Burt

“It’s a short form, three and a half minutes, so everything counts. You can get away with murder in a 40-minute piece but not in three and a half,” Burt Bacharach said of pop songs.…

Elvis Costello opened his 10-night run at New York’s Gramercy Theatre on Thursday with a tribute to his longtime collaborator Burt Bacharach, the legendary composer who died Wednesday at 94.…

Diane Warren is the prolific songwriter behind such pop smashes as Celine Dion’s “Because You Loved Me,” Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” LeAnn Rimes’ “How Do I Live” and Cher’s…

Composer Burt Bacharach, whose hits such as “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” and “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” provided a mellow alternative soundtrack…

Music poured out of Burt Bacharach like martinis out of an ice-cold shaker.For more than half a century, the composer, producer, conductor and sometime performer provided the soundtrack for…

Issued on: 09/02/2023 - 18:31 Legendary American pop composer, songwriter and pianist Burt Bacharach, whose prolific output…

Dionne Warwick paid tribute Thursday to late composer Burt Bacharach, the essential musician behind her signature hits “I Say a Little Prayer” and “Do You Know the Way to San Jose.”“Burt’s…

By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Burt Bacharach, the singularly gifted and popular composer who delighted millions with the quirky…

At the Brill Building, the legendary songwriters’ mecca on Broadway in New York City, composer Burt Bacharach first teamed with lyricist Hal David in 1956. Over the next decade, the two…

Paul Dano has made a career of playing shapeshifting oddballs, including Eli Sunday (and his twin brother) in “There Will Be Blood,” Beach Boys virtuoso Brian Wilson in “Love & Mercy,”…