Goodbye Burt #3…..Bacharach and David medleys, 1968-2016

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All songs in the medleys to follow have music by Burt Bacharach and words by Hal David except as noted.

Andy Williams, with Burt Bacharach conducting and on piano — from the 1968 TV special Andy Williams’ Kaleidoscope Company — originally broadcast 28 April 1968 (NBC)

Walk On By
There’s Always Something There to Remind Me
The Look of Love
What’s New Pussycat?
Wives and Lovers
Say a Little Prayer for Me
What the World Needs Now is Love

Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Glen Campbell — from the television special Dionne Warwick – Souled Out, originally aired on 17 June 1969

What’s New Pussycat?
Wives and Lovers
Dreams of the Everyday Housewife (Chris Gantry)
This Guy’s in Love with You
The Look of Love
Do You Know the Way to San Jose
By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Jimmy Webb)
Wichita Lineman (Jimmy Webb)
Galveston (Jimmy Webb)
Walk On By
Magic Moments
Alfie
The Straight Life (Bobby Goldsboro)
I Say a Little Prayer
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
Gentle on My Mind (John Hartford)

Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach — from the television special Kraft Music Hall Presents an Evening with Burt Bacharach, originally aired in June 1970

Walk on By
Do You Know the Way to San Jose
I Say a Little Prayer
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
Don’t Make Me Over
Alfie

+ Make It Easy on Yourself

Carpenters – live at Walter Reed Medical Center, 8 November 1970 — The video provider indicates that the band is performing for GIs wounded in Vietnam.

(They Long to Be) Close to You
Knowing When to Leave
Make It Easy on Yourself
There’s Always Something There to Remind Me
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
Walk On By
Do You Know the Way to San Jose

Carpenters: Live at the BBC, 1971 — recorded on 25 September 1971, and originally broadcast in the UK on 6 November 1971

Knowing When to Leave
Make It Easy on Yourself
There’s Always Something There to Remind Me
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
Walk On By
Do You Know the Way to San Jose

Carpenters — live at Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia — 24 May 1972

intro
Any Day Now
Baby It’s You
Knowing When to Leave
Make It Easy on Yourself
There’s Always Something There to Remind Me
Walk On By
Do You Know the Way to San Jose

Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick — from the television special American Bandstand’s 33 1/3 Celebration, originally broadcast on 1 December 1985

What the World Needs Now is Love
Walk On By
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
I Say a Little Prayer
This Girl’s in Love with You
Do You Know the Way to San Jose
A House is Not a Home
Alfie
That’s What Friends Are For (Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager)
What the World Needs Now is Love (reprise)

Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach — from the 1988 “That’s What Friends Are For” AIDS benefit concert featuring Dionne & Friends

A House is Not a Home
What the World Needs Now is Love
Alfie

Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick — This medley came near the end of One Amazing Night, a 1998 live tribute show performed by various artists in honor of the music of Burt Bacharach. The event was recorded live at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, featuring Bacharach himself conducting the orchestra and playing the piano. I find it odd, considering that in interviews over the years Warwick has consistently expressed her disdain for “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” that not only was the song included in the medley for this big event, but chosen as the last song.

Walk On By
I Say a Little Prayer
Do You Know the Way to San Jose

(Below) Here’s another performance of the same medley used at “One Amazing Night.” I’ve yet to identify the date or location, but seems to be from about the same time as the 1998 tribute show.

Polar Music Prize for 2001 concert — Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden — Burt Bacharach was one of three winners of this prize in 2001, the others being Robert Moog and Karlheinz Stockhausen. The songs in this selection are performed by various Swedish pop artists.

warning: video plagued by intermittent static (loud)

This Guy’s in Love with You
Do You Know the Way to San Jose
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
What’s New Pussycat?
I Say a Little Prayer for You
Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) – w.m. Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen
That’s What Friends Are For (Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager)

Gimnazija Kranj Christmas Concert 2016 – American Night

description by video provider:

In sold out Gallus Hall (Cankarjev dom, Slovenia), The Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra and United Choirs performed biggest hits of the legendary American composer Burt Bacharach and lyricsts Hal David and Carole Bayer Sager.

concert and film direction: Primož Zevnik
arrangement: Tine Bec
solo singers: Dina Arapović, Neža Čadež, Eva Štirn, Žana Robič, Anja Kleindienst
solo saxofon: Jan Kus