Few songwriters have had the success that Burt Bacharach has had over the last 50 years. Along with songwriting partner Hal David, their music has scaled the pop, rock, R&B and country charts with music that has become a major part of the rock era songbook.
Burt Bacharach Anyone Who Had A Heart
Many of those hits are collected on the new album The Art of the Songwriter: Anyone Who Had a Heart – The Best of Burt Bacharach, a 2-CD set being released by UMe on May 28.
While we’re yet to get the definitive box set of Bacharach’s hits as done by all of the artists that made them famous, this album does gather quite a few of the biggest. Unfortunately, the full cannon of Dionne Warwick’s indelible versions of his songs are not included with only her Anyone Who Had a Heart making the cut. Instead, we get Aretha Franklin’s I Say a Little Prayer (no real complaint on that one), Sybil’s Don’t Make Me Over, the Marvelette’s Message to Michael and Gloria Gaynor’s Walk on By.
Fortunately, for those who are willing to pay import prices, there is a six-CD version of the album being released in Europe that picks up three additional Warwick hits and a whole lot of what is missing here along with a two-CD set with a different track list from the U.S. version.
The six-CD set is of particular interest as it spreads the hits over four of the discs while adding a fifth with Bacharach’s versions of many of the songs and a sixth dedicated to mainly jazz artists.
So, as we did when the Rolling Stones released the various configurations of GRRR!, we’ve put together a chart to try and decipher the various versions of these Burt Bacharach retrospectives.
Track List:
| Title | Artist | U.S.
2-CDs
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U.K.
2-CDs
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U.K.
6-CDs
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| 24 Hours From Tulsa | Gene Pitney |
X
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X
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| 24 Hours From Tulsa | Dusty Springfield |
X
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| After the Fox | Peter Sellers & the Hollies |
X
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| Alfie | Barbra Streisand |
X
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X
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X
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| Alfie | Cilla Black |
X
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| Alfie | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| Alfie | Nancy Wilson |
X
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| (There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me | Sandie Shaw |
X
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X
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| And So Goodbye My Love | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| Another Spring Will Rise | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| Another Tear Falls | Walker Brothers |
X
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X
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| Any Day Now | Elvis Presley |
X
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X
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X
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| Any Old Time of Day | Stan Getz |
X
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| Anyone Who Had a Heart | Dionne Warwick |
X
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X
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X
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| The April Fools | Aretha Franklin |
X
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| Are You There (With Another Girl) | Dionne Warwick |
X
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| Arthur’s Theme (The Best That You Can Do) | Christopher Cross |
X
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X
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X
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| Baby It’s You | Smith |
X
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| Baby It’s You | Shirelles |
X
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X
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| Baby It’s You | Laima |
X
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| Be True to Yourself | Bobby Vee |
X
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| The Blob | Five Blobs |
X
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| Blue on Blue | Bobby Vinton |
X
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| Bond Street | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| Boys Were Made For Girls | Everit Herter |
X
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| Casino Royale | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass |
X
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| A Chance For Heaven | Christopher Cross |
X
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| (They Long to Be) Close to You | Richard Chamberlin |
X
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X
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| Crazy Times | Gene Vincent |
X
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| The Desperate Hours | Mel Torme |
X
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| Do You Know the Way to San Jose? | Dionne Warwick |
X
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X
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| Do You Know the Way to San Jose? | Ramsey Lewis |
X
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| Don’t Go Breaking My Heart | Burt Bacharach |
X
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X
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| Don’t Go Breaking My Heart | Astrud Gilberto |
X
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| Don’t Make Me Over | Sybil |
X
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| Don’t Make Me Over | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| Dream Big | Sonny James |
X
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| I Come to You | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| I Cry More | Alan Dale |
X
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| I Don’t Need You Anymore | Jackie DeShannon |
X
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| I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself | Dusty Springfield |
X
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X
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X
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| I Looked For You | Charlie Gracie |
X
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| I Say a Little Prayer | Aretha Franklin |
X
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X
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X
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| I Say a Little Prayer | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| I See You For the First Time | Stephanie Mills |
X
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| I’ll Never Fall in Love Again | Isaac Hayes |
X
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X
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| I’ll Never Fall in Love Again | Ronan Keating With Burt Bacharach |
X
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| I’ll Never Fall in Love Again | Charlie Byrd |
X
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| I’m a Better Man (For Having Loved You) | Engelbert Humperdinck |
X
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| If I Never Get to Love You | Marianne Faithfull |
X
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| In Between the Heartaches | Anita Kerr Singers |
X
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| In My Reality | Natalie Cole |
X
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| It’s Love That Really Counts | Mercybeats |
X
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| Just Friends | Carole Bayer Sager Featuring Michael Jackson |
X
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| Keep Me In Mind | Patti Page |
X
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X
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X
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| Let the Love Come Through | Roland Shaw & His Orchestra |
X
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| Let the Music Play | Diana Ross & the Supremes |
X
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X
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X
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| Living Together, Growing Together | 5th Dimension |
X
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| Long After Tonight is Over | Julie Rogers |
X
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| The Look of Love | Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 |
X
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X
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| The Look of Love | Dusty Springfield |
X
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X
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| The Look of Love | Diana Krall |
X
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| Love in a Goldfish Bowl | Tommy Sands |
X
