"""Bonnie and Clyde. ..."" we don't believe it, and we walk out of the theater wondering what happened to that great movie we were seeing until an hour ago."" The Writers Guild of America ranked the screenplay #11 on its list of 101 Greatest Screenplays ever written. Over time, major American movie reviewers have been widely favorable. Rotten Tomatoes, a film review aggregator, gives 89% ""Certified fresh"" favorable score based on 46 reviews with an average score of 8.2/10, the site's critical consensus reads With its iconic pairing of Paul Newman and Robert Redford, jaunty screenplay and Burt Bacharach score,"
"The year 1969 marked, perhaps, the most successful Bacharach-David collaboration, the Oscar-winning ""Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"", written for and prominently featured in the acclaimed film ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"". The two were awarded a Grammy for Best Cast album of the year for ""Promises, Promises"" and the score was also nominated for a Tony award. Other Oscar nominations for Best Song in the latter half of the 1960s were for ""The Look Of Love"", ""What's New Pussycat"" and ""Alfie"". Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, Bacharach continued to write and produce for artists, compose for"
"placed 95th in the 55th Anniversary edition of the All-Time Hot 100 list in 2013. ""Billboard Magazine"" also ranked the song 15th on its Top 50 Movie Songs of All Time list in 2014. On December 3, 2013, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced that the single would be inducted into the 2014 Grammy Hall Of Fame. ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"" was used in the film ""Spy Hard"", which parodied the scene in ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"". Police Constable Pan-Am sings the opening lines at the end of his appearance in Series 2,"
"first recorded instance of drummer Sean Moore performing on trumpet, and also appears on their 2003 B-sides and rarities compilation album ""Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers)"". The Manics further reference the film ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"" with the B-side ""Sepia"". The Barry Sisters covered the song in a Yiddish version (""Trop'ns Fin Regen Oif Mein Kop"") on their 1973 album ""Our Way"". Lisa Miskovsky covered the song in the extended version of her self-titled (2004) album. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"" is a song written by Hal"
"worked on the Bacharach-David song ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head,"" which went on to win the 1969 Oscar for Best Original Song (""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid""). His contributions to the film industry include ""Mystic Pizza"", ""That Thing You Do"",""The Five Heartbeats"", ""Father of the Bride"", ""The Brady Bunch Movie"", and ""Out of Sync"". Steve also worked in television and did the music for ""California Dreams"", ""The Heights"", and ""Frank's Place"", among others. Tyrell's performance singing ""The Way You Look Tonight"" in ""Father of the Bride"", starring Steve Martin, pushed him center-stage as a vocalist, with live performances"
"Me"", ""One Less Bell to Answer"" and ""Anyone Who Had a Heart"". The duo's film work includes the Oscar-nominated title songs for ""What's New Pussycat?"" and ""Alfie"", ""The Look of Love"", from ""Casino Royale""; and the Oscar-winning ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"" from ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"". In addition, ""Don't Make Me Over"", ""(They Long to Be) Close to You"" and ""Walk On By"" have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. David's work with other composers includes Albert Hammond for Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias's ""To All the Girls I've Loved Before""; Sarah Vaughan's ""Broken"
"to reflect some of Nicky Wire's raw emotion following the disappearance of his close friend and bandmate. The Butch Cassidy connection is also referenced in their song ""Australia"" (which is where the characters from the film say they will go next, directly before the 'Sepia' sequence), and the decision to record ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"" for the War Child charity compilation ""The Help Album"". This track was replaced by a single release of the track ""Further Away"" in Japan. All music written by James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire, except where indicated. All lyrics written by"
"Bruins. Enberg had run out of statistics and began to fill his radio broadcast with small talk. The movie ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"" had just been released, and Enberg was humming the tune to ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"", but did not know the words. Two nights later, in a home game against Oregon State, many UCLA students brought the lyrics to the song. Enberg promised that he would sing the song if UCLA won the conference championship. He sang the song following the final game of the season. The event was recorded in the ""Los Angeles"
