Artist	Song
Dionne Warwick	Walk On By
from The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits (2005)
Dionne Warwick	Alfie
from The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits (2005)
Carpenters	(They Long to Be) Close to You
from Close to You (1999)
Dionne Warwick	I Say a Little Prayer
from The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits (2005)
Jackie DeShannon	What the World Needs Now Is Love
from The Very Best of Jackie DeShannon (2007)
Dusty Springfield	The Look of Love
from Dusty Springfield: Gold (2006)
Dionne Warwick	Do You Know the Way to San Jose
from The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits (2005)
Christopher Cross	Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
from Arthur - The Album (2008)
Dionne Warwick	That's What Friends Are For
from Love Songs (2005)
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass	This Guy's In Love With You
from The Beat of the Brass (2005)
Dionne Warwick	Anyone Who Had a Heart
from The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits (2005)
The 5th Dimension	One Less Bell to Answer
from The Ultimate 5th Dimension (2003)
Tom Jones	What's New Pussycat? (From "What's New Pussycat?")
from Reloaded - Greatest Hits (2003)
Dusty Springfield	Wishin' and Hopin'
from Dusty Springfield: Gold (2006)
Gene McDaniels	Tower of Strength
from Best of Gene McDaniels - A Hundred Pounds of Clay (1995 Remaster) (2008)
Dionne Warwick	I'll Never Fall In Love Again
from The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits (2005)
Bobby Vinton	Blue On Blue
from The Best of Bobby Vinton (2004)
Jerry Butler	Make It Easy On Yourself
from The Ice Man (2007)
Dionne Warwick	Message to Michael (Message to Martha)
from The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits (2005)
Dusty Springfield	I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
from The Very Best of Dusty Springfield (1998)
Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello	God Give Me Strength
from Painted from Memory (1998)
Gene Pitney	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
from 24 Hours From Tulsa (2010)

Comment:

From the do-right pleading of Dionne Warwick's "Don't Make Me Over" to the laid-back vibe of B.J. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head," Burt Bacharach writes songs that are as warm as a summer day, smooth as silk sheets, and intimate as a candlelit dinner for two. No wonder his dizzying catalog of signpost singles — including the Warwick heartugger "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and the creamy Carpenters' ballad "(They Long to Be) Close to You" — spans a staggering half-century and counting . . . not to mention three full Essentials playlists. Check out Next Steps for more Bacharach beauties.

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