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| Love is My Decision | Chris DeBurgh |
X
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| Love’s (Still) the Answer | Ron Isley |
X
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| Magic Moments | Perry Como |
X
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X
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X
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| Make It Easy On Yourself | Walker Brothers |
X
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| Make It Easy On Yourself | Jamie Cullum and Burt Bacharach |
X
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X
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| (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance | Gene Pitney |
X
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| Message to Martha | Adam Faith |
X
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| Message to Martha (Kleine Treue Nachtigall) | Marlene Dietrich |
X
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| Message to Michael | Marvelettes |
X
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| Mexican Divorce | Drifters |
X
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X
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| Me Japanese Boy I Love You | Bobby Goldsboro |
X
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| My Little Red Book | Manfred Mann |
X
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X
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| Need a Little Faith | Patti Labelle |
X
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X
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| Never Take That Chance Again | Diane Schuur |
X
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| Nikki | Burt Bacharach |
X
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X
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| Odds and Ends (of a Beautiful Love Affair) | Johnny Mathis |
X
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| On My Own | Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald |
X
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| One Less Bell to Answer | Fifth Dimension |
X
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X
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One Less Bell to Answer
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McCoy Tyner Trio |
X
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| Only Love Can Break a Heart | Gene Pitney |
X
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| Out of My Continental Mind | Lena Horne |
X
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| Overnight Success | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
X
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X
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| Paradise Island | Four Aces |
X
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| Peggy’s in the Pantry | Sherry Parsons |
X
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| (Don’t Go) Please Stay | Drifters |
X
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| Promises, Promises | Jerry Orbach |
X
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| Promises, Promises | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| Rain From the Skies | Adam Wade |
X
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| Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head | B.J. Thomas |
X
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X
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X
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| Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head | Roy Ayres |
X
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| Reach Out to Me | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| Sad Sack | Jerry Lewis |
X
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| Saturday Sunshine | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| Send Me No Flowers | Doris Day |
X
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| Sing For the Children | James Ingram |
X
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| Some Lovers | Rumor |
X
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| Something Big | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| South American Getaway | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| The Story of My Life | Marty Robbins |
X
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X
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X
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| Summer of ’77 | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| The Sundance Kid | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| Sunny Weather Lover | Dionne Warwick |
X
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| Take a Broken Heart | Rick Nelson |
X
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| That’s What Friends Are For | Kevin Eubanks |
X
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| They Don’t Give Medals (To Yesterday’s Heroes) | Rick Nelson |
X
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| They Don’t Give Medals (To Yesterday’s Heroes) | Lou Rawls |
X
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| The Things I Will Not Miss | Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye |
X
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X
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| Third Window From the Right | Dean Barlow |
X
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| This Empty Place | Searchers |
X
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| This Girl’s In Love With You | Petula Clark |
X
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X
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| This Guy’s In Love With You | Jimmy Smith |
X
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| This Guy’s In Love With You | Herb Alpert |
X
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| Toledo | Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach |
X
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X
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| Tower of Strength | Gene McDaniels |
X
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| (You Don’t Have to Be a) Tower of Strength | Gloria Lynne |
X
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| Trains and Boats and Planes | Astrud Gilberto |
X
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| Trains and Boats and Planes | Burt Bacharach |
X
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X
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| True Love Never Runs Smooth | Gene Pitney |
X
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| Us | Tom Jones |
X
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| Waiting For Charlie To Come Home | Etta James |
X
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X
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| Waiting For Charlie To Come Home | Jane Morgan |
X
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| Walk On By | Gloria Gaynor |
X
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| Walk On By | Dionne Warwick |
X
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X
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| Walk On By | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| Walk On By | George Benson |
X
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| Walk the Way You Talk | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| What the World Needs Now Is Love | Jackie DeShannon |
X
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X
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X
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| What the World Needs Now Is Love | Wes Montgomery |
X
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| What’s In Goodbye | Will Young |
X
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| What’s New Pussycat? | Tom Jones |
X
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X
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X
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| Whoever You Are, I Love You | Jill O’Hara |
X
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| Whoever You Are, I Love You | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| The Windows of the World | Scott Walker |
X
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X
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| The Windows of the World | Burt Bacharach |
X
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| Winter Warm | Gale Storm |
X
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| Wishin’ and Hopin’ | Brenda Lee |
X
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| Wishin’ and Hopin’ | Dusty Springfield |
X
|
X
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| With Open Arms | Jane Morgan |
X
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Wives and Lovers
|
Jack Jones |
X
|
X
|
X
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| Wives and Lovers | Ella Fitzgerald |
X
|
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| (It’s) Wonderful to Be Young | Cliff Richard |
X
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| You’ll Never Get to Heaven If You Break My Heart | Stylistics | X | X | X |
| The Young Grow Younger Every Day | Burt Bacharach | X |
