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The enormity of Bacharach’s talent and contributions cannot be overstated. Born in Kansas City, Mo, and educated at music at conservatories in Montreal, New York and California, he was a master composer and arranger, not to mention a pretty fair pianist. He could lay out a melody like other people turn on a sink. And when paired with great lyricists — especially Hal David and, later, Carole Bayer Sager and Elvis Costello — Bacharach created timeless works that were strong enough to sustain multiple “definitive” versions.

a b Barber, Richard (June 10, 2016), "Burt Bacharach at 88: 'Why would I ever want to stop?'", The Telegraph U.K. a b c d McEvoy, Colin (February 9, 2023). "What It Was Like to Work with Burt Bacharach, in the Words of his Collaborators". Biography . Retrieved February 11, 2023. a b Bacharach, Burt. Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Music, HarperCollins (2013), ebook Chapter 15, "Lost Horizon". Burt Bacharach; ('54, '55, '56) viola; 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner www.musicacademy.org. Retrieved November 21, 2021. Grammys 2021: Complete list of winners and nominees". CBS News. March 15, 2021 . Retrieved February 14, 2023.a b Burlingame, Jon (2012). The Music of James Bond. Oxford University Press. p.68. ISBN 9780199986767. Vincent Terrace (June 19, 2013). "On the Flip Side". Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012, 2d Ed. McFarland & Company. p.286. ISBN 9780786474448. a b Heller Anderson, Susan (July 13, 1991). "Chronicle: Discord in the pop-music world". The New York Times. That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (songwriters) (2017)

Bacharach also suggested in interviews he gave to promote his autobiography that he and David were out of inspiration by the time they stopped working together. Discussing the breakup of their artistic partnership in a 2013 interview with author Mitch Albom, Bacharach said: Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen& Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2005)Burt Bacharach would continue to release albums and have his songs recorded all through the 1970s, 80s, and onward. He continued to have multiple modern day hits scoring big with Arthur’s Theme and the huge 1985 hit “That’s What Friends Are For.” One of his later day great projects was an album of new songs he recorded and wrote with Elvis Costello in 1998 entitled Painted from Memory. The album won a Grammy Award . The two reunited in 2018 and wrote three new songs together that appeared on Elvis Costello’s new album. Find sources: "Burt Bacharach"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( February 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) In 1956, at the age of 28, Bacharach's productivity increased when composer Peter Matz recommended him to Marlene Dietrich, who needed an arranger and conductor for her nightclub shows. [31] He then became a part-time music director for Dietrich, the actress and singer who had been an international screen star in the 1930s. [32] They toured worldwide off and on until the early 1960s. When they were not touring, he wrote songs. [33] As a result of his collaboration with Dietrich, he gained his first major recognition as a conductor and arranger. [34] [35]

Composer Burt Bacharach dies aged 94". Independent.ie. February 9, 2023 . Retrieved February 17, 2023. Burt Bacharach: A Composer Steps Onstage with Shower of Swinging, Successful Melodies", Chicago Tribune, June 14, 1970.In 2018, Bacharach released "Live to See Another Day", co-written with Rudy Pérez and featuring the Miami Symphony Orchestra; the song was dedicated to survivors of gun violence in schools, as the proceeds from the release went to the charity Sandy Hook Promise, a non-profit organization founded and led by several family members whose children had been killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. [95] [96] Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash& Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2009) The Grammy and Academy Award winner wrote or co-wrote seven No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in his lifetime, and they reigned in four distinct decades. Here’s a rundown, listed chronologically: Pigeonholed,'Says Bacharach Of Image". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 1, 1979 – via Google Books.