To Hal and Bacharach
Studio album by
Various
Released20 April 1998
GenreEasy listening
LabelWarner/WEA
ProducerKurt Luthy, Christa Mitchell, Melissa Whebell

To Hal and Bacharach is a 1998 tribute album featuring songs written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach covered by Australian artists. The idea, developed by Kurt Luthy, Christa Mitchell and Melissa Whebell, was to have a number of Australian performers cover various David/Bacharach tunes, among them: Regurgitator, Rebecca's Empire, the Whitlams, Tex Perkins, the Avalanches, Dave Graney and Frank Bennett[1]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998 the soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.[2]

Bacharach has had his songs recorded by many artists. The track listing[3] gives the original artist as well as the covering artist. It also includes timings[4]

Track listing

Track Title Covering Artist First Recorded by Track Length
1 Always Something There to Remind Me Rebecca's Empire Lou Johnson 4:28
2 Walk On By The Mavis's Dionne Warwick 3:15
3 This Girl's in Love with You Leonardo's Bride Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass 4:48
4 Trains and Boats and Planes The Dumb Earth Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas 3:23
5 The Look of Love Lisa Miller & Tex Perkins Dusty Springfield 4:22
6 Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head Cordrazine B.J. Thomas 3:42
7 What's New Pussycat Frank Bennett Tom Jones 2:11
8 I'll Never Fall in Love Again The Whitlams Jerry Orbach 3:38
9 (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance Regurgitator Gene Pitney 2:18
10 Do You Know the Way to San Jose The Avalanches Dionne Warwick 5:00
11 Anyone Who Had a Heart Kim Salmon and The Surrealists Dionne Warwick 2:58
12 Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa Chris Wilson Gene Pitney 4:43
13 Wives and Lovers Kiley Gaffney Jack Jones 2:56
14 I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself The Earthmen Tommy Hunt 4:47
15 Make It Easy on Yourself The Blackeyed Susans Jerry Butler 4:39
16 (They Long to Be) Close to You Billy Baxter Richard Chamberlain 4:22
17 You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) Kiva Dionne Warwick 3:42
18 What the World Needs Now (Is Love) Dave Graney and Clare Moore vs Dirty Three Jackie DeShannon 4:24

References

  1. ^ artist credits from discography Archived 2006-12-06 at the Wayback Machine of Frank Bennett
  2. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ^ Track and original/cover artist info from SecondHandSongs
  4. ^ timings from last.fm
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