2011
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Ben Folds Premieres Two Tracks From Holiday Album, ‘Sleigher’: Writing Original Songs, ‘I Just Realized How Christmas Frames...
Holiday records tend to be more of a late-career refuge for artists who see an easy shot to knock off some covers than something most top-flank singer-songwriters view as a chance to creatively ...
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Lady Gaga uncorks big band classics, her finest moment yet on 'Joker 2' album 'Harlequin'
It’s also a callback to the 2019 “Joker,” where the ballad is used in a movie theater scene. Meanwhile, her rendition of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David valentine ...
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3 days ago · “Walk On By” was composed by Burt Bacharach, with lyrics by Hal David, in 1964. Originally recorded that same year by vocalist Dionne Warwick, the song was featured on her album Make Way for Dionne Warwick.
2 days ago · For years, Herb Alpert talked by phone with Burt Bacharach once or twice a week. Two years before Mr. Bacharach’s death in 2023, he called Mr. Alpert with concerning news. “He told me he had to go to the hospital to have some fluid drained from his lungs,” Mr. Alpert said.
1 day ago · Throw in William Goldman’s sparkling dialogue and Burt Bacharach’s famous soundtrack and we have an irresistible slice of late sixties cool, tempered with newfound revisionism.
14 hours ago · My Best Friend's Wedding is based on the wickedly funny film of the same name and features some of the most iconic pop anthems ever written by the legendary Burt Bacharach and Hal David, including ...
4 days ago · It saw the launch of career-spanning documentary Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over, and together with long-time collaborator Burt Bacharach, Warwick was inducted into the American Jazz Hall of Fame.
5 days ago · Burt Bacharach: What the world needs now is a celebration of his best songs; Much of Mancini’s work falls into the category of ‘light music’, a dubiously named sub-genre of classical music that includes soundtracks and songs that were most popular in the 1950s-70s.
2 days ago · The album is a 10-song collection featuring 7 original songs and reimagined versions of classics such as Mel Torme and Robert Wells' ‘The Christmas Song', Burt Bacharach's ‘The Bell That ...
