Let the Music Play

HAL DAVID (right) with BURT BACHARACH

Happy Birthday, Hal David (May 25, 1921) and Leslie Uggams (May 25, 1943)! Here's a clip of Leslie singing one of Hal and Burt's lesser-known gems, "Let the Music Play," which was a minor hit for The Drifters and Dionne Warwick.

Anyone Who Had a Heart

Ever wonder what would happen if you took a Burt Bacharach ballad, gave it Czech lyrics, had a Lana Cantrell lookalike record it, and then filmed it as a surreal, Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo? knockoff? Neither have we, but here are the results anyway.

A House is Not a Home

If he had only written this lone song, we would be forever indebted to Burt Bacharach for providing the vehicle for this absolutely spine-chilling performance by Dusty Springfield.

BURT BACHARACH
May 12, 1928

The April Fools

The April Fools (1969) is as typical a glossy 1960's production as you can get: Catherine Deneuve at her most ethereal; old workhorses Charles Boyer and Myrna Loy adding a bit of nostalgia; chic, of-the-moment fashions by Don Feld (he who also wardrobed Ann-Margret in Viva Las Vegas); and a dreamy theme song by Burt Bacharach. What's not to love?