Burt Bacharach dies at 94

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Burt Bacharach, one of pop's greatest songwriters, dies aged 94

The musician wrote enduring classics like Walk On By and I Say A Little Prayer.

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Burt Bacharach, legendary composer of pop songs, dies at 94

Popular composer Burt Bacharach has died at 94. Working with lyricist Hal David, Bacharach penned a long run of hit songs, many of them for Dionne Warwick.

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[shotgun09]

AWW!

So many memorable songs! What a gifted man. RIP

As I type, it's raining here. Guess what song popped into my head after reading this news?

He wrote "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head".

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Burt Bacharach, legendary composer who wrote dozens of pop hits, has died at 94

Bacharach died Wednesday at home in Los Angeles of natural causes, his publicist Tina Brausam said.

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Burt Bacharach, the legendary composer who wrote dozens of pop hits, has died. He was 94.

Bacharach died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles of natural causes, his publicist, Tina Brausam, said Thursday.

He was one of the most prominent composers in the 1960s and '70s, writing several top 10 hits, including Dionne Warwick’s “I Say a Little Prayer” and “Do You Know the Way to San Jose.”

He triumphed in many artforms. He was an eight-time Grammy winner, a prize-winning Broadway composer for “Promises, Promises” and a three-time Oscar winner. He received two Academy Awards in 1970, for the score of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and for the song “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head.”

In 1982, he and his then-wife, lyricist Carole Bayer Sager, won Oscars for “Best That You Can Do,” the theme from "Arthur." His other movie soundtracks included "Alfie," “What’s New Pussycat?” and the 1967 James Bond spoof “Casino Royale.”...

 

[gregjrichards]

Image source link: The Times Burt Bacharach: ‘Alfie would never have seen the light if I had written it today’

May Mr Burt Bacharach Rest In Peace
1928 - 2023

“Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me”

ABBA Thank you for the music lyrics

Thank you for the music Mr Bacharach. I thought the lyrics to the ABBA song Thank you for the music helped express the gratitude I feel for the music he created and gave to the world during his career.

It is very sad Mr Bacharach has passed away. Sincere condolences to all of his loved ones. I am a huge fan of all the music he created and I don’t think I could say there is a song that I don‘t like. There is a wonderful tribute group of performers that tour the UK called Back To Bacharach and I have been to see their show three times. I really enjoyed listening to the wonderful singers and live band performing a selection of Mr Bacharach biggest hits and I don’t think I will ever tire of hearing them.

Mr Bacharach was incredibly talented and he gave a lot of people tremendous joy and happy memories for decades with the music he created. He will be greatly missed.

 

[arielilane]

Music is the universal language of love. moo

Rest easy, Mr. Bacharach.

 

[WiseOwl]

The best version of Walk On By was by The Stranglers in 1978:

Superb!