Bacharach,Burt Long Ago Last Summer 1959 - 61 CD

Burt Bacharach revolutionized 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 compilation continues where the 2009 El Records edition, Burt Bacharach - the First Book of Songs left off and charts Bacharach's course as we move into the more open sixties landscape. The set comprises an eclectic range of styles that have character, are fun and are thoroughly eccentric at times.

1. Dream Big - Sonny James 2. Loving Is a Way of Giving - Steve Lawrence 3. Make Room for the Joy - Jack Jones 4. Paradise Island - Four Aces 5. Moon Man - Gloria Lambert 6. The Hangman - John Ashley 7. The Net - John Ashley 8. With Open Arms - Jane Morgan 9. Faker Faker - the Eligibles 10. In Times Like These - Gene McDaniels 11. A Girl Like You - Larry Hall 12. Your Lips Are Warmer Than Your Heart - Rosemary June 13. Two Hour Honeymoon - Paul Hampton 14. Creams - Paul Hampton 15. You're Only Young Once (Yeh Yeh Yeh) - the Avons 16. Close - Keely Smith 17. Long Ago Last Summer - Diana Trask 18. Boys Were Made for Girls - Everit Herter 19. I Could Make You Mine - the Wanderers 20. Joanie's Forever - Buddy Clinton 21. Three Wheels on My Wagon - Dick Van Dyke 22. And This Is Mine - Connie Stevens 23. Moon Guitar - the Rangoons 24. Love in a Goldfish Bowl - Tommy Sands 25. I Wake Up Crying - Chuck Jackson 26. The Answer to Everything - Del Shannon 27. Deeply - the Shepherd Sisters 28. Tower of Strength - Gloria Lynne 29. You're Following Me - Perry Como with the Ray Charles Singers 30. The Breaking Point - Chuck Jackson 31. The Miracle of St Marie - Four Coins 32. Somebody Else's Sweetheart - the Wanderers 33. Baby It's You - the Shirelles