Word: bacharachrock
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there is the music (by George Fischoff) and lyrics (by Carole Baker). The songs are often in a Bacharachrock vein and quite the better for it. Perhaps reflecting the common schizophrenia of directionless musicals, however, Baker and Fischoff aren't quite sure whether they want their score to be Hair or Hello, Dolly. So, we get a fine rock number ("There's a Comin' Together") in the first act and a soppy strut-number ("Sweet Memory") in the second. Worst of all, the first-act rocker is given a safe, conventional dance to go with it-despite the fact that...
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