Burt Bacharach remembered by Elvis Costello | Burt Bacharach
I’m Just A Lucky So And So – that’s a lyric Mack David wrote in 1945 for Duke Ellington, the same Mack David who co-wrote Baby It’s You with Burt Bacharach, a song I first […]
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Elvis Costello describes the late Burt Bacharach as an ‘extremist’ – Music News
Elvis Costello has described the late Burt Bacharach as “extreme in love and invention”. The songwriting pals first met in 1989 while working at the same recording studio and worked together for almost three decades. […]
Legendary Pop Composer Burt Bacharach Dies at 94
Photo Credit: Marco Rosanova / CC by 3.0 A dominant force in American pop music for over 50 years, songwriter, composer, and producer Burt Bacharach died of natural causes at age 94. Legendary songwriter, arranger, […]
Elvis Costello covers three Burt Bacharach songs at Gramercy
Elvis Costello opened his 10-night run at New York’s Gramercy Theatre on Thursday with a tribute to his longtime collaborator Burt Bacharach, the legendary composer who died Wednesday at 94. Costello, 68, covered three of […]
Dionne Warwick pays tribute to composer Burt Bacharach
Dionne Warwick paid tribute Thursday to late composer Burt Bacharach, the essential musician behind her signature hits “I Say a Little Prayer” and “Do You Know the Way to San Jose.” “Burt’s transition is like […]
Burt Bacharach, visionary pop composer, has died at 94 : NPR
Burt Bacharach, pictured here in 1970, wrote music that was accessible — it even sounds simple. But there is nothing simple about it. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images […]
Burt Bacharach, legendary composer, dead at 94
Legendary composer Burt Bacharach, whose hits include “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” and “I Say a Little Prayer,” has died. He was 94. The Oscar winner died Wednesday […]
‘Austin Powers’ director Jay Roach salutes Burt Bacharach
Ladies and gentleman, Mr. Burt Bacharach! The celebrated pop composer made cameos in all three “Austin Powers” movies, with star Mike Myers throwing to him at the end of Jay Roach’s 1997 espionage spoof “Austin […]
Burt Bacharach: an astonishing creator of impermeable classics and supersmooth pop | Music
With the arrival of rock’n’roll, pop music divided, broadly speaking, into two categories. There was music aimed squarely at the recently discovered teenager that frequently seemed to have the specific intention of alienating their forebears. […]
Legendary composer Burt Bacharach dies – Music News
Iconic composer and producer Burt Bacharach has died at the age of 94. According to publicist Tina Brausam, Bacharach passed away of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday. No further details […]