Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Thanks for this site--best of luck with it! -- David Bradstreet

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

A friend forwarded the link to your site, it's amazing! -- Monique McGuffin, Graphics Coordinator

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

This site is AMAZING! THANK YOU! As a fan...and as someone humbled and honored to be ON this list. Outstanding. -- Monte Warden

I came across the site by co-incidence - congratulations! A great initiative and nicely done. -- Russ Curry, VP European Operations

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

I'm always amazed every time I spend time on the site and imagine the enormous amount of work and time it has taken you to build this. It's a smorgasboard of history... -- Frann Altman

Wow Leslie!! Lots of great work here... Love what you did! -- Randy Alpert (Captain Badazz)

Thanks, Les! It's so wonderful that you are so involved with the website. I have such fantastic memories of my time spent at A&M. It was definitely a magical place. -- Stacie Surabian, A&M Sales

You're right about the specialness of A&M. It's so hard to explain, but it really was unique. A Camelot, if you will. Thanks for your efforts -- Richard Pachter, Promotions

Thanks Leslie for doing this. It's great to have this resource. You're awesome for keeping it going. -- Carmen DeVida

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

Thanks the site is awesome! -- David Abrahams, Audio Librarian

This is a great web site on A&M. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

You have made me feel like I have come home safely to family, exactly what the A&M spirit was all about. -- Babs Stock

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I am genuinely so happy to see this site--my daughter's picture is on the cover of one of those catalogs -- Rob Gold, Executive Director of Advertising and Merchandising, A&M Records

Great site...thanks Leslie. -- J. B. Brenner

Thanks for all your amazing work with keeping us all connected. -- Doria Leong

This is great to see all the names of all of the friends of such a very special place. Thank you! -- Leigh Jackson, Artist Development

Keep up the great work on the site. -- Don Rodgers, Promotion Manager, Mid-Western Region, Canada

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

Kudos to you for recognizing possibly the ultimate artist/people friendly label. -- Ed Rivadavia, Northern Midwest Promotion Manager

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

I have enjoyed the A&M website you created and visit it often. -- Chuck Beeson, Art Director

What a great site - Thank you for organizing it. You have continued the family spirit that Herb and Jerry worked so hard to create - and that is so hard to find otherwise. -- Sharon Steeley, Music Video Promotion

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

I'm so delighted to see it! Many of us have incredible memories and ongoing great comraderie from those years on The Lot....and I am so glad to see this happen now! -- Cheryl McEnaney, National Artist Development Manager

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

What a great site, lots of memories. -- Paul McKenna

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

What a fabulous site! It certainly brings back a lot of memories… -- David Browde, College Promotions

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

It's good to see someone reminding us of the special organization A&M was -- John Hawkins (Edenstreet)

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

Thanks, this is a great site. -- Barbara West, Sr. Director of Business / Legal Affairs

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

I had such a good time at A&M, so it's nice to still feel part of it. Keep up the good work with the website. -- Alex Hutchinson, A&M Records, Ltd., Art Department

I've just discovered your web site. Holy smoke!!!!! -- Geoffrey B. Schulman, Director of A&R Administration, Los Angeles

I just saw the A&M website, very impressive. -- Larry Weintraub, Vice President of A&R

Pretty cool site. Nice to see that the history of the label - which was its greatest asset - has not been forgotten. -- Brandon Costas, Sales Coordinator

Thank you so much for all of your help. It is a great site. Thank you for helping to keep these bands relevant. -- Andrea Bricklin (Bricklin)

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

Thank you Leslie. -- Al Cafaro, CEO, A&M Records

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

Thanks so much for all you do for all of us!!!! -- Monique Augusta

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

Thanks for all your hard work in gathering this fantastic web resource of one of the greatest companies that ever existed. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records. -- Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

Congratulations Leslie on all the good work you do for the A&M community. -- Al Cafaro, President and CEO, A&M Records

Thanks Les, I've spoken with more old friends from A&M in the last week than in the last decabe. All because of your site -- Alan Oken

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

Great site....brings back a lot of memories. -- Aaron Jacoves, Director of A&R

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

It is great to have a site for the A&M family. -- Mary (Sukkestad) Mack, Executive Secretary, International Dept.