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (Johnny Mathis album) Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on February 25, 1970, by Columbia Records and included several covers of chart hits from the previous year along with 1964's ""Watch What Happens"" and the 1966 tunes ""Alfie"" and ""A Man and a Woman"". The album's producer, Jack Gold, added lyrics to the instrumental theme from ""Midnight Cowboy"", and it became the first song from the album to be released as a single. While it did manage to reach number 20 on"
"member of The Grand Ole Opry on August 7, 1981, his 39th birthday. Thomas was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Walkway of Stars in 1983. ""(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"" (1975), written by Larry Butler and Chips Moman, had the distinction of achieving No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Country Songs charts. The song was also nominated Single of the Year, by the Academy of Country Music in 1975. ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"" was featured in the 1969 film, ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance"
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (Andy Williams album) Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head is the twenty-fifth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in the spring of 1970 by Columbia Records. Williams was less focused on covering recent hits on this project and instead selected several songs from the singer-songwriter genre. ""Billboard"" magazine opined that the album ""may well be titled 'A Journey Through Life.' Through carefully selected songs it conveys a message of dreams, hopes, reality, frustrations and ultimate truth."" The album made its first appearance on the Top LP's chart in the"
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (Andy Williams album) Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head is the twenty-fifth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in the spring of 1970 by Columbia Records. Williams was less focused on covering recent hits on this project and instead selected several songs from the singer-songwriter genre. ""Billboard"" magazine opined that the album ""may well be titled 'A Journey Through Life.' Through carefully selected songs it conveys a message of dreams, hopes, reality, frustrations and ultimate truth."" The album made its first appearance on the Top LP's chart in the"
"and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (a nod to Jackman’s role as Curly in the 1998 London revival at the Royal National Theatre and in the subsequent 1999 musical film) “Top Hat” from Top Hat (1936), music and lyrics by Irving Berlin “I Feel a Song Coming On,” from Every Night at Eight (1935), music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat” from Guys and Dolls (1950), music by and lyrics by Frank Loesser “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from Funny Girl (1968), music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Bob Merrill “Broadway"
"have topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 include ""The Look of Love"" (1967), ""This Guy's in Love with You"" (1968), ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"" (1969), ""(They Long to Be) Close to You"" (1970), ""Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"" (1981), ""That's What Friends Are For"" (1986) and ""On My Own"" (1986). A significant figure in easy listening, Bacharach is described by writer William Farina as ""a composer whose venerable name can be linked with just about every other prominent musical artist of his era."" In later years, his songs were newly appropriated for the soundtracks of major feature"
"the Bacharach/David song ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"", which won the Academy Award for best original song that year and hit No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in January 1970. Sales of it also exceeded one million copies, with Thomas being awarded his third gold record. The song was also released on an album of the same title. Other hits of the 1970s were ""Everybody's Out of Town"", ""I Just Can't Help Believing"" (No. 9 in 1970, covered by Elvis Presley), ""No Love at All"", ""Mighty Clouds of Joy"", and ""Rock and Roll Lullaby"". Thomas's earlier hits were"
"Farnham - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head Label: ColumbJia - DO-8965 Vinyl, 7"" Single 45 RPM A Side Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head ( Bacharach - David) 2:30 B Side Two (Farnham) Credits · Arranged by Peter Jones · Engineer – Roger Savage · Produced by Howard Gable · Recorded at Armstrongs Studios, Melbourne, Australia Johnny Farnham - Comic Conversation Label: EMI Columbia -DO-9234 Vinyl 7"" Single 45 RPM A Side Comic Conversation (John Bromley) 3:20 B Side Pretty Things (Johnny Farnham) Credits · Arranged by Geoff Hales · Engineer – Roger Savage, Ern Rose · Produced by"
