In fact, few people probably realize how many of the songs that they know were written by this prolific duo. And, even after their collaboration ended, their songs were revived successfully through the Seventies and Eighties and are being discovered anew in the Nineties. Though never credited with bringing about any social, political or fashion revolutions, Bacharach and David's music was as much a part of the decade as the Beatles, the Stones or Dylan.
The Songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David from Discoveries, December 1997 Anyone Who Had A Heart: The Songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal DavidĪs the 1960s sped from 'Beach Blanket Bingo' through Beatlemania to Psychedelia, Vietnam and beyond, the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David played on in the background.