Burt Bacharach
Pop music, Musical Artist
1928 –
Who is Burt Bacharach?
Burt F. Bacharach is an American singer–songwriter, composer, record producer and pianist. A six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy Award winner, he is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many with lyrics written by Hal David as part of the duo Bacharach and David.
Most of their hits were written specifically for and performed by Dionne Warwick, but early on they worked with Gene Pitney and Gene McDaniels. Following the initial success of these collaborations, Bacharach went on to write hits for The Carpenters, Dusty Springfield, Bobbie Gentry, Jackie DeShannon, Tom Jones, Herb Alpert, B.J. Thomas and others.
As of 2012, Bacharach had written 73 Top 40 hits in the U.S. and 52 Top 40 hits in the UK.
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- Born
- May 12, 1928
Kansas City - Also known as
- Burt P. Bacharach
- Burt F. Bacharach
- Parents
- Spouses
- Angie Dickinson
(1965/05/15 - 1980) - Carole Bayer Sager
(1982/04/03 - 1991/07/11) - Paula Stewart
(1953/12/22 - 1958) - Jane Hansen
(1993 - )
- Angie Dickinson
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Mannes College of Music
- McGill University
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on July 23, 2013
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