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  1. "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.
    youtube.com/watch?v=6yjzyESrtK0

  2. "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.
    youtube.com/watch?v=r7dyzKaJgnc

  3. "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.
    youtube.com/watch?v=a-SQRJbtMqs

  4. 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

  5. "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.
    youtube.com/watch?v=6A2WQksCSWI

  6. "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.
    youtube.com/watch?v=WgdjK4RXpQw

  7. Venerdì prossimo io ed @elif torniamo a suonare 🎺 e cantare 🎤 i brani di Burt Bacharach nella #Tuscia viterbese.

    Questa volta sul Lago di Vico ⛱️, coi cinghiali 🐗 a fare i cori. E questa volta con il piano 🎹 al posto della chitarra.

    mobilizon.it/events/48570642-3…

    #BurtBacharach #Viterbo #Ronciglione #LagoDiVico #HelloBurt #Tromba #Basso

  8. #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