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Burt Freeman Bacharach (/ ˈ b æ k ər æ k / 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.
John Thompson (real name Raymond Louis Bacharach; born 11 May 1945) [7] is the producer and director of all John Thompson Productions. [8] He studied psychology and art in West Berlin . Prior to founding his company, he worked as a director and cameraman with the German porn label Puaka. [ 3 ]
The Songs of Bacharach & Costello is a box set of recordings from American pop musician Burt Bacharach and British rock musician Elvis Costello, released in 2023. Recorded in the 1990s, it also include miscellaneous recordings of the duo's compositions by other artists and a few new tracks.
Burt Bacharach, one of the most accomplished and revered songwriters in pop music history, died peacefully in his Los Angeles home yesterday (Feb. 8) at the age of 94. Rising to fame in the ‘50s ...
One Amazing Night is a 1998 live tribute show performed by artists such as Dionne Warwick, Elvis Costello, Luther Vandross, Sheryl Crow and others to honor the music of Burt Bacharach. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was recorded live at the Hammerstein Ballroom , New York City with Bacharach himself conducting the orchestra and playing the piano.
Bacharach and David first published the song as "That Guy's in Love" on June 15, 1967. [3] Singer Danny Williams released the song in the U.K. as "That Guy's in Love with You" on his Deram Records LP Danny Williams in early 1968, singing the lyric about a man who suspects his partner is cheating on him. This recording was not released as a ...
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
In the fall of 1968, Bacharach and David were in Boston for previews of Promises, Promises, the new musical for which producer David Merrick had asked if they would write the score, and Merrick realized, "We're missing a song in the middle of the second act, and what we need is something the audience can whistle on their way out of the theater."