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In 1969, Bacharach composed the musical score for the film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." It featured the song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," co-written by Bacharach and David. The score won Bacharach an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a Grammy while the single won him an additional Oscar. By the end of his life in 2023, over six dozen ...
Burt Freeman Bacharach (/ ˈbækəræk / BAK-ə-rak; May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music. [ 4 ][ 5 ][ 6 ] Starting in the 1950s, he composed hundreds of pop songs, many in ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Burt Bacharach was born on May 12, 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri, but was raised in New York City by artist/songwriter Irma Freeman and newspaper columnist Bert Bacharach. Initially encouraged by ...
Burt Bacharach Hal David: 93 - 1969: Bobbie Gentry, #1 UK 1969: Dionne Warwick, #6 pop 1990: Deacon Blue (on Four Bacharach & David Songs), #2 UK "Odds and Ends" Dionne Warwick Hal David: 43 - "I'm a Better Man (For Having Loved You)" Engelbert Humperdinck: Hal David: 38 15 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" B. J. Thomas: Hal David: 1 38
Feb 9, 2023 · Bacharach did his army service in Korea and, when he returned to civilian life, he found work as a composer and arranger, writing songs for a host of performers, including actress and singer Paula ...
Feb 10, 2023 · Burt Bacharach, songwriter who was ‘synonym for pop-music success,’ dies at 94 ... Burt Bacharach, left, and Elvis Costello perform onstage in 1998. (Martyn Goodacre / Getty Images)
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Feb 9, 2023 · Bacharach wasn't a fan. No matter - Love's cover is the one everyone knows. (Gallucci) 4. "Baby It's You," The Shirelles (1961) One of Bacharach's earliest hits, "Baby It's You" included lyrics by ...