"B. J. Thomas Billy Joe ""B.J."" Thomas (born August 7, 1942) is an American popular singer. He is particularly known for his hit songs of the 1960s and 1970s, which appeared on the pop, country, and Christian music charts. His best-known recordings are the Burt Bacharach and Hal David song ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"" and the original version of the Mark James song ""Hooked on a Feeling"". Thomas was raised in and around Houston, Texas, graduating from Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg. Before his solo career, he sang in a church choir as a teenager, then joined"
"Raining in My Heart ""Raining in My Heart"" is a song recorded by Buddy Holly on October 21, 1958 with the orchestral backing by Dick Jacobs. The music and lyrics are written by the songwriting team of Felice Bryant and Boudleaux Bryant. It was released as a single on Coral Records in 1959, peaking at #88 on the Billboard charts as the B-side of ""It Doesn't Matter Anymore"". This recording was included on Buddy Holly's first ""greatest hits"" compilation album titled ""The Buddy Holly Story"" that was released in March 1959. In 1968, The Beatles paraphrased the first line of"
"reference to the advertising agency from ""Bewitched"". The scene toward the end where Moe points toward individual customers declaring they will ""be back"" before pointing toward and addressing the viewer (later revealed to be Barney via a cutaway) is a parody of the end of the film ""Reefer Madness"". The final scene, where Homer and Marge cycle into the distance while ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"" plays is a reference to the film ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"". Homer's song ""It was a Very Good Beer"" is sung to the tune of the 1961 song ""It Was a"
"Jack Gold steering the ship is much more restrained than when Percy Faith and Nelson Riddle added their magic to Mathis's voice, but for the time it was just perfect."" From the liner notes for """": Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (Johnny Mathis album) Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on February 25, 1970, by Columbia Records and included several covers of chart hits from the previous year along with 1964's ""Watch What Happens"" and the 1966 tunes ""Alfie"" and ""A Man and a Woman"". The album's"
"Sings Raindrops"" ! scope=""row"" | ""Love Is a Commitment"" ! scope=""row"" | ""Love Is the Reason"" ! scope=""row"" | ! scope=""row"" | ""Love Medley"" ! scope=""row"" | ""Love on Haight Street"" ! scope=""row"" | ""Lucky John"" ! scope=""row"" | ""Lugoj"" ! scope=""row"" | ""Magical Misery Tour"" ! scope=""row"" | ""Making Noise"" ! scope=""row"" | ! scope=""row"" | ""Man of Constant Sorrow"" ! scope=""row"" | ""Mansion on the Sand"" ! scope=""row"" | ""Marvin, David, Walter, Lincoln Jones"" ! scope=""row"" | ""Medley: Carol of the Bellsand Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies (from The Nutcracker Suite)"" ! scope=""row"" | ""Messiah"" ! scope=""row"""
"by Nick Lucas, and originally written for the musical ""Gold Diggers of Broadway"", as was ""Painting the Clouds with Sunshine"". However, when their song ""Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"" was rejected by the film studio, Burke returned to New York City; the song became a hit for both Selvin and Nat Shilkret. During the mid-1930s, Burke wrote a string of hit songs with lyricist Edgar Leslie, including ""On Treasure Island"", ""A Little Bit Independent"", ""In a Little Gypsy Tea Room"", ""Moon Over Miami"", and ""It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane"", a 1937 hit for Guy Lombardo. He"
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western film directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman (who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film). Based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, known as Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman), and his partner Harry Longabaugh, the ""Sundance Kid"" (Robert Redford), who are on the run from a crack US posse after a string of train robberies. The pair and Sundance's lover, Etta Place (Katharine Ross), flee to Bolivia"
"Marvin Hatley Thomas Marvin Hatley (April 3, 1905 – August 23, 1986), professionally known simply as Marvin Hatley, was an American film composer and musical director, best known for his work for the Hal Roach studio from 1929 until 1940. Hatley wrote many of the musical cues appearing in the ""Our Gang"", ""Laurel and Hardy"", and ""Charley Chase"" films. His most memorable composition is ""Dance of the Cuckoos"" (also known as ""Ku-Ku"", or ""The Cookoo Song""), which serves as Laurel and Hardy's theme song. He was also the ""player piano"" (performing off-screen) in ""The Music Box"" (1932). His work in"
"The song's lyrics were written solely by missing band-member Richey Edwards. The trumpet instrumental, by Sean Moore, has been used as the theme music to the ITV Wales current affairs programme ""Wales This Week"". The CD included ""Horses Under Starlight"", ""Sepia"" and ""First Republic"", while the cassette included an acoustic version of ""Everything Must Go"". The second of the three other tracks, ""Sepia"", is a reference to the final scene of the film, ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"", where the two main characters are shown in freeze frame, which then is colourised to sepia tone. The lyrics also appear"
