B.J. Thomas

 

Вот она... о, тяжело

Пожатье каменной его десницы!

Оставь меня, пусти – пусти мне руку...

Я гибну – кончено – о Дона Анна!

Проваливаются.

 

1830

 

[1] Лепорелло. О любезнейшая статуя великого командора!.. Ах, хозяин! Дон-Жуан (ит.). – Реплика из оперы Моцарта «Дон-Жуан».

 

Raindrops keep falling on my head written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach

Hal David (born May 25, 1921) was born in New York City, New York, and is credited with popular music lyrics beginning in the 1940s with material written for band leader Sammy Kaye, and Guy Lombardo. In 1957 David met composer Burt Bacharach at Famous Music in the Brill Building in New York. The two teamed up and wrote their first hit "The Story of My Life", recorded by Marty Robbins in 1957. Later that year Perry Como had a hit with their "Magic Moments". Subsequently, Bacharach and David wrote some of the most enduring songs in American popular music, many forDionne Warwick, but also for The Carpenters, Dusty Springfield, B. J. Thomas, Gene Pitney, Tom Jones, Jackie DeShannon, and others in the 1960s and early 1970s. Bacharach and David hits include "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", "This Guy's in Love with You", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", "Do You Know the Way to San Jose", "Walk On By", "What the World Needs Now Is Love", "I Say a Little Prayer", "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me", "One Less Bell to Answer", and "Anyone Who Had a Heart".

The duo's film work includes the Oscar-nominated title songs for "What's New Pussycat?" and "Alfie"; "The Look of Love", from Casino Royale; and the Oscar-winning "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. In addition, "Don't Make Me Over", "(They Long to Be) Close to You", and "Walk On By" have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Burt F. Bacharach (born May 12, 1928) is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick. Following on with the initial success of this collaboration, Bacharach went on to produce hits with Dusty Springfield, Bobbie Gentry, Jackie DeShannon and others.

As of 2006, Bacharach had written 70 Top 40 hits in the US, and 52 Top 40 hits in the UK.^[1]

Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head» — популярная песня американского композитора Бёрта Бакарака на стихи Хэла Дэвида (англ.)русск.. Наибольший успех получила в исполнении американского поп-певца Би Джей Томаса (англ.)русск. (сингл 1969 года). Прозвучала в фильме «Бутч Кэссиди и Санденс Кид» с участием Пола Ньюмана и Роберта Рэдфорда. В 2004 году была использована в фильме «Человек-паук 2».

Оригинальная версия занимала первое место в хит-параде журнала Billboard (США), конкурируя с такими знаменитыми песнями как «Venus» нидерландской группы Shocking Blue, «Yellow River» британской группы Christie и «Bridge over Troubled Water» американского дуэта Simon and Garfunkel. Впоследствии исполнялась Энгельбертом Хампердинком, оркестром под управлением Поля Мориа и др.

 

" Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head " is B. J. Thomas's #1 song, written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. ^[2] It won an Academy Award for Best Original Song.^[2] David and Bacharach also won Best Original Score. It was recorded in seven takes, after Bacharach expressed dissatisfaction with the first six. In the film version of the song, B. J. Thomas had been recovering from laryngitis, which made his voice sound more hoarse than in the 7" release. The film version featured a separate instrumental break when Paul Newman undertook stunts on a bicycle.

The most famous performer of this song is

B.J. Thomas