Happy 90th, Burt! (aka 6 Hours of BACHARACH!)

It started out innocently enough, as an evening prime-time radio salute to the maestro Burt bacharach, who had just turned 90...

Promises Promises – Dionne Warwick

Toledo – Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello

Walk On By – Dionne Warwick

Make It Easy On Yourself (Live at The Garden State Arts Center, 1970) – Dionne Warwick

A House Is Not a Home – Burt Bacharach

Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa – Dusty Springfield

Baby It's You – The Beatles

Always Something There to Remind Me – Naked Eyes
South American Getaway (From "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid") – Burt Bacharach

After the Fox – The Hollies

Are You There (With Another Girl) – Dionne Warwick

Promise Her Anything – Tom Jones

Mexican Divorce – The Drifters

Don't Make Me Over – Dionne Warwick

I Smiled Yesterday – Dionne Warwick

This Empty Place – Mexican Divorce

My Little Red Book – Manfred Mann

Walk On By – The Beach Boys

New York Lady – Burt Bacharach & The Houston Symphony

Such Unlikely Lovers – Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello

In Between the Heartaches – Ronald Isley

The Last One to Be Loved – Lou Johnson

Wives and Lovers – Burt Bacharach

I'll Never Fall in Love Again – Jill O'Hara & Jerry Orbach

The World is a Circle – Diana Lee, Bobby Van & Chorus

Balance of Nature – Rumer

So Long Johnny – Jackie Deshannon

With Open Arms – Jane Morgan

Hasbrook Heights – Burt Bacharach

You'll Never Get to Heaven (if You Break My Heart) – The Stylistics

Nikki – Burt Bacharach

Dancing With Your Shadow – Sheryl Crow

Close to You – Burt Bacharach

Everybody's Out of Town – B.J. Thomas

The Blob – The Five Blobs

Saturday Night in Tiajuana – The Five Blobs

Ich Warte Jeden Tag – Dionne Warwick

I Say a Little Prayer for you (alternate) – Dionne Warwick

And Then He Walked Right Through the Door – Dionne Warwick

Go Ask Shakespeare – Burt Bacharach

Alfie – Burt Bacharach

The Windows of the World – Bobbie Gentry

What the World Needs Now – Jackie Deshannon

BUT THEN: after the initial 3 hours o' Burt, Mark Mushin - who had the 11-2am slot that night - at the last minute couldn't make it in, so I ended up doing 6 HOURS OF BACHARACH music. MINDBLOWING.

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? – Linda Scott

Tower of Strength – Gene McDaniels

Me, Japanese Boy – Harpers Bizarre

Dionne Warwick – Dionne Warwick

Send Me No Flowers – Doris Day

Where There's a Heart – The Sandpipers

Love in a Goldfish Bowl – Tommy Sands

I'm a Better Man – Englebert Humperdinck

Another Tear Falls – Puddles Pity Party

Don't You Believe It – Andy Williams

Let the Music Play – The Drifters

Trains and Boats and Planes – Burt Bacharach

What's New, Pussycat? – Tom Jones

This Guy's in Love with You – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

The Look of Love – Dusty Springfield

Make It Easy On Yourself – Burt Bacharach

Paper Mache – Dionne Warwick

Kentucky Bluebird (Send A Message To Martha) – Lou Johnson

In the Land of Make Believe – Dusty Springfield

Living Together, Growing Together – The 5th Dimension

One Less Bell to Answer – The 5th Dimension

Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) – Christopher Cross

Anyone Who Had a Heart – Wynonna

The Wine Is Young – Dionne Warwick

Walk the Way You Talk – Dionne Warwick

God Give Me Strength – Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello

Magic Moments – Perry Como

The Story of My Life – Marty Robbins

True Love Never Runs Smooth – Gene Pitney

Live Again – Irma Thomas

No One Remembers My Name – Burt Bacharach

Who Are These People? – Burt Bacharach feat. Elvis Costello

Lost Horizon – Yeongene

Turkey Lurkey Time – Megan Sikora, Mayumi Miguel, Cameron Adams & the "Promises, Promises" Ensemble (2010)

Knowing When to Leave – Jill O'Hara

Another Night – Dionne Warwick

Don't Go Breaking My Heart – Burt Bacharach

I Still Remember – John Pagano

In the Darkest Place – Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello

Long Ago Tomorrow – BJ Thomas

I Don't Need You Anymore (From the Motion Picture "Together?") – Jackie Deshannon

The Sweetest Punch – Bill Frisell

Don't Say I Didn't Tell You So – Dionne Warwick