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Today, from the Bond on Vinyl archives, we’re moving ahead a year, and listening to music featured in Casino Royale!
Arthur Fiedler certainly had many highlights during his career. He was appointed as the conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1930 and was associated with the San Francisco Pops Orchestra for 26 summers starting in 1949. He was the conductor at the opening ceremonies of Walt Disney World in 1971, which were nationally broadcast. He also appeared on many telecasts of PBS’s Evening at Pops. Fiedler is likely best known for his conducting of the Boston Pops at the outdoor celebration of the U.S. Bicentennial on July 4, 1976.
The reason he came across my radar was for his conducting of the Boston Pops on an album filled with Burt Bacharach hits. These include vibrant, jazzy renditions of Bacharach tunes like “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head’, ‘What The World Needs Now Is Love’, and from Casino Royale (1967) – The Look Of Love.
76. Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops – What The World Needs Now (The Burt Bacharach-Hal David Songbook)
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