Burt Bacharach: The First Book Of Songs 1954-58

 

CD

 

"Burt Bacharach revolutionised popular songwriting, employing a previously unimagined technical sophistication that would find full expression in the sixties when with an astonishing run of unforgettable hits, he and his lyricist partner Hal David ruled the pop charts.

 

Bacharach won the respect of everyone from Brian Wilson to Bill Evans to Frank Zappa, but his early years had been ones of struggle and frustrating compromise. This collection offers fascinating glimpses of an eclectic apprenticeship that culminated in the landmark first hits Magic Moments and The Story Of My Life".

 

WE SAY:

Okay, we're cheating a bit by listing this under 60s, 70s & 80s Pop as it was all recorded during the 50s, but at least one of us recalls hearing the aforementioned Perry Como and Michael Holliday tracks being played regularly on the BBC Light Programme in the early 1960s!

 

Tracklisting

 

 1  Keep Me In Mind - PATTI PAGE

 

 2  These Desperate Hours - MEL TORME

 

 3  Peggy's In The Pantry - SHERRY PARSONS

 

 4  The Morning Mail - THE GALLAHADS

 

 5  I Cry More - ALAN DALE

 

 6  Beauty Isn't Everything - JUNE VALLI

 

 7  The Story Of My Life - MARTY ROBBINS

 

 8  Uninvited Dream - PEGGY LEE

 

 9  Love Bank - BOB MANNING

 

10  Warm And Tender - JOHNNY MATHIS

 

11  Underneath The Overpass - JO STAFFORD

 

12  Sad Sack - JERRY LEWIS

 

13  Winter Warm - GALE STORM

 

14  The Story Of My Life - MICHAEL HOLLIDAY

 

15  Magic Moments - PERRY COMO

 

16  Hot Spell - MARGARET WHITING

 

17  The Night That Heaven Fell - TONY BENNETT

 

18  The Blob - THE FIVE BLOBS

 

19  Saturday Night In Tijuana - THE FIVE BLOBS

 

20  Wendy Wendy - THE FOUR COINS

 

21  Sittin' In The Tree House - MARTY ROBBINS

 

22  Humble Pie - THE FOUR PREPS

 

23  It Seemed So Right Last Night - MARY MAYO

 

24  Heavenly - JOHNNY MATHIS

 

25  Another Time, Another Place - PATTI PAGE

 

26  That Kind Of Woman - JOE WILLIAMS

 

27  Searching Wind - BURT BACHARACH

 

28  Rosanne - BURT BACHARACH