"soundtrack for several videogames. The name of the song originates from a quotation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from the poem ""Rainy Day"". Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall ""Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"" is a 1944 song performed as a duet by The Ink Spots, featuring Bill Kenny, and Ella Fitzgerald. Their recording was made on August 30, 1944 for Decca Records (catalog No. 23356B). The song was written by Allan Roberts (lyrics) and Doris Fisher (melody). The successful single went to number one on both The Harlem Hit Parade and the pop chart. The B-side of"
"by Andy Williams."" From the liner notes for the 2002 CD: In his review of ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"" on AllMusic.com, William Ruhlmann notes that the ""LP's catalog number is out of sequence with his other releases, and it may well be that an earlier version was pulled back, since hits like the title track and 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' appear to have been added at the last minute and the recording sessions stretch across more than a year."" From the liner notes for ""The Complete Columbia Chart Singles Collection"": From the liner notes for the original album:"
"Randy Edelman Randy Edelman (born June 10, 1947) is an American musician, producer, and composer for film and television known for his work in comedy films. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and is the recipient of twelve BMI Awards. Some of Edelman's best known films scores include ""Twins"", ""Kindergarten Cop"", ""Beethoven"", ""The Mask"", ""Dragonheart"", ""Daylight"" and ""XXX"". He also wrote the theme of the popular television series ""MacGyver"". Edelman was born in Paterson, New Jersey, to a Jewish family. He was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, the son of a first-grade teacher and"
"Randy Edelman Randy Edelman (born June 10, 1947) is an American musician, producer, and composer for film and television known for his work in comedy films. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and is the recipient of twelve BMI Awards. Some of Edelman's best known films scores include ""Twins"", ""Kindergarten Cop"", ""Beethoven"", ""The Mask"", ""Dragonheart"", ""Daylight"" and ""XXX"". He also wrote the theme of the popular television series ""MacGyver"". Edelman was born in Paterson, New Jersey, to a Jewish family. He was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, the son of a first-grade teacher and"
"and Henry, writing songs with Charles for the Broadway show ""Earl Carroll's Sketch Book"" in 1929, and writing Rudy Vallee's hit ""Miss You"" with both brothers the same year. In 1931, he had success with the song ""At Your Command"", an early success for Bing Crosby, and also co-wrote ""Sweet and Lovely"", a hit for Russ Columbo. He wrote or co-wrote the theme songs for many films in the 1930s and 1940s, including ""One Rainy Afternoon"" (1936), ""The Young in Heart"" (1938), ""Made for Each Other"" (1939), ""If It Wasn't For The Moon"" (1940) and ""It's a Date"" (1940). His"
"Raindrops (Dee Clark song) ""Raindrops"" is a 1961 song by the American R&B singer Dee Clark. Released in April of that same year, this ballad is about a man who convinces himself that the tears he is crying since his lover's departure are raindrops since ""a man ain't supposed to cry,"" peaked at #2 on the Hot 100, behind Quarter to Three by Gary U.S. Bonds. On other US charts, ""Raindrops"" peaked at #3 on the R&B chart. ""Billboard"" ranked it as the ninth most popular song of the year for 1961. Clark was reportedly inspired to write the song"
"Rain."" Uncredited ""Singin' in the Rain"" was originally conceived by MGM producer Arthur Freed, the head of the ""Freed Unit"" responsible for turning out MGM's lavish musicals, as a vehicle for his catalog of songs written with Nacio Herb Brown for previous MGM musical films of the 1929–39 period. Screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green wrote two entirely new songs, ""Make 'Em Laugh"" and ""Moses Supposes"", the latter with music director Roger Edens providing the music. (see below). All songs have lyrics by Freed and music by Brown unless otherwise indicated. Some of the songs, such as ""Broadway Rhythm,"" ""Should"
"""The New York Times"" gives his father's name as ""Lazarus Levy"". At some later time he became known as Burton Lane. He was known for his Broadway musicals, ""Finian's Rainbow"" (1947) and ""On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"" (1965). He also wrote the music for the less remembered Broadway shows, ""Hold On to Your Hats"" (1940), ""Laffing Room Only"" (1944), and ""Carmelina"" (1979), the latter with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, who had also written lyrics to Lane's music for ""On a Clear Day"" and the film ""Royal Wedding"" (1951). Lane mainly wrote music for films, such as"