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Music: Jack Jones talks Sinatra and Aberdare

icWales (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

American vocal star Jack Jones talks to Gavin Allen about swapping impressions with Rob Brydon and his own Welsh heritage

Broadway Bound: It's Turkey Lurkey Time Again!

Deep Dish (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

Last April I blogged about how much I love the 1968 Broadway musical, Promises, Promises , with its groovy score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and witty book by Neil Simon (based on the 1960 film, The Apartment ). So you can imagine my excitement when I read in The New York Times today that the show is going to receive its first Broadway revival next spring with Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth...

Kristin Chenoweth & Sean Hayes Starring In Broadway Revival, ‘Promises, Promises’

HomeTownHollywood (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009

The ’60s will live again on Broadway in a Spring revival of Promises, Promises, the musical based on the Oscar-winning movie The Apartment. The original show featured a book by Neil Simon and a score composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The new production — directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford — will star Sean [...]

• Sean Hayes Kristin Chenoweth Team Up For “Promises, Promises” Broadway Revival - The PopCrunch Show
• 'Promises, Promises' set for Broadway next spring - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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'Promises, Promises' set for Broadway next spring

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009

"Promises, Promises" features a book by Neil Simon and a score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The musical will be directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford. Among its best known songs are "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," made popular by Dionne Warwick; "Knowing When to Leave" and the title tune.

'Promises, Promises' set for Broadway next spring

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009

"Promises, Promises" features a book by Neil Simon and a score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The musical will be directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford. Among its best known songs are "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," made popular by Dionne Warwick; "Knowing When to Leave" and the title tune.

'Promises, Promises' set for Broadway next spring

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009

"Promises, Promises" features a book by Neil Simon and a score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The musical will be directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford. Among its best known songs are "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," made popular by Dionne Warwick; "Knowing When to Leave" and the title tune.

Rain Drops Keep Falling Upon My Head–40th Anniversity of The Release of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid

Pronk Palisades (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009

On October 24, 1969 the movie Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid was released in the United States of America. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/releaseinfo Here is one of my favorite clips from the movie: Rain Drops keep falling on my head The Making Of Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid – (Full Program) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Background Articles and Videos Butch Cassidy [...]...

SOTD-"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by the Shirelles , picked by GM-Sydney..

Great Minds Think Like Me (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009

I've received a lot of requests for songs made by girl groups from the 60's. I love the oldies! Good pick, Sydney. Did you know? "The Shirelles were an American girl group in the early 1960s, and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

DITDC: A Bluffer’s Guide to Dionne Warwick (Pt. 1)

Passion of the Weiss (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009

Sach O would have totally hit that back in the 60’s. When it comes to pop music idolatry and indie cred name-dropping, composer Burt Bacharach, lyricist Hal David and singer Dionne Warwick are simultaneously too conservative and too radical to get theirs. They didn’t rock the pop world like The Beatles, waste-away in an acid fueled [...]

The World-Color It Happy-1967

BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009

Now here's a fascinating oddity. It's the opening credits to an unsold and apparently unaired 1967 Hanna-Barbera pilot that seems designed as that studio's answer to WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR. There's lots of interesting stuff here including Joe and Bill themselves in animated form (with Hanna voiced by VIC & SADE's Bill Idelson!), JETSONS sound effects, a pretty good Burt Bacharach/Hal...

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: B.J. Thomas' Scepter Sides Reissued on Collectors' Choice

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009

Eight LPs to be reissued on four individual CDs with rare bonus tracks. Including such hits as “Hooked on a Feeling,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” and “Rock ’n’ Roll Lullaby,” which featured Duane Eddy . B.J. Thomas is best known for his huge pop hits like “Hooked on a Feeling” and...

Scarlett Johansson - Johansson Not Heading To Broadway

Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009

Hollywood actress SCARLETT JOHANSSON has brushed off reports she is set to star in a revival of Broadway musical PROMISES, PROMISES - insisting she "hasn't been approached" for...

Hear Rosanne Cash’s “List” Duets With Bruce Springsteen, Wilco Frontman Jeff Tweedy

Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009

Photo: Lovekin/Getty For her 12th studio album, The List, Rosanne Cash’s decided to tackle 12 classic country tunes. Notably, the songs were whittled down from a list of “100 Essential Country Songs” that her legendary father gave her as homework as a teenager in 1973. As just a small part of our Fall Music Preview, [...]

Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Story Behind the Song is Famed Publisher's First All-Celebrity Release

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009

The book reflects on many of our favorite songs that trace our lives through all genres of music. Some of those who tell their very personal stories include hitmakers Richie Sambora, Christina Aguilera, Melissa Etheridge, John Legend, the Backstreet Boys' Howie Dorough, Kanye West, Jewel and classic rock performer/songwriters like Chicago's Robert Lamm, Foreigner's Mick Jones, and Daryl Hall and John...

Ellie Greenwich

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009

Born: 23 October, 1940, in New York. Died: 26 August, 2009, in New York, aged 68.ELLIE Greenwich was a songwriter who collaborated with Phil Spector, Jeff Barry and others to create a greatest-hits list of 1960s teenage pop songs including such classics as Da Doo Ron Ron, Then He Kissed Me, Hanky Panky and Leader of the Pack.Greenwich was among the songwriters, music publishers and producers working...