORD: Elvis Costello and the Imposters: The Boy Named If

From time to time Elsewhere will single out a recent release we recommend on vinyl, like this one which comes with the lyrics and a gatefold sleeve. Check out Elsewhere's other Recommended Record pick

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THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Blair Jollands

...reading) I Say A Little Prayer – Burt Bacharach (Aretha Franklin) – succeeds the goose...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/8551/the-famous-elsewhere-songwriter-questionnaire-blair-jollands/

CECILE McLORIN SALVANT REVIEWED (2018): Rare, gifted and jazz

...is singing, whether they be slightly kitsch (Bacharach-David's Wives and Lovers), funny (Blossom...

Live reviews + concert photos: livereviews/8353/cecile-mclorin-salvant-reviewed-2018-rare-gifted-and-jazz/

Nancy Sinatra: Start Walkin' 1965-1976 (Light in the Attic/digital outlets)

...Wilson, Jimmy Webb, George Martin and Burt Bacharach. But with cosmic country – and a dead...

Music at Elsewhere: music/9776/nancy-sinatra-start-walkin-1965-1976-light-in-the-attic-digital-outlets/

TONY ORLANDO INTERVIEWED (2007): First career over at 18, second still going . . .

...in the famous Brill Building such as Burt Bacharach, Gerry Goffin and Carole King. He notes as an...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8251/tony-orlando-interviewed-2007-first-career-over-at-18-second-still-going/

Doris Troy: I'll Do Anything, The Doris Troy Anthology 1960-1996 (Kent/Border)

...and the lovely He Don't Belong to Me (a bit Bacharach-David) she sits equally well on a mature pop...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4720/doris-troy-ill-do-anything-the-doris-troy-anthology-1960-1996-kent-border/

Sylvie Vartan: Whirlpool (1963)

...vocal group); the sultry Lesley Gore/Bacharach-David-like statement of female independence of...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/8314/sylvie-vartan-whirlpool-1963/

Various Artists: The Kiwi Music Scene 1965 (Frenzy)

...equally fine, moody interpretation of the Bacharach-David tune This Empty Place before our biggest...

Music at Elsewhere: music/9873/various-artists-the-kiwi-music-scene-1965-frenzy/

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN CONSIDERED (2013): A journey of light and shade

...times errs close to the sophistication of Burt Bacharach, at other times it nudges towards slightly...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5851/belle-and-sebastian-considered-2013-a-journey-of-light-and-shade/

ELVIS COSTELLO, COVER STAR (2014): 10 Great Interpretations

...expanded editions. Baby It's You (written by Bacharach-David although Costello doubtless first heard...

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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6291/elvis-costello-cover-star-2014-10-great-interpretations/

SERGIO MENDES INTERVIEWED (2006): The return of the cool and the kitsch

...(the Beatles’ Fool on the Hill, Burt Bacharach’s Look of Love which he performed on the...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/2297/sergio-mendes-interviewed-2006-the-return-of-the-cool-and-the-kitsch/

CLASSIC GIRL GROUPS (2013): All the young elles

...of the Past, Mama Said and Baby It's You (the Bacharach-David penned song which the Beatles covered...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5733/classic-girl-groups-2013-all-the-young-elles/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . DAVID SPINOZZA: Three Beatles and all the rest

...decades he was on Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach's Painted from Memory and albums by Celine...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/10599/we-need-to-talk-about-david-spinozza-three-beatles-and-all-the-rest/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Jan Hellriegel

...it would be . . . (And you would play?) Burt Bacharach and I would be singing. The three films you'd...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5645/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-jan-hellriegel/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITERS' QUESTIONNAIRE: Jackie Bristow

...Walls Could Speak or any of his songs Burt Bacharach - Alfie One of my songs I am proud lyrically...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7879/the-famous-elsewhere-songwriters-questionnaire-jackie-bristow/

THE ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: APRA Silver Scroll nominee 2013 Anna Coddington

...are well crafted are . . . Walk On By (Burt Bacharach), Heart of Gold (or numerous other Neil Young...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5927/the-elsewhere-songwriter-questionnaire-apra-silver-scroll-nominee-2013-anna-coddington/

GEORGE MARTIN: OFF THE BEATLE TRACK, CONSIDERED (1964): From him to you

...the Beatle Track is very much an album of its Bacharach and Bond-theme era (check I Saw Her Standing...

Tagged with: the album considered |

The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9289/george-martin-off-the-beatle-track-considered-1964-from-him-to-you/

THE UNDISPUTED TRUTH CONSIDERED (2017): Truth or consequences?

...With a Little Help From My Friends, Bacharach and David’s Walk On By . . . You have to...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8143/the-undisputed-truth-considered-2017-truth-or-consequences/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Steve Abel

...co-write with anyone it would be . . . Burt Bacharach The last CD or vinyl album you bought was . ....

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7580/the-famous-elsewhere-songwriter-questionnaire-steve-abel/

POSITIVELY GEORGE STREET BY MATTHEW BANNISTER (2000): Rocking and popping in Flying Nun

...to mark every Beatles, Beach Boys and Bacharach reference you’d end up with a Dulux...

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/1817/positively-george-street-by-matthew-bannister-2000-rocking-and-popping-in-flying-nun/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Dominic Blaazer

...for starters? Jim Webb, Marvin Gaye and Burt Bacharach’s autographs. I love my “Haere...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/8318/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-dominic-blaazer/

BILL FRISELL PROFILED (2017): Guitarist without portfolio

...Painted from Memory collaboration with Burt Bacharach. By that time the man many once thought of a...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7890/bill-frisell-profiled-2017-guitarist-without-portfolio/

CALEXICO INTERVIEWED (2003): Beneath the high wide sky

...player is completely into the Beach Boys, Burt Bacharach and Glen Campbell. He studied architecture and...

Tagged with: nick cave |

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2157/calexico-interviewed-2003-beneath-the-high-wide-sky/

THE COUNTER-INTUITIVE TRUTHS OF CHUCK AND BOB (2017): Chuck Berry and Bob Dylan as others did them

Everywhere you turn these days someone is telling you that something is counter-intuitive; that the opposite of what you expect is actually what works or is true . . . Something like that. Now, it isn

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8120/the-counter-intuitive-truths-of-chuck-and-bob-2017-chuck-berry-and-bob-dylan-as-others-did-them/

Love: Forever Changes (1967)

...brutal and lascivious garage band take on the Bacharach-David song My Little Red Book. As Dave Marsh...

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2125/love-forever-changes-1967/

JACK WHITE INTERVIEWED (2003): The heat on the rising son

...of songs he sings which reach from Burt Bacharach to Bob Dylan, Beck, Blind Willie McTell, Elvis...

Tagged with: chicago blues | jack white | loretta lynn | white stripes |

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4652/jack-white-interviewed-2003-the-heat-on-the-rising-son/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . DAVID MUNROW: Remembrance of things past

...played contemporary songs by Lennon-McCartney, Bacharach and others, and the music for Ken Russell's...

Tagged with: we need to talk about |

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/9681/we-need-to-talk-about-david-munrow-remembrance-of-things-past/

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