Last April I blogged about how much I love the 1968 Broadway musical, Promises, Promises , with its groovy score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and witty book by Neil Simon (based on the 1960 film, The Apartment ). So you can imagine my excitement when I read in The New York Times today that the show is going to receive its first Broadway revival next spring with Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth...
The ’60s will live again on Broadway in a Spring revival of Promises, Promises, the musical based on the Oscar-winning movie The Apartment. The original show featured a book by Neil Simon and a score composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The new production — directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford — will star Sean [...]
"Promises, Promises" features a book by Neil Simon and a score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The musical will be directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford. Among its best known songs are "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," made popular by Dionne Warwick; "Knowing When to Leave" and the title tune.
"Promises, Promises" features a book by Neil Simon and a score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The musical will be directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford. Among its best known songs are "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," made popular by Dionne Warwick; "Knowing When to Leave" and the title tune.
"Promises, Promises" features a book by Neil Simon and a score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The musical will be directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford. Among its best known songs are "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," made popular by Dionne Warwick; "Knowing When to Leave" and the title tune.
On October 24, 1969 the movie Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid was released in the United States of America. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/releaseinfo Here is one of my favorite clips from the movie: Rain Drops keep falling on my head The Making Of Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid – (Full Program) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Background Articles and Videos Butch Cassidy [...]...
I've received a lot of requests for songs made by girl groups from the 60's. I love the oldies! Good pick, Sydney. Did you know? "The Shirelles were an American girl group in the early 1960s, and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Sach O would have totally hit that back in the 60’s. When it comes to pop music idolatry and indie cred name-dropping, composer Burt Bacharach, lyricist Hal David and singer Dionne Warwick are simultaneously too conservative and too radical to get theirs. They didn’t rock the pop world like The Beatles, waste-away in an acid fueled [...]
Now here's a fascinating oddity. It's the opening credits to an unsold and apparently unaired 1967 Hanna-Barbera pilot that seems designed as that studio's answer to WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR. There's lots of interesting stuff here including Joe and Bill themselves in animated form (with Hanna voiced by VIC & SADE's Bill Idelson!), JETSONS sound effects, a pretty good Burt Bacharach/Hal...
Eight LPs to be reissued on four individual CDs with rare bonus tracks. Including such hits as “Hooked on a Feeling,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” and “Rock ’n’ Roll Lullaby,” which featured Duane Eddy . B.J. Thomas is best known for his huge pop hits like “Hooked on a Feeling” and...
Hollywood actress SCARLETT JOHANSSON has brushed off reports she is set to star in a revival of Broadway musical PROMISES, PROMISES - insisting she "hasn't been approached" for...
Photo: Lovekin/Getty For her 12th studio album, The List, Rosanne Cash’s decided to tackle 12 classic country tunes. Notably, the songs were whittled down from a list of “100 Essential Country Songs” that her legendary father gave her as homework as a teenager in 1973. As just a small part of our Fall Music Preview, [...]
The book reflects on many of our favorite songs that trace our lives through all genres of music. Some of those who tell their very personal stories include hitmakers Richie Sambora, Christina Aguilera, Melissa Etheridge, John Legend, the Backstreet Boys' Howie Dorough, Kanye West, Jewel and classic rock performer/songwriters like Chicago's Robert Lamm, Foreigner's Mick Jones, and Daryl Hall and John...
“Sea of Heartbreak” is one of those classics you recognize when you hear it, you enjoy it, but you really know nothing about the history or origin of the song. Well, that’s my experience anyway. After hearing Rosanne Cash’s new version, with Bruce Springsteen on harmonies, and listening about 5-6 times in a row, it [...]
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid film directed by George Roy Hill, Produced at at 20th Century Fox by John Foreman, and story by William Goldman. The movie music director Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David.