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"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

@tc_morekindness Originally recorded by Jerry Butler... on Vee Jay:

Jerry Butler: Message to Martha (1963)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRPkyFRtDto

#JerryButler #BurtBacharach #HalDavid

"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=C6yR4qS8IRE

"That's What Friends Are For" is a song written by #BurtBacharach and #CaroleBayerSager. It was first recorded by #RodStewart in 1982 for the soundtrack of the film #NightShift, but it is best known for the 1985 version by #DionneWarwick, #EltonJohn, #GladysKnight, and #StevieWonder. This recording, billed as being by Dionne Warwick & Friends, was released as a charity single for #AIDS research and prevention. It was a massive hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yjzyESrtK0

"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=zWsPbcugFqQ

"Love Power" is a song by American singers #DionneWarwick and #JeffreyOsborne. It was written and produced by #BurtBacharach and #CaroleBayerSager for Warwick's studio album, #ReservationsForTwo (1987), and features an appearance by #KennyG playing the #altoSax solo. Released as its lead single, it became Warwick's sixth number-one hit on the US Billboard #AdultContemporary chart. The track also reached number 12 on the #Billboard Hot 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7dyzKaJgnc

"Message to Michael" is a song written by #BurtBacharach and #HalDavid, that has been a hit for several different artists under several different titles. The song was first recorded as "Message to Martha" by #JerryButler in 1962. In 1964, singer #LouJohnson had a minor US hit with the song, with the title "#Kentucky Bluebird". British singer #AdamFaith also recorded the song as "A Message to Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)" in 1965.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLnWFOBJzAg

"On My Own" is a duet by American singers #PattiLaBelle and #MichaelMcDonald. It was written and produced by #BurtBacharach and his then-wife #CaroleBayerSager and originally recorded by singer #DionneWarwick for inclusion on her album #Friends (1985). The song was eventually recorded by LaBelle and McDonald for her eighth studio album, #WinnerInYou (1986). It was released as the album's lead single on March 22, 1986, by #MCARecords. Lyrically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-SQRJbtMqs

"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

Herb Alpert

This Guy's in Love With You ...

Damn he was smooth! The song was written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David. Released in May of 1968, it went all the way to #1

#herbalpert #thisguysinlovewithyou #burtbacharach #the60s #thesixties #music #nowplaying #nowhearthis #listenup #mixtape #randomplay

"That's What Friends Are For" is a song written by #BurtBacharach and #CaroleBayerSager. It was first recorded by #RodStewart in 1982 for the soundtrack of the film #NightShift, but it is best known for the 1985 version by #DionneWarwick, #EltonJohn, #GladysKnight, and #StevieWonder. This recording, billed as being by Dionne Warwick & Friends, was released as a #charitySingle for #AIDS research and prevention. It was a massive hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A2WQksCSWI

"Heartlight" is a song written by #NeilDiamond, #CaroleBayerSager and her then-husband, #BurtBacharach, and recorded by Diamond in 1982. It is the first track on Diamond's 1982 album, also titled #Heartlight, and reached number five on the #Billboard #Hot100, becoming his thirteenth (and last) top 10 hit on the chart. It also spent four weeks atop the #adultContemporaryChart in late 1982, and was the last of his eight #1s on that chart. Reportedly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgdjK4RXpQw

"Any Day Now" is a popular song written by #BurtBacharach and #BobHilliard in 1962. It has been recorded by numerous artists over the years, including notable versions by #ChuckJackson in 1962, #AlanPrice in 1965, #ElvisPresley in 1969, #ScottWalker in 1973 and #RonnieMilsap in 1982. In the lyrics, the singer predicts the imminent demise of a romantic relationship and describes the sadness this will leave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3re_xqu4ycQ

Here's my new #playlist of 25 songs for your week. It has old favourites & newly discovered #music

I thought I'd continue the #geography theme of this weekend's #ThemeTunePopQuiz

There's music from #Pavement #YoLaTengo #Supergrass #SharonVanEtten #TheWalkmen #Caribou #Orbital #WolfAlice #Daughter #EmmylouHarris #RyCooder & #BurtBacharach who we sadly lost last week

Please take a listen, follow & boost if that's your bag

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1BvEGl6XgnFsHxMCi45REZ?si=35tCH0-fRqi-giSCtXVooQ​​

#NowPlaying  #AlskisTootPlaylist​ #playlist

#RIP #BurtBacharach (1928–2023)

Songwriter/composer won 3 #Oscars:

#ButchCassidyandtheSundanceKid (1969) - Original Score & #BestSong ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"), shared w lyricist #HalDavid

#Arthur (1981) - Best Song ("Best That You Can Do)," shared with #CaroleBayerSager, #ChristopherCross, #PeterAllen

Nommed (with Hal David) for 3 Best Song Oscars (#Alfie, #CasinoRoyale, #WhatsNewPussycat)

Won 6 #Grammys.

Was married to #AngieDickinson (now 91).

#cinema #film #movies #music