Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian: Broken Record Classic

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The legendary composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach passed away last week at 94. Today we are re-running an interview Bruce Headlam did with Burt and Daniel Tashian, who released an EP together in 2020 called Blue Umbrella.

Justin Richmond also checks in with Daniel Tashian to talk about Burt Bacharach's tremendous skill as a composer. Danial shares the tips he took away from working with Burt, and he talks about how they were collaborating on new music right up until the end.

You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian songs HERE.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, we heard the news last week that Birdback Rack died at the age of 94.
0:17.4	He was an absolute titan of 20th century music.
0:21.7	Co wrote some of the greatest pop songs of all time with his partner, How David.
0:27.1	He was a great singer for people like Dion Warwick and Dusty Springfield.
0:30.9	Songs that got interpreted by greats like Aretha Franklin and Roberta Flack and Tom
0:35.5	Jones.
0:36.5	Just an absolute monster and one of the best to ever do it.
0:39.9	And he was working right up until the very end.
0:41.9	He released an EP called Blue Embrella with producer Daniel Tashian.
0:47.2	We had them both on to speak to Bruce Heavloom back in 2020.
0:51.3	Over the weekend I spoke to Daniel about working with Bird and also asked him to put Bird's
0:56.6	career into the context of popular music in the 20th century.
1:01.3	So let's listen to my quick conversation with Daniel Tashian and then we'll replay our
1:06.2	2020 interview with Birdback Rack and Daniel Tashian speaking to Bruce Heavloom.
1:14.2	This is Broken Record.
1:15.7	Liner Notes for the Digital Age.
1:17.5	I'm just a midsman.
1:19.8	Nice to see you.
1:20.8	Yeah, you as well.
1:21.8	Yeah, man.
1:22.8	So glad we have that conversation with you and Bird documented, such a beautiful group
1:28.6	of songs you guys put together.
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