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Burt has gone:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-?CMP=Share_iOS...
 

He composed my favourite bond theme of all time

• youtube.com/watch?v=Io-jchlnvJM&

Absolutely extraordinary. I'm no fan of 'easy listening', but I can listen to his music - and lyrics - endlessly.  And the collaboration with Hal David - mindblowing. 'Do you know the was to San Jose'... skewering the American dream at the same time as surfing it! How did he/they do that?!

Amazing talent. RIP. 

I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin

What Do You Get When You Fall In Love - Dionne Warwick

The Look of Love - Dionne Warwick

Close To You - The Carpenters

Alfie - Dionne Warwick

Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - BJ Thomas

24 Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney

Make It Easy on Yourself - The Walker Brothers

I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself - Dusty Springfield

Alfie - Cilla Black

What's New, Pussycat? - Tom Jones

Arthur's Theme - Christopher Cross

Anyone Who Had A Heart - Dionne Warwick/Cilla Black

Not forgetting "This Guy's in Love With You" by Herb Alpert. What a list!

Oops, yes missed that one which is brilliant, Herb Albert is a great talent too in both music and art. 

What the World Needs Now is Love, Sweet Love.

I think the White Stripes/Kate Moss collaboration on this has greater artistic merit

The Look of Love from the 1967 James Bond spoof Casino Royale was, I think, performed on the soundtrack by Dusty Springfield. But it's the Casino Royale theme that'll stick in my mind, played by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Love it.

Ah. I see wintertree beat me to it... 😁