#burt bacharach hal david

[histhoughtslately]

When you walk, let your heart lead the way; and you’ll find love any day…

Alfie (1966)

#lovescores

#histhoughtslately #htl #love #songwriting #music #life quotes #life path #mental health #writing #lit #literature #reading #storytime #writing community #inspirational quotes #motivational quotes #burt bacharach #hal david #Alfie #relationships #heart #healing journey

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

miss dionne warwick, 27 club |1964|

#gif #miss dionne warwick #dionne warwick #live performance #27 club #belgium #1964 #music #important #iconic #influential #burt bacharach #hal david

[randomberlinchick]

Watch "Dionne Warwick & Burt Bacharach | The Kraft Music Hall 1970" on YouTube

A beautiful musical collaboration ❤️

#burt bacharach #dionne warwick #hal david #music i love #Youtube

[thatsbelievable]

#What the World Needs Now #rats #motivation #inspiration #with apologies to Burt Bacharach and Hal David

[goodblacknews]

MUSIC MONDAY: "Close To You: Soulful Burt Bacharach Covers" (LISTEN)

by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Twitter: @marlonw IG: stlmarlonwest Spotify: marlonwest) Happy Black History Month, you all. Now it might seem counterintuitive to use my February offering to feature and honor Burt Bacharach, who died on February 8 at age 94. The prolific composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of…

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#"Close to You" #"Walk on By" #Aretha Franklin #Bobby Womack #Burt Bacharach #Dionne Warwick #Floetry #Frank Ocean #Hal David #Isaac Hayes #Love #Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. #Marlon West #Masta Ace #Mos Def #Music Monday #Ronald Isley #Stevie Wonder #The 5th Dimension #“One Less Bell To Answer"

[mywifeleftme]

360: Dusty Springfield // Dusty Springfield's Golden Hits

Dusty Springfield's Golden Hits Dusty Springfield 1966, Philips

These early Dusty Springfield singles really get the “Wall of Sound” production treatment, despite Mr. Spector’s absence from the credits: mixed loud as hell like the kids liked it, screaming string charts, backing vocals en regalia, and a big beat knocking around underneath. Folks love to cite her as the second artist of the British Invasion to hit the U.S. charts, and for cultural reasons that may be significant, but her early sound was indistinguishable from American acts like Lesley Gore and the Shirelles. I don’t know many of the details about her career, but it seems like whoever was managing her was hell-bent on breaking her in the States. Call it a credit to English ingenuity (and specifically arranger Ivor Raymonde) that they were able to give Springfield a knock-out sound that passes for the contemporary Hollywood (or Detroit) product.

Dusty Springfield’s Golden Hits, her first major compilation, is Brill Building / girl group-style music par excellence, with a murderer’s row of hitwriters from both sides of the pond (Bacharach/David, Goffin/King, Beatrice Verdi/Buddy Kaye, etc.). Practically anyone could’ve had chart success with these songs and this packaging (and a number of these were subsequently hits for others), but Springfield had a cannon of a voice on her that makes the best of these numbers undeniable. Those who place her voice with the Arethas and Dionne Warwicks wish she’d been guided towards soul or sophisticated torch songs from the start, but I personally love it when someone vocally overqualified for bubblegum is made to tear into a good bop. “I Only Want to Be With You” is buffeted along by the force of her voice, the violins shrieking like a 33rpm record dragged up to 45; “Little By Little” could’ve been written for a Motown powerhouse like Darlene Love (but scarcely improved on by her); “I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself” moves from the sound of a girl sadly combing her hair before her vanity to Sampson bringing down the temple.

There’s plenty of treacle here, and “Wishin’ and Hopin’” probably set feminism further back than “He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss),” but this is a worthy addition to any ‘60s pop library.

360/365

#dusty springfield #'60s music #'60s pop #british invasion #burt bacharach #hal david #gerry goffin #carol king #buddy kaye #beatrice verdi #r&b #girl group #motown #i just don't know what to do with myself #arliss #music review #vinyl record #female singer

[blackswaneuroparedux]

What I would sometimes do back then was write against the mood of Hal's lyrics. The melody I came up with for "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" is bright and rhythmic, so you might think the song is happy, but it's about someone going back to San Jose after having blown a chance at becoming a star, and is not a happy song by any means.

- Burt Bacharach on his musical partnership with Hal Davis

"Do You Know the Way to San Jose" (1968) became Dionne Warwick's biggest international hit reaching the top 10 in both Canada and the U.K. It was her third consecutive top 10 hit at home in the U.S. "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" crossed over from pop into both the adult contemporary and R&B singles charts. Engineer Ed Smith created the distinctive introduction to the recording by attaching a microphone directly to the head of a bass drum played by Gary Chester.

Lyricist Hal David wrote the words based on his particular affection for the city of San Jose, California. He was stationed there while serving in the US Navy. Dionne Warwick was not a fan of "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and needed convincing to record it. She said, "It's a dumb song, and I didn't want to sing it." The song earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Despite the success of the recording, she refused to change her opinion of the song.

