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September 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 370

Burt Bacharach, Make It Easy On Yourself (1969) Many things have drawn me to the music of Burt Bacharach – that line in the Monty Python film where his music is used as the very embodiment of naff and out of touch; the 90s/00s re-appreciation of his music; the fact that Hal David seems largely […]
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June 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 676

Paul Williams, Classics (1977) For a long time, I’m sure, it wasn’t cool to say you liked Paul Williams – but I remember the songs from childhood. And then I found out he not only wrote Rainbow Connection but that first Muppet Movie film soundtrack which is one of the totems of my lifetime. And […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1970s, 1977, Actor, Burt Bacharach, Classics, Compilation, Composer, Greatest Hits, Hal David, Harry Nilsson, Just An Old Fashioned Love Song, LP, Muppets, Paul Williams, Record, Soundtrack, The Muppet Movie, The Vinyl Countdown # 676, Vinyl, You And Me Against The World ·

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December 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 784

Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Lost Horizon [OST] (1973) By all accounts it’s a fucking atrocious film – but I’m loving this soundtrack album, found it recently…lured in by the cover…and then when I saw what it actually was I remembered that in his autobiography there was some concern by Burt Bacharach about this album […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1973, Burt Bacharach, Film, Hal David, Lost Horizon, LP, Movie, Record, Shawn Phillips, Soundtrack, The Vinyl Countdown # 784, Vinyl ·

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August 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Cilla Black

Cilla Black has died of natural causes at her Spanish villa. She was 72. She rose to fame as a pop singer in the 1960s – one of a handful of British female singers (think Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Lulu, Helen Shapiro) who performed cover versions, who created signature hits from working with a talented […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Singer", Alfie, Anyone Who Had A Heart, Apple, British, Burt Bacharach, Cilla, Cilla Black, Eulogy, Hal David, Paul McCartney, Phil Spector, R.I.P., R.I.P. Cilla Black, Radio, The Beatles, TV, UK ·

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September 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Burt Bacharach: Anyone Who Had A Heart

Anyone Who Had A Heart: My Life And Music Burt Bacharach with Robert Greenfield HarperLuxe All those wonderful songs – and there are some great stories about them in here, about singers being demanding, getting jealous (Dionne Warwick), about some of the classic tunes being tossed off as obligation, filler-material. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My […]
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