BACHARACH 100. (A new countdown). This post: #100-91. Continues: tomorrow.

Caffè Lattè presents:

THE 100 MOST ESSENTIAL SONGS WRITTEN BY

BURT

BACHARACH

Burt Bacharach was born in 1928 in Kansas City. He went on to have a major impact on popular music with a catalogue that has spanned over seven decades. His songbook boasts some of the most elegant and unforgettable songs of all-time. Bacharach’s compositions have been recorded by a vast array of acts ranging from The Beatles, Dionne Warwick, Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Carpenters, Elton John, Elvis Costello to Neil Diamond, The Shirelles, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, Roberta Flack, Luther Vandross, Gene Pitney, The Drifters and Perry Como. We mourned his loss in February 2023. Bacharach died at his home in Los Angeles, aged 94. This countdown celebrates his immense legacy…

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♭100♭

THE SUNDANCE KID

Burt Bacharach (1969)

♭99♭

GOTTA GET A GIRL

Frankie Avalon (1961)

♭98♭

LOOKIN’ WITH MY EYES, SEEIN’ WITH MY HEART

Dionne Warwick (1965)

♭97♭

DON’T YOU BELIEVE IT

Andy Williams (1962)

♭96♭

ONCE IN A BLUE MOON

Nat King Cole (1952)

♭95♭

MEXICAN DIVORCE

The Drifters (1962)

♭94♭

PAPER MACHÉ

Dionne Warwick (1970)

♭93♭

SUCH UNLIKELY LOVERS

Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach (1998)

♭92♭

ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE

Dionne Warwick (1998)

♭91♭

I WAKE UP CRYING

Chuck Jackson (1961)

Follow the countdown on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1nYjYdZQeXUUOLLnkehRj7?si=e59ccbc1478941d2&pt=9ec37b80ca51d84ae05f5e213a516e37