Photo: Burt Bacharach sits at the piano with lyricist Hal Davis and Dionne Warwick looking on, 1968.

#bacharach #burt bacharach #quote #composer #hal david #music #pop music #lyrics #musician #song #dionne warwick #american #arts #culture

[thebridgesandtunnels]

incredible video of dionne warwick, burt bacharach, and hal david working up a not quite finished “I say a little prayer” — a very cool peek into the process of an all-time great collaborative trio

#dionne warwick #burt bacharach #hal david #music #RIP burt bacharach a true king of songwriters #Youtube

[krispyweiss]

“The King of Melody,” Burt Bacharach Dead at 94

Burt Bacharach, the composer of more than 50 top-40 hits and songwriting partner of and collaborator with Hal David, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Costello and others, has died at 94 of natural causes.

The Associated Press first reported the news.

“Farewell genius,” Simply Red tweeted.

Hailed by Dave Davies as “probably one of the most influential songwriters of our time,” Bacharach, whose motto was “never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember,” is said to have composed more than 1,000 songs including “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” “What the World Needs Now” and “What’s New, Pussycat?”

“He was a great inspiration,” Davies said.

Bacharach in 2020 cut Blue Umbrella with Nashville singer/songwriter Daniel Tashian, causing Sawyer Brown to marvel at the composer’s triumph of “creating timeless songs” into his 90s.

“Thank you, Burt Bacharach, for all those wonderful traveling companions,” Brown wrote on Facebook, recounting the songwriter’s work with Warwick, which included 20 top-40 hits.

Bacharach’s songs were also recorded by the Beatles, the Fifth Dimension, Manfred Mann, Dusty Springfield, Christopher Cross, Roberta Flack and others. He and Costello released Painted from Memory in 1998.

“I’ll always think of Burt Bacharach as the King of Melody,” Stephen Bishop said. “His songs are timeless.”

2/9/23

#burt bacharach #dionne warwick #elvis costello #b.j. thomas #simply red #dave davies #the kinks #sawyer brown #the fifth dimension #manfred mann #dusty springfield #christopher cross #roberts flack #stephen bishop #tom jones #the beatles #hal david

[mthguy]

“What The World Needs Now is Love” (1965)

With music composed by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David, and vocals recorded by Jackie DeShannon, its message is truer than ever today.

“What the world needs now is love, sweet love It's the only thing that there's just too little of What the world needs now is love, sweet love No, not just for some but for everyone Lord, we don't need another mountain There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb There are oceans and rivers enough to cross Enough to last 'til the end of time What the world needs now is love, sweet love It's the only thing that there's just too little of What the world needs now is love, sweet love No, not just for some but for everyone Lord, we don't need another meadow There are corn fields and wheat fields enough to grow There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine Oh listen Lord, if You want to know What the world needs now is love, sweet love It's the only thing that there's just too little of What the world needs now is love, sweet love No, not just for some, oh, but just for every, every everyone What the world needs now is love, sweet love What the world needs now is love, sweet love What the world needs now is love, sweet love What the world needs now is love, sweet love What the world needs now is love, sweet love”

#youtube #jackie deshannon #burt bacharach #hal david #what the world needs now is love

[cbjustmusic]

Cynthia Erivo performs "Alfie" for Dionne Warwick at the 2023 Kennedy Center Honors. ___________________________ Alfie Songwriters: Burt Bacharach and Hal David

And what's it all about, Alfie? Is it just for the moment we live? What's it all about when you sort it out, Alfie?

Are we meant to take more than we give? Or are we meant to be kind? And if only fools are kind, Alfie

Then I guess it's wise to be cruel And if life belongs only to the strong, Alfie What will you lend on an old golden rule?

As sure as I believe there's a Heaven above, Alfie I know there's something much more Something even non-believers can believe in

And I believe in love, Alfie Without true love we just exist, Alfie Until you find the love you've missed you're nothing, Alfie

When you walk, let your heart lead the way And you'll find love any day, Alfie Alfie

#cynthia erivo #burt bacharach #hal david

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

miss dionne warwick, 27 club |1964|

#gif #miss dionne warwick #dionne warwick #live performance #27 club #belgium #1964 #music #important #iconic #influential #burt bacharach #hal david

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Stevie Wonder performs "Alfie" at the Gershwin Prize for Hal David and Burt Bacharach

#Stevie Wonder #alfie (song) #Hal David #Burt Bacharach

[hezigler]

Alfie

Dionne Warwick's magnificent voice singing "Alfie."

#dionne warwick #burt bacharach #hal david #1960s #pop #movie theme #Youtube

[kp777]

Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head

lyrics and music by Burt Bacharach and Hal David

sung by B.J. Thomas

#burt bacharach #hal david #b.j. thomas #raindrops keep falling on my head #Youtube

[punk-chicken-radio]

ax trax of the week

terry hall - this guy’s in love with you

been on a massive terry hall kick since his passing. this is one of my favorites..i’m a well known sucker for a bacharach/david song.

-ax

#ax trax of the week #terry hall #this guy's in love with you #burt bacharach #hal david