{"product_id":"dream-big-the-first-decade-of-songs","title":"Dream Big  The First Decade Of Songs","description":"\u003cp\u003eFour CD collection following the songwriting beginnings of \u003cem\u003eBurt Bacharach\u003c\/em\u003e. Featuring vintage Bacharach interpreted by \u003cstrong\u003eNat King Cole\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJohnny Mathis\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eTony Bennett\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eFrankie Avalon\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eGene Pitney\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncluding a CD of Bacharach’s Influences and Inspirations. Burt Bacharach revolutionized popular songwriting, employing a previously unimagined technical sophistication that would find full expression in the 1960s, when with an astonishing run of memorable hits, he and his lyricist partner Hal David ruled the pop charts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by his love of the French Impressionist composers, Brazilian folk music, Bebop and modernist jazz, Bacharach won the respect of everyone from Brian Wilson to Bill Evans, to Frank Zappa, but his early years had been ones of struggle and frustrating compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection reveals an eclectic apprenticeship (a dizzying world of Frankie Avalon-esque US teen idols, male and female soul singers, doo-wop and close harmony groups, B movie theme tunes, torch singers, crooners and novelty records) that culminated in the landmark first hits; ‘\u003cem\u003eMagic Moments\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eThe Story of My Life\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eMake It Easy on Yourself\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eBaby It’s You\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eI Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself\u003c\/em\u003e’ and (with the emergence of Bacharach \u0026amp; David’s greatest interpreter Dionne Warwick) ‘\u003cem\u003eDon’t Make Me Over\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50482921734475,"sku":"2024310","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/front-cover_807d63c3_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727558104","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/dream-big-the-first-decade-of-songs","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}