Wishin' and Votin' - the BURT BACHARACH SONGBOOK Poll Results

Maybe people refollowed after thread bump?

That plus lurkers. Thanks, lurkers!

Happy Burtday.

I reread this thread the other day and it was such a joy. I'd redo the whole poll over again in a minute if I thought it'd get 30 voters.

Sorry to be a corny ILX0r, but came to post a link to our late friend Ρεμπετολογια's (Rembetologia) playlist that he presumably created to go along with this poll:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7zfUsIqDVnqEgYJa2hIGU4?si=6cJ68X9FSBqO3JmXef71AA

Happy Birthday, Hal David! Apparently "The Story of My Life" was their first hit.

And Happy Birthday, Mack David! Sha-la-la-la-la, Mack. Why don't you just slip away?

1. The Blob — 1243 Points, 17 Votes, 3 first-place votes
lyric: Mack David
The Five Blobs, 1959 single, 1243 points — https://youtu.be/OG2-ccAEcWs

― WmC, Friday, May 17, 2019 3:08 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink

Ha! If I'd voted, I would've voted for the blob as my #1

Added the Bill Evans/Eddie Gómez/Jack DeJohnette "Alfie" to the big playlist.

Cool!

Short new interview: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/qanda-with-burt-bacharach-how-the-92-year-old-composer-has-kept-working-during-the-pandemic/2020/10/08/dea735f2-07f3-11eb-9be6-cf25fb429f1a_story.html

DJ Ira the K is playing a version of "Wives and Lovers" by Jackie Mittoo and I was going to put it on the big playlist but it's not on Spotify, :(

Sorry.

Listening to Ρεμπετολογια's playlist right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCqIbOlvdU

Burt might outlive every person he ever worked with:

It is with profound sadness we confirm the passing of BJ Thomas. pic.twitter.com/l2zrmtfmKw

— BJ Thomas (@TheBJThomas) May 29, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8xvbJp1BK8

On Spotify too!

Nice, added them to the big playlist, including versions of "What the World Needs Now Is Love" by the Staples Singers and Mahalia Jackson. And an album of BB covers by the New Valley Orchestra & Chorus, whoever they are.

Cool! Do you use some kind of other plugin to keep it alphabetized?

No...in the desktop app there are several ways to sort it.

Just heard this one on WFMU -- Augustus Pablo covering "A House Is Not a Home." Not on Spotify so it won't be on the big playlist, sorry to say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khnZ3t0o0ZM

Trinjtje Oosterhuis was just one of the great discoveries on this thread, although I can’t think of any others right now.

Just heard this one on WFMU -- Augustus Pablo covering "A House Is Not a Home." Not on Spotify so it won't be on the big playlist, sorry to say.
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Is there any song that can't be successfully reggae-fied?

Tend to doubt it

PBS is running a "My Music" special on Bacharach, with a bunch of nice vintage TV clips of Dionne & Dusty & the rest hosted by a tuxedo-clad Robert Wagner, who I'm certain is positively reeking of Drakkar Noir and dead starlets.

Heard this for the first time a couple of days ago --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx_UciEAh9s

Nice.

I remember this poll rather fondly. I suspect I engaged in more hours of listening than for any other poll!

Brought to mind "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" for me--maybe a direct influence on that?

Just found out about this version. The singer still does regular brunch gigs in NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLdCzrixVzw

This version with you-know-who is pretty good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIeqQ105w2E

WTF is Paul Hampton?

Who sings on the 1971 version of Mexican Divorce? Absolutely love that version but haven't been able to figure it out.

1971 version?

Under Burt’s name?

Maybe I can ask a Burt expert or two in little bit

yes, from the s/t album from '71.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieujhUD_A5k

I went ahead and asked. Will see if anyone gets back to me.

Came to say that the Marion Maerz Schlager-y Burt Bacharach Songbook is really enjoyable.

I have your answer! Are you ready for it?

Cissy Houston.

Seems to be. Or maybe her and her sisters etc. She is officially credited on two other songs on that album.

This version with you-know-who is pretty good:
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Oh hey. I wrote a BB trivia quiz that a few of you have already taken. I can provide a link here if you like.

Who says no

Here you go. It was meant to play hard.

Hmm. Looks like the answer to question two has a little re-release going on right now.

What happened to the giant playlist? Did you delete your Spotify account?

Ahhh, yeah, deleted. I made .csv files of all my big playlists when I ported everything over to Tidal in May, though, and I still have those. If you want the Bacharach one to recreate a Spotify playlist from, I can email you.

Thanks, please do at your convenience!

Sent. I added a few tracks to my version since I made the .csv --
Beach Boys, Walk On By (20/20 Sessions, a fragment but it makes the hair stand up on my neck); Mavis Staples, A House Is Not a Home; Another Tear Falls, Puddles Pity Party; Who Is Gonna Love Me, Charlie Byrd; Always Something There to Remind Me, Peggy, Lee; and an album called The Music of Burt Bacharach by some E-Z listening org called Pop Idols.