Tag Archives: Bacharach and David

SOUL VOICES-60S BIG BALLADS.

Soul Voices-60s Big Ballads. Label: Kent Soul. For many soul afficianados, the sixties was a golden age with labels like Stax, Atco, Goldwax and Motown releasing some of their best and most successful singles. Five decades later, and some of these singles are now regarded as classics and are favourites of radio DJs.  Sadly, many other …

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LET THE MUSIC PLAY: BLACK AMERICA DOES BACHARACH AND DAVID.

LET THE MUSIC PLAY: BLACK AMERICA DOES BACHARACH AND DAVID. It was in the Brill Building in 1957, that Burt Bacharach and Hal David first met. They were both aspiring songwriters. Burt was a twenty-nine year old music graduate from Kansas. Hal was the older of the two. He was a thirty-six year old New …

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BOSSA RIO-BOSSA RIO.

BOSSA RIO-BOSSA RIO. Back in 1969, Bossa Rio released their now legendary album Bossa Rio on Herb Albert’s A&M Records. The album was produced by Sergio Mendes, who’d brought Bossa Rio to A&M. After signing with A&M, their first appearance was on Cannonball Adderley’s album Cannonball’s Bossa Nova, released in 1962. This wouldn’t be Bossa …

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