Elvis Costello honored Burt last night in NYC

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Would it be appropriate to describe Bacharach’s musical-style as ‘Easy Listening’? Whey is for certain, is that, not only was he prolific, but there’s so, so many hits and recordings that are more than ingrained on one’s conscience. A first-rate songwriter, if ever there were one. I wasn’t even aware that Perry Como’s ‘Magic Moments’ was one of his.

What a great song writer.........

As Rockman said "Amazing Body of Work!"

I couldn't have been more than 10 or 11 years old when someone (my mom? some other relative? a family friend with an extra ticket?) took me to see the original Broadway production of Promises, Promises. You might remember the late Jerry Orbach from the television detective series Law and Order, but he got his start as a leading man in Broadway musicals.

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Been listening to a lot of Burt's stuff since he passed. Specifically, the albums he released under his own name; his own instrumental with anonymous chorus vocal versions of his own songs. I stumbled upon this one from 1971 that I probably hadn't heard or thought about in the last 50 years. Released as a single, it bubbled under at #116, and was only a minor hit on the Easy Listening chart.

It amazes me that to this day, there has never been a hit recording of "All Kinds of People."

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He was one of the greatest songwriters. His music gives joy and happy moments to millions of people since 6 decades. He simply was a master.