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Steve has a personal stake in these classic songs. As a young man breaking into the record business in the 1960s, he became head of A&R and Promotion at Scepter Records, the history-making independent label that released the famous hits written by Bacharach and his lyricist partner Hal David, and recorded by the great Dionne Warwick. Tyrell was present at the creation of standards like "Walk On By," "Alfie," "I Say A Little Prayer," and many others. Moreover, he produced B.J. Thomas' Oscar-winning recording of Bacharach-David's "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head."

One can only categorize Tyrell's performances on "Back To Bacharach" as definitive. His supporting cast includes the top session players on two coasts, as well as guest collaborators Herb Alpert, Patti Austin, Dionne Warwick, James Taylor, Rod Stewart, and Martina McBride. Steve's own singular vocal style, drenched in the Texas tones of his sophisticated R&B approach, is perfectly suited to these great hits. He sings the songs exactly the way everyone wants to hear them. To top it all of, Maestro Bacharach himself appears on three tracks as a performer and two as co-producer.

Steve Tyrell's "Back To Bacharach" makes the case for adding Burt Bacharach to the roster of all-time great creators of the previous generation of American Songbook immortals---Porter, Gershwin, Berlin, Kern, and Ellington. And it does so with supreme style, taste, and expertise.

What Customers Say About Back to Bacharach:

If you love Bacharach music, you'll enjoy this. I really enjoy Steve's voice and his engaging musical style. This cd is very restful.

It is his worst, by far. I was truly disappointed with this Steve Tyrell CD.

It's phenomenal. The musical arrangements are great, too. "What the World Needs Now" features Rod Stewart, Dionne Warwick, James Taylor, Martina McBride, and Burt Bacharach singing along with Steve. This is a great CD. I highly recommend this CD. If you have his standards albums, you already know what a great voice he has. If you have not heard Steve Tyrell sing, you are in for a treat. The songs of Bacharach are wonderful.

This ia an album birthed in love and pride of presentation. B. Great friends. He learned carressing a "This Guys In Love With You" from the ground up.

Tyrell, a great entertainer--Bacharach great sound. Golden Bacharach carressed as gold should be handled. Hearing these greats do these songs you hear the song's soul. You know that.

In Back to B we hear dedication, effort and a 40 year journey from the studio behind Bacharach, up the industry ladder, and back into the studio beside Bacharach, Warwick, McBride, Taylor, Austin. The Bacharach songs you humed 30 years ago resonate softly, tenderly in this love filled presentation. Did you know he started in the biz as a go-fer for Mr. A Staff Producer at 19--his first job in the biz.

Kennedy said so - and he wasn't around when Bacharach got famous, either. John F. Not some whiskey-voiced, cult-figure jazz singer with a cooked upper vocal register, which he is.Oh, well, Life isn't fair.

The proof is in "What the World Needs Now," where he trades the melody and harmonies off with the more famous Bacharach, James Taylor, Rod Stewart, Martina McBride, and the original "it girl of Bacharachia," Dionne Warwick, and more than holds his own.In fact, he does "This Guy's In Love" with Alpert and Bacharach, and establishes that he could have done this song better ca. Thomas, step aside.If only.He could a been a contenduh. This collection of Burt Bacharach tunes sounds so much like the famous originals from the 1960's and 1970's that the album begs the question: If Steve Tyrell had been around then and known-of enough to come to the attention of Bacharach or Herb Alpert, could he have been the one to make any of these songs famous.And the answer is: absolutely.

He coulda been a multi-zillionaire super-duper star. RC 1969, if only he could have recorded it then.

Ditto for the 1969 Butch Cassidy theme song, "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head." B.J.