Burt Bacharach - Essential Recordings 1955-62

Tracklist

1.1	–Dionne Warwick	Don't Make Me Over	3:28
1.2	–Chuck Jackson	The Breaking Point	2:23
1.3	–Gene McDaniels*	Tower Of Strength	2:20
1.4	–Helen Shapiro	Keep Away From Other Girls	2:27
1.5	–Babs Tino	Forgive Me (For Giving You Such A Bad Time)	2:09
1.6	–Tommy Hunt	I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself	2:53
1.7	–Gene Pitney	Only Love Can Break A Heart	2:50
1.8	–Michael Holliday	The Story Of My Life	2:17
1.9	–Sonny James	Dream Big	2:12
1.10	–Gene Vincent	Crazy Times	2:14
1.11	–Don Gibson	Sea Of Heartbreak	2:34
1.12	–The Five Blobs	The Blob	2:42
1.13	–Del Shannon	The Answer To Everything	2:47
1.14	–The Turbans	Three Friends (Two Lovers)	2:53
1.15	–The Shirelles	Baby It's You	2:42
1.16	–The Drifters	Mexican Divorce	2:36
1.17	–Marty Robbins	Sittin' In A Tree House	2:20
1.18	–Charlie Gracie	I Looked For You	2:14
1.19	–Dionne Warwick	Wishing And Hoping	2:58
1.20	–Perry Como	Magic Moments	2:43
2.1	–Johnny Mathis	Warm And Tender	2:24
2.2	–Jimmy Radcliffe	Long After Tonight Is All Over	2:24
2.3	–Bobby Vee	Anonymous Phone Call	2:17
2.4	–The Avons	We're Only Young Once (Yeh, Yeh, Yeh)	2:04
2.5	–The Four Coins	The Miracle Of St. Marie	2:44
2.6	–Steve Lawrence	Loving Is A Way Of Living	2:27
2.7	–Etta James	Waitin' For Charlie (To Come Home)	2:10
2.8	–Tommy Sands	Love In A Goldfish Bowl	2:08
2.9	–Margaret Whiting	Hot Spell	1:59
2.10	–Timi Yuro	The Love Of A Boy	2:27
2.11	–Jerry Butler	Make It Easy On Yourself	2:39
2.12	–Vi Velasco	That's Not The Answer	2:21
2.13	–The Russells	Wastin' Away For You	2:29
2.14	–Gloria Lynne	(You Don't Have To Be) A Tower Of Strength	2:15
2.15	–Chuck Jackson	Any Day Now (My Wild, Beautiful Bird)	3:22
2.16	–Carl Dobkins, Jr.*	My Heart Is An Open Book	2:10
2.17	–Sophia Loren	Donne-Moi-Ma Chance (Too Late To Worry)	2:25
2.18	–Dionne Warwick	This Empty Place	2:54
2.19	–The Drifters	Loneliness Or Happiness	2:38
2.20	–Cliff Richard	(It's) Wonderful To Be Young	2:21
3.1	–Jane Morgan	With Open Arms	2:18
3.2	–Dee Clark	You're Telling Our Secrets	2:07
3.3	–Marlene Dietrich	Sag Mir Wo De Blumen Sind	3:39
3.4	–Joey Powers	Don't Envy Me	2:25
3.5	–Dick Van Dyke	Three Wheels On My Wagon	3:00
3.6	–Merv Griffin	Along Came Joe	2:12
3.7	–Jack Jones	Dreamin' All The Time	2:18
3.8	–Joanie Sommers	Johnny Get Angry	2:31
3.9	–The Four Aces	Paradise Island	2:30
3.10	–Gloria Lambert	Moon Man	2:26
3.11	–Mel Tormé	These Desperate Hours	2:16
3.12	–The Eligibles	Faker, Faker	1:58
3.13	–Jimmy Radcliffe	(There Goes) The Forgotten Man	2:57
3.14	–The Shepherd Sisters	Deeply	2:30
3.15	–The Exotics	Manpower	2:16
3.16	–Buddy Clinton	Take Me To Your Ladder (I'll See Your Leader Later)	2:17
3.17	–Cathy Carr	Wild Honey	2:22
3.18	–Burt Bacharach	Rosanne	2:56
3.19	–George Hamilton	Errand Of Mercy	2:17
3.20	–Dionne Warwick	I Smiled Yesterday	2:40

Credits

• Written By – Abe Osser (tracks: 3.18), Barney Williams (tracks: 1.15), Bob Hilliard (tracks: 1.3, 1.4, 1.13, 1.16, 2.5, 2.15, 3.5, 3.7, 3.15, 3.16), Burt Bacharach (tracks: 1.1-1.20, 2.1-2.15, 2.17-2.20, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4-3.7, 3.9-3.17, 3.19, 3.20), Dick Manning (tracks: 3.18), Edna Osser (tracks: 3.18), Hal David (tracks: 1.1, 1.2, 1.5-1.8, 1.12, 1.14, 1.15, 1.17-1.20, 2.1-2.3, 2.6-2.14, 2.16-2.20, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8-3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.17, 3.19, 3.20), Lee Pockriss (tracks: 2.16), Max Colpet (tracks: 3.3), Norman Gimbel (tracks: 3.14), Paul Hampton (tracks: 1.9-1.11, 3.9), Pete Seeger (tracks: 3.3), Robert Colby (tracks: 2.4), Sherman Edwards (tracks: 3.8), Wilson Stone (tracks: 3.11)

Notes

60 Tracks on a 3-CD set - 24-BIT Digitally Remastered

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 8436563181405
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): 47773 CD1
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): 47773 CD2
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 3): 47773 CD3