"I was Jewish, but I didn't want anybody to know about it." īacharach showed a keen interest in jazz as a teenager, disliking his classical piano lessons, and often used a fake ID to gain admission into 52nd Street nightclubs. "But the kids I knew were Catholic," he added. His family was Jewish, but he said that they did not practice or give much attention to their religion.
His mother was an amateur painter and songwriter and encouraged Bacharach to practice piano, drums and cello during his childhood. (née Freeman) and Mark Bertram "Bert" Bacharach, a well-known syndicated newspaper columnist. Early life and education īacharach was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, graduating from Forest Hills High School in 1946. In 2012, the duo received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first time the honor has been given to a songwriting team. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked Bacharach and David at number 32 for their list of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. A significant figure in easy listening, he influenced later musical movements such as chamber pop and Shibuya-kei. His accolades include six Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards, and one Emmy Award.īacharach is described by writer William Farina as "a composer whose venerable name can be linked with just about every other prominent musical artist of his era" in later years, his songs were newly appropriated for the soundtracks of major feature films, by which time "tributes, compilations, and revivals were to be found everywhere". Those that topped the Billboard Hot 100 include " This Guy's in Love with You" ( Herb Alpert, 1968), " Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (Thomas, 1969), " (They Long to Be) Close to You" ( the Carpenters, 1970), " Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" ( Christopher Cross, 1981), " That's What Friends Are For" (Warwick, 1986), and " On My Own" (Carole Bayer Sager, 1986). Thomas.īacharach wrote seventy-three U.S. Following the initial success of these collaborations, Bacharach wrote hits for singers such as Gene Pitney, Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, and B. From 1961 to 1972, most of Bacharach and David's hits were written specifically for and performed by Dionne Warwick, but earlier associations (from 1957 to 1963) saw the composing duo work with Marty Robbins, Perry Como, Gene McDaniels, and Jerry Butler. Over 1,000 different artists have recorded Bacharach's songs. He arranged, conducted, and produced much of his recorded output. Bacharach's music is characterized by unusual chord progressions and time signature changes, influenced by his background in jazz, and uncommon selections of instruments for small orchestras. Starting in the 1950s, he composed hundreds of pop songs, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. Burt Freeman Bacharach ( / ˈ b æ k ər æ k/ BAK-ə-rak May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music.
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