[Brighton] Burt Bacharach RIP

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Really talented man - RIP Burt Bacharach

 

[WATFORD zero]

one of the all time greats, what a fantastic back catalogue, including this one.

Beaten to it, one of my favourite songs. A massively talented, influential and modest songwriter, his work will live on



From the Stiffs live tour in 1977

 

[BBassic]

Oh that's sad.

One of the final memories I've got of my nan is sitting with her to watch a Burt Bacharach DVD. She was in the final weeks of her life and that was what she wanted to do so that's what we did.

RIP Burt.

 

[Oxy McFloppie-Tish]

That's a real shame. RIP Burt. Will listen to the wonderful "Painted From Memory" album with Elvis tonight.

 

[Nathan]

A true musical legend. Dozens of hits and amazing songs.

 

[Oxy McFloppie-Tish]

Burt Bacharach dies aged 94: Composer was behind hits including I Say A Little Prayer and Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

Bacharach's hits also included Walk On By and Do You Know The Way To San Jose. The musician wrote for stars including Dionne Warwick, Cilla Black, Tom Jones and Dusty Springfield.

news.sky.com

I see the Sky headline has now been corrected from 84 to 94!

 

[WATFORD zero]

Not the easiest BB piece to perform live

 

[Papak]

RIP , and thank you for writing this classic

Just home from work and was wondering if this masterpiece was going to be in the RIP thread...

 

[tigertim68]

My favourite, love his Songs

 

[jakarta]

What a back catalogue - hadn't realised he did Make it Easy on Yourself for the Walker Brothers (Mrs Jakartas fav Band)...

 

[Weststander]

This song is incredible.



RIP. Your art will live forever.

 

[portlock seagull]

A songwriting genius, up there with the very very best. So many songs and melodies.

 

[Zeberdi]

My very first introduction to Burt Bacharach as a kid but it got much better - although Katherine Ross sitting on the handle bars of a bike started a bit of a craze ….



RIP to a prolific song writer

 

[Jam The Man]

I loved this Bacharach one so much from Elvis, I remixed it ever so slightly about 17 years ago. Somehow it got 9000 views!

RIP BB - genuine genius.

 

[raymondo]

And would these singers' careers have been quite as successful without a BB song in their list I wonder?

 

[Weststander]

 

[raymondo]

This song is incredible.



RIP. Your art will live forever.

Great version of that wonderful song

 

[Live by the sea]

Legend in the true sense of the word . What a songwriter . Rip

 

[Zeberdi]

I loved this Bacharach one so much from Elvis, I remixed it ever so slightly about 17 years ago. Somehow it got 9000 views!

That’s a great mix @Jam The Man, I really like it - it’s got a late 70s dance vibe to me - I loved Elvis’s R&B version but like the original recording artist, Chuck Jackson’s version too - testimony to the calibre of songwriter/composer

 

[Zeberdi]

An absolute gem - Live version also from the Painted From Memory album



BB - up there with Leibe & Stolle and Cole Porter