Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" gets a Yiddish cover on Allyson Briggs' upcoming new album Promises, Prayers, and Raindrops: Allyson Briggs Sings Burt Bacharach. See the vocalist sing the tune with Broadway favorite Julie Benko (Funny Girl, Harmony) above.
The full album releases July 12, as both a physical CD and on digital and streaming platforms. Pre-orders are available at .
Promises, Prayers, and Raindrops includes Briggs' take on Bacharach-David classics like "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Walk On By," and more, along with some lesser-known tunes. Her recording of "My Rock and Foundation," written for a 1971 Peggy Lee album, is the first known recording of the tune since its premiere more than five decades ago. Briggs also sings "Uninvited Dream," a song written by Bacharach with lyricist Sammy Gallop for a 1957 Lee album.
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Benko will be Briggs' special guest at her July 9 concert at Birdland, celebrating the album's release. Tickets are available . The evening will also stream live, with those tickets available .
Briggs is backed on the album by music director Andy Warren on trumpet, James Navan and Jason Yeager on piano, Michael O'Brien on bass, and Shareef Taher and Peter Traunmueller on drums. Warren, Yeager, O'Brien, and Traunmeller will be on hand for the July 9 Birdland concert.
See the full track list, with songs by Bacharach and David, except where noted, below:
1. "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"
2. "I鈥檒l Never Fall in Love Again"
3. "Trop鈥檔s Fin Regen Oif Mein Kop (Raindrops Keep Fallin鈥� on My Head)"
4. "What the World Needs Now Is Love"
5. "One Less Bell to Answer"
6. "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
7. "Uninvited Dream" (Bacharach and Gallop)
8. "My Rock and Foundation"
9. "(There鈥檚) Always Something There to Remind Me"
10. "Wenn Ich Mir Was W眉nschen D眉rfte" (Friedrich Holl盲nder, arranged by Bacharach)
11. "Casino Royale"
12. "This Girl鈥檚 in Love with You"
13. "Promises, Promises"
14. "Walk on By"
15. "Alfie"
16. "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
17. "I Say a Little Prayer"
18. "The Look of Love"
19. "Arthur鈥檚 Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (Christopher Cross, Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen)
20. "That鈥檚 What Friends Are For" (Bacharach, Bayer Sager)
