VA - Let The Music Play: Black America Sings Bacharach & David
Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 01:30PM 
One of our favourite Ace compilation series turns to two of American pop's classiest (and quirkiest) co-writers for this set of interpretations that are occasionally familiar (Aretha's stone-cold classic "I Say A Little Prayer," arguably rivalling Dionne Warwick's take on the tune), but more often focuses on outstanding but lesser-known renditions (such as Warwick's aunt Cissy Houston's must-hear version of "This Empty Place").
"Our Black America Sings series has already turned a soulful spotlight on the compositions of Bob Dylan, Lennon & McCartney and Otis Redding. Now it's the turn of Bacharach and David.
Burt Bacharach's music and the lyrics of Hal David have been appreciated by black American artists for over 50 years. Dionne Warwick was the first to record many of their songs and by doing so made them visible to others as a source of hits or album tracks. The pair had no finer interpreter than Warwick—with the possible exception of her male counterpart Lou Johnson—but all the acts included here demonstrate the quality of their work.
Plans are underway to extend the Black America Sings series, with the next instalment due later this year. In the meantime, here are two dozen of Bacharach and David’s best-known compositions performed by some of the finest soul artists of the 1960s and 70s." - Ace Records
Our “Black America Sings…” series has already turned the soulful spotlight on the compositions of Bob Dylan, Lennon & McCartney and Otis Redding. Now it’s the turn of Bacharach and David.
Burt Bacharach’s music and the lyrics of Hal David have been appreciated by black American artists for over 50 years. Dionne Warwick was the first to record many of their songs and by doing so made them visible to others as a source of hits or album tracks. The pair had no finer interpreter than Warwick– with the possible exception of her male counterpart Lou Johnson – but all the acts included here demonstrate the quality of their work.
- See more at: http://acerecords.co.uk/let-the-music-play-black-america-sings-bacharach-david#sthash.LgkZ7bEu.dpufOur “Black America Sings…” series has already turned the soulful spotlight on the compositions of Bob Dylan, Lennon & McCartney and Otis Redding. Now it’s the turn of Bacharach and David.
Burt Bacharach’s music and the lyrics of Hal David have been appreciated by black American artists for over 50 years. Dionne Warwick was the first to record many of their songs and by doing so made them visible to others as a source of hits or album tracks. The pair had no finer interpreter than Warwick– with the possible exception of her male counterpart Lou Johnson – but all the acts included here demonstrate the quality of their work.
- See more at: http://acerecords.co.uk/let-the-music-play-black-america-sings-bacharach-david#sthash.LgkZ7bEu.dpufOur “Black America Sings…” series has already turned the soulful spotlight on the compositions of Bob Dylan, Lennon & McCartney and Otis Redding. Now it’s the turn of Bacharach and David.
Burt Bacharach’s music and the lyrics of Hal David have been appreciated by black American artists for over 50 years. Dionne Warwick was the first to record many of their songs and by doing so made them visible to others as a source of hits or album tracks. The pair had no finer interpreter than Warwick– with the possible exception of her male counterpart Lou Johnson – but all the acts included here demonstrate the quality of their work.
- See more at: http://acerecords.co.uk/let-the-music-play-black-america-sings-bacharach-david#sthash.LgkZ7bEu.dpuf
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