This
TV Special sponsored by Singer won an Emmy for Outstanding
Writing - Comedy or Variety or Music. Here, Mr. Bacharach has
Tom Jones, Rudolf Nureyev and Barbra Streisand as guests. There
are musical and dance sequences with Bacharach at the races too!
Show Information: Broadcast Date: March 14th, 1971
Hosts: Burt Bacharach Guest Stars: Tom Jones,
Rudolf Nureyev, Barbra Streisand
Transcription of the Show:
- Burt Bacharach plays the piano and sings a part of "All
Kinds of People"
- Opening Credits
- Bacharach talks to Tom Jones over the piano and Bacharach says
he has written over 300 songs so far
- Tom Jones sings "Any Day Now"
- Bacharach talks to Tom Jones and they sing "Raindrops keeps
falling on my head", starting with Tom Jones singing in Welsh
and them in English. Suddenly, they appear in a pub and the
regular customers sing in Welsh and then in English
- Bacharach talks to Rudolf Nureyev over the piano
- Dance sequence with Nureyev and a female dancer dressed like a
toy at the entry of a castle from a fairy tale at the music of
"Come Touch the Sun"
- Bacharach talks at the Hippodrome about races and horses
- Bacharach talks to Barbra Streisand over the piano and says
that she rejected songs he sent her like "Alfie" or "One
less bell to answer"
- Barbra Streisand sings "One less bell to answer" and "A House
is not a Home"
- Bacharach and Streisand sing "Close to you" at the piano
- Barbra Streisand sings "Be aware" with the orchestra
- Commercial of Singer products including an offer for a LP: "Bacharach and
friends"
- Bacharach Medley conducting the orchestra:
Alfie / The Look of Love / Walk on By / Do you know the way to
San Jose / I'll Never fall in love again / Wives and Lovers /
This guy is in love with you / What the world needs now is love
/ Promises Promises
- Bacharach conducts the orchestra and a couple of female
singers sing "All Kind of People" and then slowly a crowd sing
the song
- Closing credits
