Blog: Any Major Dude With Half A Heart

Three years ago, on 12 May, this blog marked the 80 th birthday of Burt Bacharach with a mix of his songs (it's still available; check out Lyn Collins' version of Don't Make Me Over), most of which were written with Hal David, the often neglected lyricist, the writer of the often marvellous words that we sing to Bacharach’s gorgeous melodies. Indeed, would Bacharach’s music be the same without such great phrases as “Let this be just the start of so many nights like this? “Let’s take a lover’s vow and then seal it with [...]