Goodbye Burt #4…..All Kinds of People

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All Kinds of People (Bacharach & David)

Burt Bacharach — from side one of the 1971 album Burt Bacharach, A&M Records SP-3501  — also issued in January 1971 on the single A&M 1241, (also AM-1241), b/w “She’s Gone Away”

featured vocalist: Cissy Houston

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Marion Maerz – German version titled “Auf dieser Erde,” with lyric by Michael Kunze, released in 1971 on the album Singt Burt Bacharach, Reprise Records 44 135 — In 2009, the album was released in CD format in Europe, with the order of recordings rearranged, under the title Burt Bacharach Songbook.

from the 11 December 1971 episode of the ZDF network television series Disco

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The 5th Dimension — from their 1972 album Individually & Collectively, Bell Records 6073

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Jerry Butler — final track on his 1972 LP The Spice of Life, Mercury Records SRM 2 7502

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Terry Baxter His Orchestra and Chorus — originally included on the 1972 album The Very Best of Burt Bacharach / Hal David, Columbia House DS 859

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Dionne Warwick — from her 1998 LP Dionne Sings Dionne

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

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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)

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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

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Goodbye Burt #2…..selected Bacharach & David songs sung by B. J. Thomas

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Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head (m. Burt Bacharach, w. Hal David)

From Wikipedia:

Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.^[3] The uplifting lyrics describe somebody who overcomes his troubles and worries by realizing that “it won’t be long till happiness steps up to greet me.”^[4][5]

The single by B. J. Thomas reached No. 1 on charts in the United States, Canada and Norway, and reached No. 38 in the UK Singles Chart.^[3] It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in January 1970 and was also the first American No. 1 hit of the 1970s. The song also spent seven weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart.^[6] Billboard ranked it as the No. 4 song of 1970. According to Billboard magazine, it had sold over 2 million copies by March 14, 1970, with eight-track and cassette versions also climbing the charts.^[7] It won an Oscar for Best Original Song.^[3] Bacharach also won Best Original Score.

from the film

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issued in October 1969 on the single Scepter SCE-12265, b/w “Never Had It So Good,” which was drawn from the B. J. Thomas album Rain Drops Keep Fallin’ On My Head, Scepter Records ‎SPS 580 (and SPS-580), released on 14 October 1969

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This Guy’s in Love with You (m. Burt Bacharach, w. Hal David) – also from the 1969 B. J. Thomas album Rain Drops Keep Fallin’ On My Head, Scepter Records

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Everybody’s Out of Town (m. Burt Bacharach, w. Hal David) – from the 1970 B. J. Thomas LP Everybody’s Out Of Town, Scepter SPS-582, SPS 582

Goodbye Burt #1 – selected instrumentals, 1966 to 1969

All numbers composed by Burt Bacharach. I’ll try to add details regarding each of these compositions and the recordings ASAP.

1966

Nikki — recording by The Burt Bacharach Orchestra & Chorus issued in December 1966 on the single Liberty 55934 / F-55934, b/w “Juanita’s Place”

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1969

“Knowing When to Leave,” “Pacific Coast Highway,” and “She’s Gone Away” appear on the 1969 Burt Bacharach album Make It Easy on Yourself. Several vocal versions of “Knowing When to Leave” had already been recorded and released in 1968.

Knowing When to Leave (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)

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Pacific Coast Highway

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She’s Gone Away

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Bonus…vocalese!

South American Getaway – from the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)