If you've been following this blog, you probably know that I've posted many Springfield albums already. She probably has as many unreleased songs from the 1960s and early 1970s as released songs, due to all the songs she did for TV and radio shows.
For this album, I've found 13 Bacharach and David songs she did (not counting the two bonus tracks, which I will get to in a minute). Eight of them included here were officially released. The other five are unreleased, and I've included those on my "On TV and Radio" series of albums for her. Two of the unreleased songs at the end of this album actually feature Burt Bacharach, with him playing piano, and the other a duet between Springfield and him. (Bacharach has done lots of recording and public perfomring while David, who wrote the lyrics, has not.) I didn't include Springfield's studio version of "The Look of Love" because I went with the version with Bacharach instead.
The sound quality is excellent for all the songs. There are two more unreleased songs that sound worse than that "The Love of a Boy" and "Wives and Lovers," so I've only included them as bonus tracks.
In conclusion, in my opinion, Bacharach and David were one of the great songwriting teams of all time, and their 1960s songs have a special charm. Dionne Warwick is the best known interpreter of their songs. But Springfield should be right up there with her. There really should be an official album like this, letting a listener hear all of her Bacharach and David covers together.
This album is 41 minutes long, not including the bonus tracks.
01 I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself (Dusty Springfield)
02 Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa (Dusty Springfield)
03 Anyone Who Had a Heart (Dusty Springfield)
04 Wishin' and Hopin' (Dusty Springfield)
05 [There's] Always Something There to Remind Me (Dusty Springfield)
06 Long After Tonight Is Over (Dusty Springfield)
07 [They Long to Be] Close to You (Dusty Springfield)
08 This Girl's in Love with You (Dusty Springfield)
09 Another Night (Dusty Springfield)
10 In the Land of Make Believe (Dusty Springfield)
11 I Say a Little Prayer (Dusty Springfield)
12 Knowing When to Leave (Dusty Springfield)
13 The Look of Love (Dusty Springfield with Burt Bacharach)
14 A House Is Not a Home (Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach)
The Love of a Boy (Dusty Springfield)
Wives and Lovers (Dusty Springfield)
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The cover art photo comes from a TV appearance Springfield and Bacharach did together in 1970. The last two songs here come from that same appearance.
Terrific!!! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThere has been a 'Dusty Sings Bacharach & David' album, although yours has three extra songs, although not '24 Hours To Tulsa'. https://www.discogs.com/Dusty-Springfield-Songbooks-Dusty-Sings-The-Songs-Of-Bacharach-David-And-Goffin-King/release/910291, but as you're unlikely to find that one then this is a great replacement.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info. I'm bummed that I missed 24 Hours from Tulsa. I just updated the post to add that in.
DeleteAs for that album you point out, I didn't know that existed. But I wouldn't exactly say it's a "Dusty Sings Bacharach and David" album, since only half of it is that. I'd guess they could only find 10 songs, and didn't think that was enough, so they packaged it with the Goffin and King stuff.
Have you thought of doing a Goffin & King one? I'm sure you could find a few songs from the TV shows to add to the studio stuff, and that would make a great album.
ReplyDeleteI could easily do that, if anyone is interested. That link you posted above would give me 12 songs. She also does "It's Too Late" on one of the TV shows.
DeleteI've also toyed with the idea of making one or more albums of her doing serious soul songs. I'm sure I'd have enough material where I could make a compilation of her doing just Motown songs, for instance.
By the way, speaking of Goffin and King, that reminds me of another music project I have kicking around that I haven't posted yet. To show how good and influential they were, I've tried to put together a compilation of the best covers of their good songs, but only one cover per song, so it isn't too repetitive. Here's what I've come up with so far (in chronological order by year):
DeleteAlbum 1:
01. Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Shirelles)
02. Don't Ever Change (Crickets)
03. Every Breath I Take (Gene Pitney)
04. Halfway to Paradise (Billy Fury)
05. Some Kind of Wonderful (Drifters)
06. Take Good Care of My Baby (Bobby Vee)
07. Chains (Cookies)
08. Crying in the Rain (Everly Brothers)
09. Go Away Little Girl (Steve Lawrence)
10. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (Little Eva)
11. Make the Night a Little Longer (Shirelles)
12. The Locomotion (Little Eva)
13. Up on the Roof (Drifters)
14. Don't Say Nothin' Bad [About My Baby] (Cookies)
15. Hey Girl (Freddie Scott)
16. I Can't Stay Mad at You (Skeeter Davis)
17. One Fine Day (Chiffons)
18. He's in Town (Tokens)
19. I Can't Hear You [No More] (Betty Everett)
20. I'm into Something Good (Earl-Jean)
21. It Might as Well Rain until September (Helen Shapiro)
22. Oh No Not My Baby (Maxine Brown)
23. One Wonderful Night (Honey Bees [Cookies])
24. She Don't Deserve You (Honey Bees [Cookies])
Album 2:
01. Honey and Wine (Hollies)
02. Is This What I Get for Loving You (Marianne Faithfull)
03. Just Once in My Life (Righteous Brothers)
04. Some of Your Lovin' (Dusty Springfield)
05. Yes I Will (Hollies)
06. Don't Bring Me Down (Animals)
07. Don't Forget about Me (Barbara Lewis)
08. Goin' Back (Dusty Springfield)
09. I Won't Be the Same Without Her (Twilights)
10. Take a Giant Step (Monkees)
11. [You Make Me Feel Like] A Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin)
12. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Monkees)
13. Road to Nowhere (Hearts & Flowers)
14. Snow Queen (Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of Friends)
15. So Goes Love (Shirley Abicair)
16. Sometime in the Morning (Monkees)
17. Wasn't It You (Billie Davis)
18. Yours Until Tomorrow (Irma Thomas)
19. Porpoise Song ['Theme From Head'] (Monkees)
20. Wasn't Born to Follow (Byrds)
Album 3:
01. I Can't Make It Alone (Dusty Springfield)
02. No Easy Way Down (Dusty Springfield)
03. Something Better (Marianne Faithfull)
04. You're Just What I Was Looking for Today (Status Quo)
05. Hi-De-Ho [That Old Sweet Roll] (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
06. After All This Time (Merry Clayton)
07. Beautiful (Petula Clark)
08. Child of Mine (Anne Murray)
09. No Sad Song (Helen Reddy)
10. Where You Lead (Barbra Streisand)
11. You've Got a Friend (James Taylor)
12. Ferguson Road (Bobby Vee)
13. It's Going to Take Some Time (Carpenters)
14. It's Too Late (Isley Brothers)
15. So Far Away (Marlena Shaw)
16. Walk On In (Lou Rawls)
17. I've Got to Use My Imagination (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
18. Theme from 'Mahogany' [Do You Know Where You're Going To] (Diana Ross)
19. Saving All My Love for You (Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.)
If anyone sees anything I've missed, let me know and I'll add it in. I've been working on similar compilations for the Doc Pomus and Mort Shurman team, Graham Gouldman, Burt Bacharach (minus Dionne Warwick's covers), and Holland-Dozier-Holland. I think a lot of songwriters who weren't also big stars on stage go underappreciated. Heck, even H-D-H is way underappreciated (and they wrote ALL the hits!).
It just occurred to me that it might be fun to also put together the good songs of Smokey Robinson, not including performances by him and/or the Miracles (for the same reason I'd avoid Dionne Warwick doing Bacharach - too easy). I'll probably work on that.
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