Burt Bacharach
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Along with Hal David, he wrote some of the most famous songs of the 60s for artists like Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick. The grandaddy of easy listening...
Burt Bacharach
born: 12-05-1928
birth place: Kansas City
Burt Bacharach, one of the most prolific songwriters of the twentieth century, showed musical talented from an early age, playing both the cello and the drums before progressing on to the piano.
Bacharach’s father moved him from Kansas City to New York, where he grew up, and he went on to study music at the Mannes School of Music in the city. He also studied at the Berkshire Music Center, the New School of Social Research, McGill University in Montreal, and at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.
His extensive studies were at one point interrupted by a stint in the Army, during which time he was posted in Germany. However, this did not hinder his musical career, and he formed a band there.
In 1957, Burt Bacharach teamed up with Hal David, who became his song-writing partner on most of his hits. Just a year after they had begun working together, the duo penned Perry Como’s hit, 'Magic Moments'.
Bacharach acted as musical director for Marlene Dietrich during her tours of Europe and the United States from 1958-1961.
After meeting Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach went on to write the singer thirty-nine chart singles, eight of which were top ten hits, including '"Walk On By','I Say A Little Prayer' and 'Do You Know The Way To San Jose?'
Towards the end of the 1960s, Bacharach moved into more theatrical work, and his musical 'Promises, Promises' opened on Broadway in 1968, and went on to enjoy a three-year run.
He also wrote a number of scores for the silver screen, among which were the title songs to 'Alfie' (sung by Cilla Black)and 'What’s New, Pussycat?' (a hit for Tom Jones.)
Bacharach’s score for 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' won him two Oscars, for Best Score and Best Theme (for 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head'). He also won a Best Score Grammy for the same film.
Bacharach has continued to write for various artists over the last half-century, and, in 1970, gave The Carpenters their hit single 'Close To You'.
Rhino released a three-disc retrospective of Burt Bacharach’s work in 1998.
born: 12-05-1928
birth place: Kansas City
Burt Bacharach, one of the most prolific songwriters of the twentieth century, showed musical talented from an early age, playing both the cello and the drums before progressing on to the piano.
Bacharach’s father moved him from Kansas City to New York, where he grew up, and he went on to study music at the Mannes School of Music in the city. He also studied at the Berkshire Music Center, the New School of Social Research, McGill University in Montreal, and at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.
His extensive studies were at one point interrupted by a stint in the Army, during which time he was posted in Germany. However, this did not hinder his musical career, and he formed a band there.
In 1957, Burt Bacharach teamed up with Hal David, who became his song-writing partner on most of his hits. Just a year after they had begun working together, the duo penned Perry Como’s hit, 'Magic Moments'.
Bacharach acted as musical director for Marlene Dietrich during her tours of Europe and the United States from 1958-1961.
After meeting Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach went on to write the singer thirty-nine chart singles, eight of which were top ten hits, including '"Walk On By','I Say A Little Prayer' and 'Do You Know The Way To San Jose?'
Towards the end of the 1960s, Bacharach moved into more theatrical work, and his musical 'Promises, Promises' opened on Broadway in 1968, and went on to enjoy a three-year run.
He also wrote a number of scores for the silver screen, among which were the title songs to 'Alfie' (sung by Cilla Black)and 'What’s New, Pussycat?' (a hit for Tom Jones.)
Bacharach’s score for 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' won him two Oscars, for Best Score and Best Theme (for 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head'). He also won a Best Score Grammy for the same film.
Bacharach has continued to write for various artists over the last half-century, and, in 1970, gave The Carpenters their hit single 'Close To You'.
Rhino released a three-disc retrospective of Burt Bacharach’s work in 1998.
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