50+ Music5d ago
"Do You Know the Way to San Jose" is a 1968 popular song written and composed for singer #DionneWarwick by #BurtBacharach. #HalDavid wrote the lyrics. The song was Warwick's biggest international hit to that point, selling several million copies worldwide and winning Warwick her first #GrammyAward. David's lyrics tell the story of a native of #SanJoseCalifornia, who, having failed to break into the entertainment field in Los Angeles, is set to return to her hometown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2UpwpTAd8U
Dionne Warwick -- Do You Know the Way to San Jose (1968)

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50+ Music6d ago
105 years ago today, #HalDavid, American lyricist ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"; "What The World Needs Now Is Love"; "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 🕊️
50+ MusicMay 20
"I Say a Little Prayer" is a song #written by #BurtBacharach and #HalDavid for American singer #DionneWarwick, originally peaking at number four on the US #Billboard #Hot100 pop singles chart in December 1967. On the #RAndBSingles chart it peaked at number eight. The following year, it was a top ten hit for another American singer, #ArethaFranklin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDyiREoBw0o
Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer (Official Lyric Video)

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50+ MusicMay 13
"Make It Easy on Yourself" is a #popular song #written by #BurtBacharach and #HalDavid which was initially a top 20 Pop and R&B hit for #JerryButler in 1962. The best-known version is the 1965 recording by #theWalkerBrothers, for whom it was a No. 1 UK and Canadian hit. #DionneWarwick, who made a #demo of the song in early 1962, later had a hit with it in 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZTS9H-l5qQ
The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself

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That Other PlaceMay 12

This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #WindowsAndDoors. Although this tune isn't one of my top Jackie DeShannon or Bacharach/David favorites, it is an obvious choice for this theme:

Jackie DeShannon: Windows And Doors (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2vJtIfD5HA

#JackieDeShannon #BurtBacharach #HalDavid

Jackie DeShannon - "Windows and Doors" (1966)

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50+ MusicMar 25
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" is a song written by #BurtBacharach and #HalDavid. First recorded in 1963 by #RichardChamberlain, the song had its biggest success in 1970, in a version recorded by American duo #theCarpenters for their second studio album #CloseToYou and produced by #JackDaugherty. A #softPop ballad, the song expresses a woman's appreciation that her romantic partner symbolically attracts the attention of birds and falling stars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M268Csnue9I
[They Long To Be] Close To You

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50+ MusicMar 15
"My Heart Is an Open Book" is a song written by #HalDavid and #LeePockriss and performed by #CarlDobkinsJr It reached #3 on the #USPopChart and #11 on the #USRAndBChart in 1959. It was featured on his 1959 album Carl Dobkins, Jr. The #single ranked #19 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiMGsuG38Gg
1959 HITS ARCHIVE: My Heart Is An Open Book - Carl Dobkins Jr. (a #1 record)

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slowforwardMar 6

mirrormask / dave mckean. 2005

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When Jim Henson Productions and Sony wanted to make something along the lines of Jim Henson’s “The Dark Chrystal” or “Labyrinth” they approached graphic novelist Neil Gaiman and illustrator Dave McKean, who had previously collaborated on the graphic novel series “Black Orchid” (1988), “The Sandman” (1989-1996) and children’s book “Coraline” (2002). The result was this very artful journey through a fantasy world. Almost every scene is chock-full of imaginative designs and special effects for which about 15 young animators were hired, almost all of them just graduated from the local art school.

The songs in the soundtrack are “(They Long To Be) Close to you” (a cover of the classic written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David), sung by Josefine Cronholm, and “If I Apologise” (written by Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman) sung by Josefine Cronholm & Ashley Slater.

#animation #animazione #art #arte #AshleySlater #BurtBacharach #DaveMcKean #experimentalMovie #film #HalDavid #highlights #JimHensonProductions #JosefineCronholm #MirrorMask #MirrorMask #movie #NeilGaiman #Sony #video
2005 Dave McKean - "MirrorMask" (visual highlights)

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50+ MusicFeb 19
"Walk On By" is a song written by #BurtBacharach and #HalDavid for singer #DionneWarwick in 1963. Warwick's recording of the song peaked at number six on the US #Billboard #Hot100 and number one on the #CashBox Rhythm and Blues Chart In June 1964 and was nominated for a 1965 Grammy Award for the Best Rhythm and Blues Recording. #IsaacHayes recorded the song five years later, in 1969, and his version reached number 30 on the Hot 100 chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsGsCvJWEo8
Walk on By

Provided to YouTube by RhinoWalk on By · Dionne WarwickMake Way For Dionne Warwick℗ 1964 Rhino EntertainmentProducer: Burt BacharachPerformed by: Dionne Warw...

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50+ MusicFeb 11
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" is a song written by #BurtBacharach and #HalDavid. First recorded in 1963 by #RichardChamberlain, the song had its biggest success in 1970, in a version recorded by American duo #theCarpenters for their second studio album #CloseToYou and produced by #JackDaugherty. A #softPop ballad, the song expresses a woman's appreciation that her romantic partner symbolically attracts the attention of birds and falling stars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V44jsIay7mE
Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You [Lyrics]

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