Wives and Lovers

"Wives and Lovers" is a song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It has been recorded by numerous male and female vocalists, instrumentalists and ensembles. Jack Jones released a recording in 1963, earning the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male [ [http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=wives%20and%20lovers&winner=&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1 GRAMMY Winners Search ] ] , and Bacharach included it on the 1965 LP "Hit Maker! Burt Bacharach Plays the Burt Bacharach Hits" and later compilations. Dionne Warwick sang it in the same year. Additional performances are by Stan Getz [ [http://www.bacharachonline.com/bacharach_discog/bacharach_discog2.html Burt Bacharach: A Selected Discography ] ] , Vic Damone, Frank Sinatra [ [http://sinatraguide.com/reprise2.htm Frank Sinatra: The Complete Guide ] ] , Kimiko Itoh [ [http://www.kimikoitoh.com/ Kimiko Itoh ] ] , and Andy Williams [ [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Andy+Williams Andy Williams ] ] .

Today, the lyrics are considered chauvinist and predatory, but this song was some kind of anthem for the urban male of the Kennedy Era. The imagery of the song seemed to had come out from the pages of the Playboy Magazine of the early sixties.

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