Biography
Burt Bacharach (born May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, MO) is an American pianist and composer. He studied music at McGill University and Mannes School of Music.
In the 1950s and the early 1960s he was the pianist and bandleader for
Marlene Dietrich.
He teamed with lyricist Hal David and others to write many popular songs in the 1960s and 1970s.
Bacharach's music has been sung by a number of popular singers including Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross, Jack Jones, Tom Jones, Carpenters and Dusty Springfield. The music, which most classify as belonging to the Easy listening genre, has been praised for its distinctive melodies, sophisticated style and at times a light classical feel. So far he has a total of 52 Top 40 hits. In addition many of his songs were adapted by jazz artists of the time, such as Stan Getz and Wes Montgomery.
He has been married four times, to Paula Stewart, actress Angie Dickinson, lyricist Carole Bayer Sager with whom he collaborated on a number of pieces, and currently (as of 2003) Jane Hanson.
In 1998 he collaborated on an album called Painted From Memory with singer/songwriter Elvis Costello.
Bacharach has had cameo roles in a number of Hollywood movies including all three Austin Powers movies.
Known records
Hits
- I Say a Little Prayer For You
- Alfie
External links
- Biography (http://www.bacharachonline.com/bacharach_bio.html)
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