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'''Burt Bacharach''' (May 12, 1929 - February 18, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, pianist and record producer. Together with Hal David, he wrote numerous hit songs for musicians as varied as Cilla Black, [[Richard Carpenter]], [[Christopher Cross]], Jackie DeShannon, Gene Pitney, Marty Robbins, Dusty Springfield and Dionne Warwick. His best-known songs are ''The Story Of My Life'' (1957), ''Baby, It's You'' (1961), ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962), ''(They Long to Be) Close to You'' (1963), ''Walk On By'' (1964), ''What the World Needs Now Is Love'' (1965), ''What's New Pussycat'' (1965), ''My Little Red Book'' (1965), ''The Look of Love'' (1967), ''I Say a Little Prayer'' (1967), ''Do You Know the Way to San Jose?'' (1968),''Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head'' (1969), ''I'll Never Fall In Love Again'' (1969) and ''Arthur's Theme'' (1981).

[[Earle Dumler]] once performed and recorded with Bacharach.

==Frank Zappa==

Frank Zappa and his band quoted ''My Little Red Book'' during ''[[America Drinks]]''. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/songs/My_Little_Red_Book.html</ref>

''Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head'' is quoted in ''[[Beloit Sword Trick]]'' in Beloit, [[Wisconsin]], 24 October 1970), and in ''[[Sleeping In A Jar]]'' in New York NY, 13 November 1970. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/songs/Raindrops_Keep_Fallin'_On_My_Head.html</ref>

''The Look Of Love'' and ''Wives and Lovers'' are background music during ''[[The Mudshark Interview]]'' on ''[[Cheap Thrills]]''. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/songs/Wives_And_Lovers.html</ref> <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/songs/The_Look_Of_Love.html</ref>

==Frank Zappa about Burt Bacharach==

''"And the other thing that I really enjoyed were the early compositions of David and Bacharach. I thought that they were so good because prior to that time there had been little of bitonal or polytonal harmonic implication in American pop music, and we are to thank them for providing them through those early Dionne Warwick recordings."'' - Frank Zappa in ''[[Frank Zappa: The SongTalk Interview]]''

==References==
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==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:Burt Bacharach]]

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-'''Burt Bacharach''' (May 12, 1929 - February 18, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, pianist and record producer. Together with Hal David, he wrote numerous hit songs for musicians as varied as Cilla Black, [[Richard Carpenter]], [[Christopher Cross]], Jackie DeShannon, Gene Pitney, Marty Robbins, Dusty Springfield and Dionne Warwick. His best-known songs are ''The Story Of My Life'' (1957), ''Baby, It's You'' (1961), ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962), ''(They Long to Be) Close to You'' (1963), ''Walk On By'' (1964), ''What the World Needs Now Is Love'' (1965), ''What's New Pussycat'' (1965), ''My Little Red Book'' (1965), ''The Look of Love'' (1967), ''I Say a Little Prayer'' (1967), ''Do You Know the Way to San Jose?'' (1968),''Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head'' (1969), ''I'll Never Fall In Love Again'' (1969) and ''Arthur's Theme'' (1981).
+'''Burt Bacharach''' (May 12, 1929 - February 18, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, pianist and record producer. Together with Hal David, he wrote numerous hit songs for musicians as varied as Cilla Black, [[Richard Carpenter]], [[Christopher Cross]], Jackie DeShannon, Gene Pitney, Marty Robbins, Dusty Springfield and Dionne Warwick.
 [[Earle Dumler]] once performed and recorded with Bacharach.

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