Burt Bacharach – A Life in Song BURT BACHARACH – A LIFE IN SONG (2016) Starring Burt Bacharach, Michael Grade, Alfie Roe, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Shaun Escoffery, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Heyward, Michael Kiwanuka, Laura Mvula, Joss Stone, Josie James, Donna Taylor, John Pagano, The Burt Bacharach Band and Senbla Concert Orchestra. Directed by Richard Valentine. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment.  111 minutes.  Not Rated. Any list of the great songwriters of the 1960s have

Tom Jones – Theater of the Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA – May 17, 2013 The youthful and charismatic Prince of Wales of yore has matured into a slightly grizzled and hardened King.  While the years have passed and life has challenged, he still retains at 70 years old the chiseled handsomeness and bellwether voice that so mesmerized your mother (or grandmother) that she threw her panties up on stage back in the staid 60s, when they just didn’t do that kind of thing.  (I apolo

Barbra Streisand – The Television Specials Barbra Streisand The Television Specials (Rhino-2005) Your patience with this DVD depends on your Babs tolerance level. However, truth be told, this collection is, well, fabulous. Even if you are not a fan, the music and the voice is so dazzling that, even if you don’t convert, you’ll at the very least question your sexuality. Here are five TV specials that, if you let them wash over you, will drown you with an odd, unusual pleasure.