The American composer, who has also signed many timeless hits like “Walk on By”, “The Look of Love” or “Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head”, died of natural death, said his agent.
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The death of the American composer Burt Bacharach, author of the famous walk-on-by, The Look of Love Or Raindrops keep falling on my headis due to natural causes, said his agent Thursday, February 9.
Associated for decades with lyricist Hal David, the musician composed the most famous songs of Dionne Warwick, and also worked with countless legends of popular music like Aretha Franklin, Tom Jones, the Carpenters, Elvis Costello, Marlene Dietrich, the Beatles… His song Raindrops keep falling on my Headthe main title of the film’s soundtrack Butch Cassidy and the Kid (1969), had the honors of an entire sequence, out of time, with Paul Newman and Katharine Ross. The performer was singer BJ Thomas.
Among the classics composed by Bacharach, we can also mention What’s new Pussycat (for Tom Jones), What the world needs now is love (for Jackie DeShannon), The look of love (for Dusty Springfield), (They long to be) close to you (the Carpenters recorded the most famous version), That’s what friends are for (for an All Star around Dionne Warwick)On my own (for Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald)…
On the border between jazz and pop, his romantic, melancholy ballads with enchanting melodies have reached the top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. As for the number of its interpreters, it exceeds a thousand, at the end of a career exceeding seven decades.
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