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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.
While she was performing background on the Drifters' recording of their 1962 release "Mexican Divorce", Warwick's voice and star presence were noticed by the song's composer, Burt Bacharach, [13] a Brill Building songwriter who was writing songs with many other songwriters, including lyricist Hal David. [14]
Rob (Shrock) Shirakbari is an American musician, composer, record producer, and arranger, best known for being long-time music director for Dionne Warwick (1985–present) and Burt Bacharach (1996 - 2010) [1] and as producer, co-writer, and music director for Rumer (2013–present).
Bacharach co-wrote a number of Warwick’s biggest hits, including Walk On By and Do You Know The Way To San Jose. Burt Bacharach’s death ‘like losing a family member’, says Dionne Warwick ...
Bacharach was a “swinger,” as they called such men in his time, whose many romances included actor Angie Dickinson, to whom he was married from 1965-80, and Sager, his wife from 1982-1991.
Grammy and Oscar winner worked with many musicians including Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones
Dionne Warwick Hal David - - 1970 - B side to Paper Mache "The Green Grass Starts to Grow" Dionne Warwick Hal David: 43 - 1971 "All Kinds Of People" Dionne Warwick Hal David - - "Who Gets the Guy" Dionne Warwick Hal David: 57 - "Long Ago Tomorrow" B. J. Thomas Hal David: 61 - 1973 "Living Together, Growing Together" The 5th Dimension: Hal David ...
"Mexican Divorce" is the title of a 1961 song by Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard, which was issued as single in 1962 by The Drifters. [8] It is also the song where Bacharach first met Dionne Warwick, one of the background singers, for whom he would later write numerous top hits. [9]