Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach.
He has won 6 Grammys and 3 Oscars.
He has written SEVENTY-THREE (73) Top 40 hits in the US. (52 in the UK).
He won the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by the Library of Congress.
Although he is not known for the recordings of the songs he wrote, the songs recorded by other stars are massively popular, including:
I Say a Little Prayer
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
The Look of Love
They Long to be Close to You
Do You Know the Way to San Jose
Walk on By
There’s Always Something There to Remind Me
What the World Needs Now is Love
Reach Out for Me
Baby It’s You
24 Hours From Tulsa
Make it Easy on Yourself
What’s New Pussycat?
Don’t Make Me Over
Tower of Strength
Trains and Boats and Planes
I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself
I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
Alfie
Wishin’ and Hopin’
This Guy’s In Love With You
A House is Not a Home
Anyone Who Had a Heart
That’s What Friends Are For
Arthur’s Theme (The Best You Can Do)
Heartlight
On My Own
And lots more. Many of these songs you already have in Songpop in other playlists, so it shouldn’t be too hard to assemble a proper Songs of Burt Bacharach playlist.
PLEASE make it happen!!!!!!!
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With a hit-single track record spanning four decades, Burt Bacharach became one of the most important composers of popular music in the 20th century, up there with such classic tunesmiths as George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Brian Wilson and Lennon/McCartney. 0
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