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...Burt Bacharach...
...year. The composers make about the same. Unlike the two vocal groups, however, they are not played out by the 3:30 p.m. quitting time, and can moonlight for another $10,000 annually. Though they all probably get more air play than Streisand, Jagger or Bacharach put together, P. & T. staffers are paid no residuals or ASCAP royalties...
...Jacques Brel opens with a number called "Marathon" that traces five decades of modern European history and decides man is trapped on an ever-accelerating, never-ending treadmill; in a later song, "Carousel," the same theme is repeated. Of course, Burt Bacharach had Dionne Warwick say, the same thing in his theme song for Valley of the Dolls, and, for me at least, just as persuasively, but then of course Bacharach can't be ranked a "poet" alongside Mr. Brel. (And although I would hate to live through a night of Burt Bacharach Is Alive and Well and Living...
...Bacharach and Guitars. Haldeman's dedication to work carries over into his private life. Like Nixon, he is a stereo music fan, and prefers to work at home for an hour or two each evening with Burt Bacharach or guitar music in the background. Photography is his passion. He began shooting movies of the President and big state events last year with a camera he bought in a Bonn PX, and has since virtually filmed Nixon's every step. What socializing Haldeman does tends to be with like-minded members of the Administration. His closest friend in Washington...
There was some real humor in the show-Bert Bacharach, coming up stoned to get his second award and muttering, "Two of them? That's just too fantastic"-and even a little honest sentiment. John Wayne did seem sincerely moved to receive an Oscar at last. But the show as a whole consisted mostly of light and trivial chit-chat between the stars who were presenting the awards, followed by the announcement of the winners, who generally gave the expected and uninteresting "I'd like to thank all those who made this award possible" speech. (Making films involves...