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

Congratulations on a great web site. Thanks for all your efforts in making this site. -- Bill Morgan, Director, Technical Engineering, A&M Studios

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Thanks for all the work you do for the website. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

Thank you for sharing with us and for your dedication to A&M Records. It's so wonderful to have a connection to my past. -- Sherry Jones Levy, A&M NYC

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

Glad to know that you have set up this site. What a neat way to stay in touch. Great job! -- Xander Smith (Other Star People)

A&M Records was home to me in the '70s. Chuck, Brenda, Gil, Marsha, Rita Ross and family gave me my first intro to the music business and put me on the right track to my own family and an historic artistic career. Love to all. -- Ron Artis, Almo/Irving Music

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

Just a brief note to say thanks for ALL you do in keeping us A&M-ers consistently in the know. My years there were so wonderful and filled with fond memories. Thanks for keeping that alive. -- Miriam Heiman

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

Burt Bacharach References

The reference sources are from major music trade publications and newspapers worldwide. You can sort the list by the article title or the publication date.

Reference Title	Date Sort ascending
CHYM Features A&M’s Bacharach. RPM, 17.	1971-6-26
Pop Albums. Melody Maerk, 16.	1971-7-17
One Less Bell to Answer/Firefall (1290) Review. Record World, 10.	1971-9-11
One Less Bell to Answer (1290) Review. Cash Box, 18.	1971-9-11
One Less Bell to Answer (1290) Review. Billboard, 55.	1971-9-11
Legit Followup. Variety, 264-58.	1971-10-6
All Kinds of People (1241) Review. Cash Box, 96.	1971-12-25
Top Album Instrumentalist. Billboard, TA-30.	1971-12-25
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid review. Melody Maker, 21.	1970-3-7
Front Cover. Cash Box, 7.	1970-3-21
New Acts In Concert. Variety, 258:83.	1970-4-1
Bacharach Remembers His Priorities. Greenville (SC) Delta Democrat-Times.	1970-4-21
Burt Bacharach and Angie Dickinson. Muriel Davidson. Good Housekeeping, 82.	1970-5-24
Concert Review. Robert Sobel. Billboard, 82:17.	1970-6-13
Burt Charms Westbury. Record World, 58.	1970-6-13
Music-Minded. Fremont (CA) Argus.	1970-6-14
'Music Hall' Presents Burt Bacharach Songs. Lancaster (PA) Sunday.	1970-6-14
Bacharach Takes Charge on Music Hall. Mansfield (OH) News Journal.	1970-6-17
Burt Bacharach Special Is Best Show of Evening. Cynthia Lowery. AP. Fon Du Lac (WI) Commonwealth Reporter.	1970-6-18
Burt Bacharach The Music Man 1970. Hubert Saal. Newsweek, Cover, 50.	1970-6-22
Good Fortune Falling Like Raindrops. Roger Doughty NEA. Lima (OH) News.	1970-7-2
Songs Keep Falling from Hal's Head. Bucks County (PA) Courier Times.	1970-7-6
Bacharach: Composer Says He Can't Sing and He Can't. Van Nuys (CA) Valley News.	1970-7-10
Burt Bacharach Finds That He Is One of Hollywood's Hottest Properties. Joan Crosby Burlington (NC) Daily Times-News.	1970-7-23
Dexter's Scrapbook. Dave Dexter, Jr. Billboard, 82:25.	1970-7-25
Bacharach Hosts His Second 'Kraft Music Hall' Washington Post, Times Herald, 12.	1970-7-26
Musical Treat Offered by Bacharach Tonight. Mansfield (OH) News Journal.	1970-7-28
Composer Burt Bacharach Returns to 'Music Hall'. Lancaster Sunday.	1970-7
Gold Record for Butch Cassidy (photo). Billboard, 72.	1970-8-1
Breaking Apart the Old 32-Bar Pop Format. Leonard Feather. Washington Post, Times Herald, F2.	1970-8-2
Burt Bacharach Sings His Song. Joan Crosby. Bucks County (PA) Courier Times.	1970-8-8
Golddrops Keep Fallin' (photo). Record World, 4.	1970-8-22
Looking Back On Bacharach and David. L. Feather. Melody Maker, 45:37.	1970-9-5
Nostalgia. L. Marcus. Hi Fi/Mus. Am, 10-4.	1970-9
Any Day Now/A House Is Not a Home (1222) Review. Record World,, 10.	1970-11-7
Any Day Now (1222) Review. Billboard, 62.	1970-11-7
Burt Bacharach. ASCAP, 4:4cts.	1970
