Burt Bacharach & Hal David
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Singles
"The Story of My Life" Marty Robbins, US #15, C&W #1, 1957 - his first hit. Michael Holliday UK #1, Gary Miller UK #14, Dave King UK #20, Alma Cogan UK #25
"Magic Moments" (Perry Como, US #4 / UK #1, 1957/1958 - his first big pop hit)
"The Blob" (The Five Blobs, US #33 1958 with Mack David—brother of Hal David—from the movie The Blob)
"Heavenly" (Johnny Mathis 1959)
"Faithfully" (Johnny Mathis 1959)
"With Open Arms" Jane Morgan US #39 1959
"Tower of Strength" Gloria Lynne 1961, Gene McDaniels US #5 1961, Frankie Vaughan UK #1 1961
"Another Tear Falls" Gene McDaniels, 1961, Walker Brothers UK #12 1966.
"Baby It's You" (The Shirelles, US #8 1962, then The Beatles, 1963, then Smith, 1969 US #8)
"Please Stay" (The Drifters, US #14 1961; The Cryin' Shames, UK #26 1966; Marc Almond, 2001)
"Any Day Now" (Chuck Jackson, US #23 1962, Elvis Presley, 1969, then Ronnie Milsap, US #14 1982)
"(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" (Gene Pitney, US #4 1962)
"Only Love Can Break a Heart" (Gene Pitney, US #2 1962)
"Don't Make Me Over" (Dionne Warwick, US #21 1962) (The Swinging Blue Jeans, UK #31 1966) (Petula Clark in 1976), (Sybil, 1989)
"Make It Easy On Yourself" (Dionne Warwick, demo 1962, then Jerry Butler), US #20 1962, then The Walker Brothers, US #16, UK #1 1965); then Dionne Warwick live from Garden State Arts Center, US# 37 1970)
"Don't You Believe It" Andy Williams US #39 1962
"Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa" (Gene Pitney, US #17, UK #5 1963)
"Be True To Yourself" Bobby Vee US #34 1963
"Blue on Blue" (Bobby Vinton, US #3 1963)
"Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Dionne Warwick, US #8, UK #42, 1963; then Cilla Black, UK #1 1964; Dusty Springfield, 1964; Tim Curry, 1978; Luther Vandross, 1986; Linda Ronstadt, 1991; Maureen McGovern, 1992; Olivia Newton-John, 2004; Shelby Lynne, 2007)
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Richard Chamberlain, 1963, then Dionne Warwick, 1964, Dusty Springfield, 1964, Johnny Mathis and The Carpenters US #1, UK #6 1970). In 1969 Grammy nominee Record of the Year.
"True Love Never Runs Smooth" Don and Juan, 1963, Gene Pitney US #21 1963.
"Wives and Lovers" (Jack Jones, US #14 1963). Grammy nominee Record of the Year and Song of the Year
"Wishin' and Hopin'" (Dionne Warwick, 1963, then Dusty Springfield US #6 1964, Merseybeats UK #13 1964, Ani DiFranco (on the My Best Friend's Wedding soundtrack), 1997, Stephanie McIntosh, 2006)
"Walk on By" Dionne Warwick, US #6, UK #8 1964, then Isaac Hayes, US #30 1969 and The Stranglers in 1978) 1983 Jo Jo Zep, 1989 Sybil, 2006 Seal
"Reach Out For Me" Lou Johnson, 1964, then Dionne Warwick, US #20, Canada #12, UK #23 1964
"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" Tommy Hunt, 1962 Dusty Springfield, UK #3 1964, Dionne Warwick, US #26 1966, then The White Stripes, 2003)
"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" (Lou Johnson, 1964 then Sandie Shaw, UK #1, 1964, Dionne Warwick, 1967,then Naked Eyes, 1982)
"A House Is Not a Home" (Brook Benton, 1964; Dionne Warwick, 1964; Barbra Streisand, 1971; Luther Vandross, 1981)
"A Message to Martha" Lou Johnson, UK #36 1964, Adam Faith, UK #12, 1964, Recorded as "A Message to Michael" Dionne Warwick, US #8 1966, Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo in 1970
"You'll Never Get to Heaven" 1964 Dionne Warwick US #32, UK #12, Canada #23, then Stylistics, US #23, 1973 UK #24 (EP) 1976)
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" 1965 Jackie DeShannon)US #7, then Dionne Warwick 1967, then Daniel Johnston, 1988; Dionne Warwick and the Hip-Hop Nation United, 1998
"Long After Tonight Is All Over" Jimmy Radcliffe UK #40 1965
"What's New Pussycat?" (Tom Jones, US #3, UK #11 1965, from the film What's New, Pussycat?)
