During the early '60s, Bacharach also collaborated with Bob Hilliard on a number of songs, including "Please Stay" and "Mexican Divorce" for The Drifters, " Any Day Now" for Chuck Jackson, "Tower of Strength" for Gene McDaniels, and "Dreamin' All the Time" and "Pick Up the Pieces" for Jack Jones. Over a 20-year period, beginning in the early 1960s, Warwick charted 38 singles co-written or produced by Bacharach and David, including 22 Top-40, 12 Top-20, and nine Top-10 hits on the American Billboard Hot 100 charts. Bacharach and David started writing a portion of their work with Warwick in mind, leading to one of the most successful teams in popular music history.
The two were associated throughout the '60s with Dionne Warwick, a conservatory-trained vocalist. In the early 1960s, Bacharach wrote well over 100 songs with David. In 1959, their song "Make Room for the Joy" was featured in Columbia's film musical Jukebox Rhythm, sung by Jack Jones. 1 singles in the UK ("The Story of My Life" in a version by Michael Holliday), giving Bacharach and David the honor of being the first songwriters to have written consecutive No. Soon after, " Magic Moments" was recorded by Perry Como for RCA Records, and became a No. Almost a year later, they received a significant career break when their song " The Story of My Life" was recorded by Marty Robbins for Columbia Records, becoming a No. In 1957, Bacharach and lyricist Hal David were introduced while at the Brill Building in New York City, and began their writing partnership. For some years he was musical arranger for Marlene Dietrich as well as touring with her. Following service in the Army, Bacharach worked as a pianist, both as a solo player and as an accompanist for singers such as Vic Damone, Polly Bergen, Steve Lawrence, the Ames Brothers and Paula Stewart (who became his first wife). His composition teachers included Darius Milhaud, Henry Cowell, and Bohuslav Martinů. Bacharach studied music at McGill University, under Helmut Blume, at the Mannes School of Music, and at the Music Academy of the West in Montecito, California. He is the son of Irma (née Freeman) and Bert Bacharach, a well-known syndicated newspaper columnist, and is of German-Jewish descent. īurt Bacharach was born in Kansas City, Missouri, but grew up in the Forest Hills section of New York City, graduating from Forest Hills High School in 1946. Following on with the initial success of this collaboration, Bacharach went on to produce hits with Dusty Springfield, Bobbie Gentry, Jackie DeShannon and others.Īs of 2006, Bacharach had written 70 Top 40 hits in the U.S., and 52 Top 40 hits in the UK. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David.
Bacharach ( / ˈ b æ k ər æ k / BAK-ə-rak born May 12, 1928) is an American pianist, composer and music producer.
Hal David, Elvis Costello, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Marlene Dietrich, Cilla Black, Dr. Burt Bacharach performing in a concert in 2008
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