Sublime! His genius is OUR memories! On Burt Bacharach's 85th birthday today, with a new PBS TV special airing next month, we recall when Genius met Genius, Melody met Harmony, and created some of his iconic songs for the ages -The Fifth Dimension - One Less Bell To Answer; Dusty Springfield - A House is Not a Home, and much much more!; @burt_bach

NedNickerson2010 YouTube Channel video: The Fifth Dimension - One Less Bell To Answer. Uploaded on April 16, 2011. http://youtu.be/bmM72gxbdfU Perfection!

Plutootjes YouTube Channel video: Dusty Springfield "A House is Not a Home" from Burt Bacharach 1970 TV special. Uploaded November 2, 2008.

http://youtu.be/8J3J2GQckF4

PBS YouTube video: Burt Bacharach's Best: My Music, June 2013, PBS. The My Music series spotlights the greatest hits and moments from songwriter and arranger Burt Bacharach in an all-new special airing June 2013 on most PBS stations. Uploaded May 6, 2013. http://youtu.be/taa-K_DNef0

TooleMan87 YouTube Channel video: "Hollywood Palace 1967 w/host Herb Alpert Part 5 of 7". ABC-TV's "The Hollywood Palace" of December 12, 1967. Uploaded July 31, 2009. Order of guests performers in this segment with host Herb Alpert, and Burt Bachrach on piano, saluting Bachrach/David songs: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Wes Montgomery, Liza Minnelli, Baja Marimba Band, Liza Minnelli and Wes Montgomery, Herb Alpert. http://youtu.be/BvxCuN6W_9U

This last video is clearly one of THE greatest single videos that currently exist on YouTube.

In the late 1960's, some music critics said that Bachrach's music suffered from, perhaps, an "overcomplex melodic structure."

Well, whatever it was, people liked it and couldn't get enough, and neither could other talented singing artists of the time -and future singers hearing it as kids.

http://bacharachonline.com/

www.dustyspringfield.org.uk

Ending the Season 5 finale of "Mad Men" with Nancy Sinatra singing "You Only Live Twice" was sheer genius!; #YOLT;

amc video: Talked About Scenes - Episode 513 of Mad Men: Are You Alone? June 11, 2012. http://youtu.be/FH9iSl04rZo

Ending the Season 5 finale of "Mad Men" with Nancy Sinatra singing "You Only Live Twice" was sheer genius!; #YOLT

You know why that's so if you know about Don Draper's true identity.


Title sequence of "You Only Live Twice" with Nancy Sinatra singing title song.
http://youtu.be/hcIl_6amBvU
The iconic song was composed by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse. 


Earlier in the episode in what is now 1967, Don Draper goes to a Manhattan movie theater to see a matinee performance of the the new 007 spoof, "Casino Royale," starring Peter Sellers, David Niven Orson Welles, Ursula Andress and Woody Allen.
On an island of millions, whom do you think Don finds already sitting there in the theater by her lonesome as the film's score is playing, when she ought to be in her office at her new job at another advertising agency working on the women's cigarette account she was just assigned?
Yes, none other than Don Draper protégé Peggy Olson.



Casino Royale (1967) - opening credits. Music composed by Burt Bachrach, performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. 
http://youtu.be/SSEmKXzpQMQ


That film is also known for the Oscar Best Song-nominee, The Look of Love by Burt Bachrach and Hal David, sung by Dusty Springfield in the film.


It lost to Talk to the Animals from Doctor Dolittle, which was composed by -wait for it- 
You Only Live Twice co-composer Leslie Bricusse 



Casino Royale 1967 Dusty Springfield The Look of Love.
http://youtu.be/IW_kMtut25M
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New York Times
The ‘Mad Men’ Season Finale: Series Creator Matthew Weiner Discusses ‘The Phantom’
By Dave Itzkoff, June 11, 2012, 2:58 PM
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/the-mad-men-season-finale-series-creator-matthew-weiner-discusses-the-phantom/


http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men