Burt Bacharach Is Music's Man For the 1970s. Hubert Saal. Readers Digest, 233.	1970
Entertainers of the Year Burt Bacharach and Hal David Sponsored by Cue Magazine. Lima (OH) News.	1969-1-8
MPC Set to Produce Bacharach TV Special. Cash Box, 22.	1969-2-1
I'll Never Fall In Love Again (1064) review. Billboard, 90.	1969-5-17
I'll Never Fall In Love Again (1064) review. Cash Box, 28.	1969-5-17
An Award-Winning Trio (photo). Cash Box, 10.	1969-6-7
Pupil Heeds Tutor, Writes 'Tunes to Whistle.' (Reviews Make It Easy On Yourself). UPI. Lima (OH) News.	1969-6-23
Make It Easy On Yourself (SP 4188) review. Cash Box, 38.	1969-6-28
Burt Bacharach--Didn't Disappoint Mom. Odessa (TX) American, 11.	1969-9-6
Bacharach Bends Rules But Songs Often Hits. Bob Thomas (AP). Phoenix.	1969-9-9
Hits Top By Breaking Rules. Bob Thomas (AP). Montreal Gazette.	1969-9-22
Bacharach and Progressive Pop. R. Eldridge. Melody Maker, 44:24.	1969-9-27
Back In the Saddle (photo). Cash Box, 10.	1969-9-27
Bacharach and Progressive Pop. Royston Eldridge. Melody Maker, 14.	1969-9-27
Caught In the Act. J. Hutton. Melody Maker, 44:6.	1969-10-11
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (SP 4227) review. Cash Box, 40.	1969-11-8
Burt Bacharach in 'Music Hall.' Valley Independent.	1969-11-19
Come Touch the Sun (1153) Review. Billboard, 76.	1969-12-20
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. H. Buck. Jazz & Pop, 8:54.	1969-12
B. Bacharach Is Hoping for First Oscar. Linda Deutsch (AP). Gettysburg (PA) Times, 1.	1968-4-1
Burt Bacharach Again up for An Academy Award. Linda Deutsch. AP. Van Wert (OH) Times-Bulletin.	1968-4-1
Composer of Song Hits Stops Counting. Linda Deutsch. AP. Fond Du Lac Commonwealth Reporter.	1968-4-1
Hit Songs a Snap for Burt Bacharach. Linda Deutsch. Washington Post Herald, D15.	1968-4-3
Burt Bacharach's Music: Worldly, But Warmhearted. Lima (OH) News.	1968-4-25
Composer in a Tartan Cap. The New Yorker, 27.	1968-5-21
Theater: Promissory Notes. Newsweek.	1968-5-21
Are You There (With Another Girl)/Message to Michael (931) review. Record World, 10.	1968-6-1
Are You There (With Another Girl)/Message to Michael (931) review. Cash Box, 20.	1968-6-1
News from the Pop Scene. Fond Du Lac Commonwealth Reporter.	1968-7-24
Burt Bacharach's Songs Are a Mixture of Several Worlds. Bob Shayne. Washington Post Herald, H2.	1968-9-8
Bacharach Spans Generations, a Lonely Place to Be. Bob Shayne. Pacific Stars and Stripes.	1968-9-11
Hits. Lillian Ross. New Yorker.	1968-9-14
Young Composer Believes in Melody. William Glover. AP. Newark (OH) Advocate.	1968-9-29
Record Reviews (Reach Out). Marilyn Bryant. Chicago Daily Herald.	1968-11-20
The Worlds of Bacharach. Kingston (Canada) Gleaner.	1968-12-6
The Bell That Couldn't Jingle (1004) Review. Cash Box, 24.	1968-12-7
The Bell That Couldn't Jingle/What the World Needs Now (1004) Review. Record World, 12.	1968-12-7
'Promises, Promises’ a Hit On Score’s the Thing Premise. Mike Gross. Billboard, 8.	1968-12-14
Bacharach, David Win Cue Awards. Record World, 4.	1968-12-28
Composer In Tartan Cap. Lillian Ross. New Yorker.	1968-12-28
Comic 'After the Fox' Debuts Top Film Production Talents. Great Bend Daily Tribune.	1967-2-12
Bond Street (845) Review. Billboard, 18.	1967-4-8
Burt to A&M. Record World, 27.	1967-4-15
Burt Bacharach Signed. KRLA Beat, 7.	1967-5-20
Singles. New Musical Express, 6.	1967-5-27
Bacharach Inks Musical Score. KRLA Beat, 6.	1967-6-17
Spreading the Faith. Time.	1967-7-14
Reach Out (SP 4131) review. Record World, 10.	1967-9-30
Burt Bacharach's Versatility Shines (Reviews Reach Out). Lima (OH) News.	1967-10-22
Bacharach Promo (photo). Record World, 21.	1967-10-28
Reach Out for Me (888) Review. Billboard, 12.	1967-11-4
Reach Out for Me/The Look of Love (888) Review.Record World, 6.	1967-11-4
Reach Out review. Melody Maker, 10.	1967-12-16
Audio Systems (Stars Discuss Their Audio Systems). Playboy Guide to Electronic Entertainment, 53.
Bacharach, Burt. Michael J. Budds. New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 109.
Soft Touch. Newsweek.