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| Burt Bacharach is one of America's most famous songwriters |
This morning we arranged for a
van to take us to Civitavecchia, an hour’s drive from Rome to board our cruise
ship, Queen Victoria.
We arrived early and so we
were quickly checked in onto the ship and settled in. After an early dinner of
roasted cauliflower soup, roasted cod with cherry tomatoes, and dessert of
berries with marscapone cream, we caught the evening’s entertainment called
Back to Bacharach.
I had no idea that songwriter
Burt Bacharach is still very much alive and well at the age of 90 and still
touring, and has won six Grammys and three Academy Awards.
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| Bacharach is still touring at the age of 90 |
He didn't do it alone -- he and Hal David penned some really big hits, like Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, What's New Pussycat, and I'll Never Fall in Love Again.
But at one point Bacharach and David
had a falling out after they worked on the film Lost Horizon that was a flop, and apparently they
didn't speak for a decade. In the meantime, Bacharach teamed up with Carol Bayer Sager.
They married and put out such hits as Arthur's Theme, Making Love, and On My Own.
Three singers, two women and
one man sang such numbers as Walk On By, The Look of Love, (There's) Always
Something There to Remind Me, I'll Never Fall in Love Again, On My Own, and Arthur's Theme.
Learned more about Bacharach and how songs I knew from before were written by this talented songwriter.
