Bacharach | Song by Song | Musical Biography

You probably don’t even realise how many Bacharach songs you know – how about the 60s songs ‘What the world Needs Now Is Love’ and ‘Always Something There To Remind Me’; the Soul classics ‘I Say A Little Prayer’ and ‘Walk On By’ and even Tom Jones’s ‘What’s new pussycat’. I a must have reference for Burt Bacarach fans.

Best known as the composer (with lyricist Hal David) of such 1960s hits as Dionne Warwick s Walk On By, Dusty Springfield s The Look of Love, and the Carpenters’ Close to You, Burt Bacharach wrote the music for over 700 published songs, which have been recorded by some 2,000 artists – from Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley to the Beatles and the Supremes. Song By Song is a witty, cheeky song-by-song journey through Bacharach s vast recorded oeuvre, from Nat King Cole s little-known 1952 version of Once in a Blue Moon to Burt s recent collaborations with Elvis Costello, Lyle Lovett and Chicago.