Burt Bacharach died on Wednesday at home in Los Angeles of natural causes.
Wrote [and/or] performed 73 Top forty songs
Raqual Welch
Stella Stevens
Been a tough couple of weeks for 60's bombshells.
Richard Belzer. 78
Yup. Another crime fighting figure passed
Guitarist Gary Rossington, the last remaining original member of US rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died at the age of 71.
Topol. I saw him as Tevye on stage when I was a child. Magnificent.
@winetarelli posted:Topol. I saw him as Tevye on stage when I was a child. Magnificent.
Sad amazing performer. Literally were just talking about him in Prague on Sunday
Robert Blake. Actor. Star of Baretta.
Willis Reed. New York Knicks great. I mean, he was a great basketball player.
Keith Reid, lyricist for Procol Harum. He was an amazing writer and very much unheralded.
If I were to rank the top 10 lyricists, they would be (IMHO), although order from 6-10 depends on my mood at the time:
1-5: Dylan
6: Leonard Cohen
7: Nick Cave
8: Joni Mitchell
9: Keith Reid
10: Paul Simon
Never dreamed I would see Joni as low as 8th. 🙃
Haggis, any affection for John Prine.
Neil Sedaka [Sp]
Dion
Judy Collins
Haggis, your list has a very glaring omission.
#2 Ray Davies
Back to the RIP subject. Nobody mentioned Jim Gordon's passing last week. Tortured soul but drummer extraordinaire who was part of the Wrecking Crew, Derek & the Dominos, Delaney & Bonnie and session drummer for numerous others.
@haggis posted:Keith Reid, lyricist for Procol Harum. He was an amazing writer and very much unheralded.
If I were to rank the top 10 lyricists, they would be (IMHO), although order from 6-10 depends on my mood at the time:
1-5: Dylan
6: Leonard Cohen
7: Nick Cave
8: Joni Mitchell
9: Keith Reid
10: Paul Simon
I wasn't going to jump into this even though I thought Bernie Taupin should be on any top ten list, but then this popped up on my Facebook feed (hello Boomer!)