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“Their work with is unsurpassed, and Bacharach with Elvis Costello? Forget it. “The songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David canvassed my childhood and soundtracked every cool cocktail party back in the day,” wrote singer and former teen idol Shaun Cassidy on Twitter. He also collaborated on an acclaimed, Grammy-winning album, “Painted From Memory,” in 1998 with English singer-songwiter Elvis Costello. Later in his career Bacharach cemented his status as a ’60s icon by appearing as himself in all three “Austin Powers” movies. Thomas, it topped the charts after appearing prominently in the film. He also wrote “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,” for “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” the 1969 western starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Some of his biggest hits were written for movies.īacharach composed and arranged music for the 1967 James Bond spoof “Casino Royale,” which included “The Look of Love” by Dusty Springfield, Susanna Hoffs, singer and co-founder of The Bangles, tweeted a photo of Bacharach, writing, “Peace and love, Burt Bacharach.” “Farewell Burt Bacharach, you were a king.” “One of the greatest songwriting legacies in the history of ever,” Burgess wrote. My heartfelt condolences goes out to his family letting them know he is now peacefully resting and I too will miss him.”īritish musician Thomas Burgess also paid tribute.
On the lighter side we laughed a lot and had our run ins but always found a way to let each other know our family like roots were the most important part of our relationship. “These words I’ve been asked to write are being written with sadness over the loss of my Dear Friend and my Musical Partner. “Burt’s transition is like losing a family member,” Warwick said in a statement to CNN on Thursday.
In 2008 the Grammys proclaimed him music’s greatest living composer. Over his long career Bacharach earned almost every major award in music, including six Grammys, three Oscars and - with Hal David - the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, awarded by the Library of Congress. “Never be afraid of something that you can whistle,” Bacharach told NPR’s Scott Simon in 2013. One of his biggest and most impactful hits was “That’s What Friends Are For,” the charity collaboration between Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder that topped the charts in 1986 and raised millions for AIDS research. Many of them - “Say a Little Prayer,” “Walk on By,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” - became hits for Warwick, one of the biggest-selling female vocalists of the 1960s.īacharach also wrote such massive hits as Perry Como’s “Magic Moments,” the Shirelles’ “Baby It’s You,” Tom Jones’ “What’s New Pussycat?”, Jackie DeShannon’s “What the World Needs Now is Love,” Herb Alpert’s “This Guy’s In Love With You,” Neil Diamond’s “Heartlight” and the Patti Labelle-Michael McDonald duet “On My Own.” And yet Bacharach, with longtime collaborator Hal David, churned out many of the catchiest songs of the era.
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