Burt Bacharach, Dead at 94
Burt Freeman Bacharach (/ˈbækəræk/ BAK-ə-rak; May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. A six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy Award winner, Bacharach’s songs have been recorded by more than 1,000 different artists.[4] As of 2014, he had written 73 US and 52 UK Top 40 hits.[5] He was one of the most important composers of 20th-century popular music.[6]
——Wikipedia
Billboard’s top 10 Burt Bacharach hits (in descending order 10 to 1):
“What’s New Pussycat?” (1965)
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” (1969)
“The Look of Love” (1967)
“One Less Bell to Answer” (1967)
“This Guy’s In Love With You” (1968)
“Toledo” (1998)
“(They Long to Be) Close to You” (1963)
“Walk On By” (1964)
“(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me” (1964)
“I Say a Little Prayer” (1967)
https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-burt-bacharach-songs/theres-always-something-there-to-remind-me-1964/
02/10/2023 @ 11:11 am
” … And love is the prize … ”
Avicii
02/10/2023 @ 5:56 pm
He used Whitney Houston’s cousin for a lot of his hits, the great Dionne Warwick
02/10/2023 @ 9:21 pm
Bacharach wrote songs performed and recorded by other black artists:
1952 “Once In A Blue Moon”
Nat King Cole
1960 “Mexican Divorce”
The Drifters
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“Please Stay” The Drifters
“I Wake Up Crying” Chuck Jackson
1961 “Baby It’s You” The Shirelles
You Don’t Have To Be A Tower of Strength” Gloria Lynne
“Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)” Chuck Jackson
1962 “Make It Easy on Yourself”
Jerry Butler
…And others such as: Patti LaBelle, Roberta Flack, The 5th Dimension, and Ray Parker Jr….
However, none as much as Dionne Warwick.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Burt_Bacharach
02/11/2023 @ 5:18 pm
Cool guy. I love Pete Souza’s photo of Obama and Michelle dancing to the The Look of Love the night Burt was honored at the White House with the Gershwin Prize. Three legends right there.
02/12/2023 @ 6:46 am
Picture Burt Bacharach:
intently listening to Winston Churchill: ‘We shall fight on the beaches’ over a 1940 parlor radio … just 12 years old … scared, wide-eyed praying for peace.
02/12/2023 @ 8:33 am
How far along are you? How far away are you? How far is San Jose? Do you know the way? So long ago so many full moons. Lithe street girl and me (wing window noise) sufficient air pressure front tires 4.3 lbs too much, precarious farmer’s match, Marlboro filter after lips are licked, hold it down I said not looking, incessant eyes on those yellow stripes, my McArthuresque gloves moist, static calms alters James Brown’s ”…brand new bag …” cleansed center button volume right-high: ‘…mamma mia…’ another CDC swooped curve slopes sea breeze full gust her lashes flutter as she kicks back barefoot out the lady’s side…my mirror…her clean middle finger tipped/silver/gold..:NARCISSIST:..she exclaims, puffs her cheeks then forward face down she could not stop laughing, streaked tears blown to my tongue, I could-A BOMB again been somebody loudly, that sun-glint garrulous narrow lane bobolinks on past through sheer-clear, translucent verdant starburst relections wafe steamy STEM streams i again all at once uphill accelerating gripping tight-right left-dipped analogous precarious avalanches’ sharp-sided-stones, yes hey it’s a billy goat glares balanced stomps, see the spark? let me drive so we can get there, no don’t open it please, POP, I am thirsty, swish the canteen den, U think you’re cute with no period, right? fast and slow, know when to go, good, better best, know when to rest, always at play: do you know the way to San Jose?