While this three-CD, 75-song box set only has a half-dozen tracks actually credited to Burt Bacharach, it's certainly the best representation of his music likely to ever be assembled. Spanning the late '50s through a 1996 duet with Elvis Costello, this is the cream of his work as a composer (and, frequently, producer), properly concentrating mostly on the 1960s hit versions of his songs (usually, though not always, co-written with Hal David) by Dionne Warwick, Gene Pitney, {$Jackie DeShannon...   [ read more ]

CD $47.48

Like Rhino's exquisite three-disc The Look of Love, this set does not concentrate on proper Burt Bacharach recordings. Instead, it contains versions of Bacharach's greatest songs, usually the greatest versions -- or cuts that are damn close to the greatest versions. And, really, that's what makes it magical, since Bacharach wasn't the best interpreter of his material -- vocalists like Dionne Warwick, Sandie Shaw, Gene Pitney, Dusty Springfield, and the Shirelles were. This doe...   [ read more ]

CD $11.38

Performed by Mel Torme, Sherry Parsons, The Gallahads, Jun Valli, Marty Robbins, Gale Storm, Bob Manning, Bob Manning, Jo Stafford, Peggy Lee, Jerry Lewis, Michael Holliday, The Four Preps, The Four Blobs, The Four Coins and Joe Williams and The Count Basie Orchestra. 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 D...   [ read more ]

CD $17.99

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