Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Burt Bacharach book and career retrospective CD

Award-winning composer/songwriter Burt Bacharach marks his 85th birthday this month with a new autobiography from HarperCollins and Universal Music Enterprises’ May 28 release of a career-spanning 2-CD collection of his best songwriting collaborations.

The Art of the Songwriter: Anyone Who Had a Heart-The Best of Burt Bacharach collects 40 of Bacharach’s timeless songs, performed by music’s most influential artists of the 20th Century (see track listing below). 

 

His new autobiography Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Music was written with Robert Greenfield.

Track listing:

DISC 1

1. ARETHA FRANKLIN I Say A Little Prayer
2. B. J. THOMAS Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head
3. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself
4. ETTA JAMES Waiting For Charlie To Come Home
5. MARTY ROBBINS The Story Of My Life
6. SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL ‘66 The Look Of Love
7. BROOK BENTON A House Is Not A Home
8. CHRISTOPHER CROSS Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)
9. SMITH Baby It’s You
10. GENE MCDANIELS Tower Of Strength
11. PERRY COMO Magic Moments
12. RICK NELSON Take A Broken Heart
13. BRENDA LEE Wishin’ And Hopin’
14. SYBIL Don’t Make Me Over
15. ELVIS PRESLEY Any Day Now
16. GENE PITNEY Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
17. ISAAC HAYES I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
18. RONALD ISLEY Love’s (Still) The Answer
19. DIONNE WARWICK Anyone Who Had A Heart
20. JACKIE DESHANNON What The World Needs Now

DISC 2

1. TOM JONES What’s New Pussycat?
2. BARBRA STREISAND Alfie
3. THE WALKER BROTHERS Make It Easy On Yourself
4. HERB ALPERT This Guy’s In Love With You
5. THE MARVELETTES Message To Michael
6. THE FIFTH DIMENSION One Less Bell To Answer
7. GLORIA GAYNOR Walk On By
8. ASTRUD GILBERTO Trains And Boats And Planes
9. DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES Let The Music Play
10. THE STYLISTICS You’ll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
11. JACK JONES Wives And Lovers
12. CHRIS DE BURGH Love Is My Decision
13. PATTI PAGE Keep Me In Mind
14. PATTI LABELLE and MICHAEL MCDONALD On My Own
15. BURT BACHARACH Nikki
16. MANFRED MANN My Little Red Book
17. GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS Overnight Success
18. ELVIS COSTELLO and BURT BACHARACH Toledo
19. KEVIN EUBANKS That’s What Friends Are For
20. NEIL DIAMOND Heartlight


bacharachonline.com

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