The Look of Love

Soul Music

BBC

Personal Journals, Music Commentary, Society & Culture, Music

4.7 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2009

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Hal David discusses writing The Look of Love with Burt Bacharach, for the soundtrack of the spoof 1967 James Bond film Casino Royale.

This classic track, sung by Dusty Springfield, provided the musical backdrop for a love scene between Peter Sellers and Ursula Andress.

Dusty Springfield's former backing singer, Simon Bell, remembers being on stage at the Albert Hall when Dusty laughed her way through a performance of the song, and musician Jonathan Cohen describes how the samba rhythm underscoring Dusty's smooth vocals combine to make this an enduringly popular love song.

It has been covered many times by artists including Isaac Hayes, Gladys Knight and the French singer Mirielle Mathieu.

This programme hears from people whose personal memories of love and loss are forever linked with The Look of Love.

Contributors:

Sue Clarke Wally Welling Simon Bell Trevor Foster Jonathan Cohen Hal David

Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.

Producer: Karen Gregor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to quickly tell you about some others.
0:05.1	My name's Andy Martin and I'm the editor of a team of podcast producers at the BBC in Northern Ireland.
0:11.3	It's a job I really love because we get to tell the stories that really matter to people here,
0:16.2	but which also resonate and apply to listeners around the world.
0:19.6	And because the team is such a diverse range of skills and strengths,
0:23.0	we have trained journalists, people who love digging through archives,
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0:31.5	So if you like this podcast, head to BBC Sounds
0:34.2	where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories from all around the UK.
0:39.3	You're listening to a download of soul music from BBC Radio 4.
0:44.7	If I'm in a store or watching something on TV and it suddenly comes on, Suddenly Dusty's in the room
0:54.2	because it starts with her naked vocal.
0:58.0	There is no fanfare,
1:00.0	like you don't have to say you love me
1:01.4	to prepare you for the fact that that voice
1:03.7	is suddenly going to enter your life again.
1:06.3	You'll be in the middle of HMV
1:08.8	or whatever record shop
1:10.3	and suddenly you're here.
1:12.7	The look of love is in your eyes, the look, your heart and disguise
1:29.3	I often just stand there and listen to it for a few minutes
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