BURT BACHARACH 100 ESSENTIAL SONGS. . This post: #50-41. 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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TOLEDO

Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach (1998)

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ODDS AND ENDS

Dionne Warwick (1969)

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IN THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE

Dee Dee Warwick

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MAGIC MOMENTS

Perry Como (1957)

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KEEP AWAY FROM OTHER GIRLS

Helen Shapiro (1962)

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CASINO ROYALE

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (1967)

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LOVE POWER

Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne (1987)

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WONDERFUL TO BE YOUNG

Cliff Richard (1961)

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PROMISE HER ANYTHING

Tom Jones (1966)

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BEGINNING OF LONELINESS

Dionne Warwick (1967)

Follow the countdown on Spotify:

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