Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
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- The Basics
Welcome to the world of astonishingly prolific songwriter Burt Bacharach, the man whose smooth way with pop has charmed and entertained us for the best part of five decades. In partnership with wordsmith Hal David, Bacharach ruled the charts of the mid-'60s with the tracks he penned for — among others — Dionne Warwick, including "Walk on By," recorded during the same 1963 session that gave us "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Cilla Black's '64 version is included here). A young John Farnham scored in 1970 with "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" . . . and the Bacharach legend continues to swell in Next Steps.
$17.02 The BasicsName Artist Time Price 1 Walk On By (Live) Dionne Warwick 2:54 $2.19 View in iTunes 2 Do You Know the Way to San Jose Dionne Warwick 2:57 $2.19 View in iTunes 3 One Less Bell to Answer The 5th Dimension 3:30 $1.69 View in iTunes 4 A House Is Not a Home Dionne Warwick 3:08 $2.19 View in iTunes 5 Any Day Now Elvis Presley 2:59 $2.19 View in iTunes 6 Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) Christopher Cross 3:54 $2.19 View in iTunes 7 Message to Michael (Message to Martha) Dionne Warwick 3:08 $2.19 View in iTunes 8 Here I Am Dionne Warwick 2:49 $2.19 View in iTunes 8 Songs - Next Steps
Bacharach's first hit was "The Story of My Life" in 1957, a footloose ditty featuring some jaunty whistling, sung by country & western star (and race car driver) Marty Robbins. The track marked the start of Burt's long-term collaboration with lyricist Hal David. Tom Jones revels in the pacey twists and turns of "Promise Her Anything," while Scott Walker milks the melodrama and sentimentality of "Windows of the World" with consummate elegance. Explore Burt's soundtrack work, in Deep Cuts.
$26.97 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 Are You There (With Another Girl) Dionne Warwick 2:52 $2.19 View in iTunes 2 Reach Out for Me Dionne Warwick 2:52 $2.19 View in iTunes 3 Don't Make Me Over Dionne Warwick 3:20 $2.19 View in iTunes 4 Living Together, Growing Together The 5th Dimension 3:49 $1.69 View in iTunes 5 Hasbrook Heights Dionne Warwick 3:26 $2.19 View in iTunes 6 Warm and Tender Johnny Mathis 2:25 $1.69 View in iTunes 7 The Balance of Nature Dionne Warwick 3:31 $2.19 View in iTunes 8 Last One to Be Loved Dionne Warwick 3:23 $2.19 View in iTunes 9 Magic Moments (with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers) Perry Como 2:40 $2.19 View in iTunes 10 Long After Tonight Is All Over Jimmy Radcliffe 2:40 $1.69 View in iTunes 11 Blue On Blue Bobby Vinton 2:24 $2.19 View in iTunes 12 God Give Me Strength Burt Bacharach & Sydney Symphony Orchestra 8:44 $2.19 View in iTunes 13 In Between the Heartaches Dionne Warwick 2:52 $2.19 View in iTunes 13 Songs - Deep Cuts
Aside from penning global smashes for superstar vocalists, Bacharach also carved a handy niche for himself with his soundtrack work — "Bond Street," originally given the suitably swinging title "Home James, Don't Spare the Horses," was released on the flip side of the single "Alfie," and features in the James Bond spoof Casino Royale. "South American Getaway" appears memorably, for its anachronistic vibe, on Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid.
$15.33 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 Promises, Promises Dionne Warwick 3:02 $2.19 View in iTunes 2 Paper Mache Dionne Warwick 2:59 $2.19 View in iTunes 3 Let the Music Play The Drifters 2:37 $2.19 View in iTunes 4 That's What Friends Are For Dionne Warwick 4:16 $2.19 View in iTunes 5 Check Out Time (LP Version) Dionne Warwick 4:06 $2.19 View in iTunes 6 Walk On By Burt Bacharach & Sydney Symphony Orchestra 1:31 $2.19 View in iTunes 7 Falling Out of Love Burt Bacharach & Sydney Symphony Orchestra 4:26 $2.19 View in iTunes 7 Songs - Complete Set
Burt Bacharach's pop songs are among the greatest ever penned, sophisticated and laid-back while always emotionally arresting, no matter who's on vocal duty. Highlights from the Burt vaults include his soundtrack for Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, featuring the Oscar®-winning single "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" (here covered by Johnny Farnham, after the B.J. Thomas original); his 1998 collaboration with Elvis Costello, Painted from Memory; and the Carpenters' smash "(They Long To Be) Close to You." Scott Walker, Bobby Vinton, Cilla Black, Elvis Presley . . . our Bacharach selection is an eclectic dream-playlist.
$59.32 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 Walk On By (Live) Dionne Warwick 2:54 $2.19 View in iTunes 2 Do You Know the Way to San Jose Dionne Warwick 2:57 $2.19 View in iTunes 3 One Less Bell to Answer The 5th Dimension 3:30 $1.69 View in iTunes 4 A House Is Not a Home Dionne Warwick 3:08 $2.19 View in iTunes 5 Any Day Now Elvis Presley 2:59 $2.19 View in iTunes 6 Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) Christopher Cross 3:54 $2.19 View in iTunes 7 Message to Michael (Message to Martha) Dionne Warwick 3:08 $2.19 View in iTunes 8 Here I Am Dionne Warwick 2:49 $2.19 View in iTunes 9 Are You There (With Another Girl) Dionne Warwick 2:52 $2.19 View in iTunes 10 Reach Out for Me Dionne Warwick 2:52 $2.19 View in iTunes 11 Don't Make Me Over Dionne Warwick 3:20 $2.19 View in iTunes 12 Living Together, Growing Together The 5th Dimension 3:49 $1.69 View in iTunes 13 Hasbrook Heights Dionne Warwick 3:26 $2.19 View in iTunes 14 Warm and Tender Johnny Mathis 2:25 $1.69 View in iTunes 15 The Balance of Nature Dionne Warwick 3:31 $2.19 View in iTunes 16 Last One to Be Loved Dionne Warwick 3:23 $2.19 View in iTunes 17 Magic Moments (with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers) Perry Como 2:40 $2.19 View in iTunes 18 Long After Tonight Is All Over Jimmy Radcliffe 2:40 $1.69 View in iTunes 19 Blue On Blue Bobby Vinton 2:24 $2.19 View in iTunes 20 God Give Me Strength Burt Bacharach & Sydney Symphony Orchestra 8:44 $2.19 View in iTunes 21 In Between the Heartaches Dionne Warwick 2:52 $2.19 View in iTunes 22 Promises, Promises Dionne Warwick 3:02 $2.19 View in iTunes 23 Paper Mache Dionne Warwick 2:59 $2.19 View in iTunes 24 Let the Music Play The Drifters 2:37 $2.19 View in iTunes 25 That's What Friends Are For Dionne Warwick 4:16 $2.19 View in iTunes 26 Check Out Time (LP Version) Dionne Warwick 4:06 $2.19 View in iTunes 27 Walk On By Burt Bacharach & Sydney Symphony Orchestra 1:31 $2.19 View in iTunes 28 Falling Out of Love Burt Bacharach & Sydney Symphony Orchestra 4:26 $2.19 View in iTunes 28 Songs