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My Place: The Ladies Sing Burt Bacharach

Courtesy, Joel Najman
Label from a 45-rpm recording of a David/Bacharach penned tune, sung by Dionne Warwick

Collaborating with a number of highly talented lyricists over the past half-century, particularly Hal David, Burt Bacharach has generated hundreds of nationally charted hit songs, including dozens of top-ten and number-one smash hits.
This week on My Place, host Joel Najman's spotlights several of the female recording artists who have taken Bacharach's compositions to the upper rungs of the national popularity charts.
Najman will feature memorable recordings by Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield and Jackie DeShannon and more.

 

Joel has been a part of Vermont's radio scene since 1964. He began his career at WIPS in Ticonderoga, New York. In 1965, he moved to WFAD in Middlebury, Vermont, where he attended Middlebury College. Over the years, Joel worked at radio stations WJOY, WQCR, WDOT, WDEV and WVAA where he served at various times as Morning Announcer, Program Director and News Director.
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