Burt Bacharach 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
The Best of Johnny Farnham was the double A-sided, "Jamie"/"I Don't Want To Love You", which peaked at #8 on the "Go-Set" National Singles Charts. This was followed by "Rose Coloured Glasses" in October which reached #16. Farnham's second album, "Everybody Oughta Sing A Song" followed in November. Farnham's covers of Harry Nilsson's "One", and B. J. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" were released as singles, from his third album, "Looking Through A Tear". "One"/"Mr. Whippy" (non-album track) was released as a double A-side in July 1969 and peaked at #4. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" was released in November and peaked