Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach (born May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a Jewish-American pianist and composer.

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Bacharach studied music at McGill University and Mannes School of Music. In the 1950s and the early 1960s he was the pianist and bandleader for Marlene Dietrich. He teamed with lyricist Hal David and others to write many popular songs in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Bacharach's music has been sung by a number of popular singers including the Carpenters, Aretha Franklin, Jack Jones, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Luther Vandross, and especially Dionne Warwick, who recorded his demos. His music, which is mostly classified as Easy listening has been praised for its distinctive melodies, sophisticated style, and light classical feel. He has a total of 52 Top 40 hits. In addition, many of his songs were adapted by jazz artists of the time, such as Stan Getz and Wes Montgomery. The Bacharach-David composition "My Little Red Book", written for

May 12: May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). There are 233 days remaining....

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