The weekend is here! How do you plan to recharge? This week has been nothing short of intense. From the impeachment ...

(It might also have been nice to remind audiences that Aretha Franklin was a major interpreter of that song – among others -- and not just Dionne Warwick!) Still, for almost all my 65 years, this guy ...

Music lovers fall into three camps when they measure the legacy of chart-topping pop music composer Burt Bacharach, who died in 2023 at age 94. First: Those who hum along with his curvy, seductive ...

In 1964, singer-songwriter Todd Rundgren wasn’t quite 16 years old when a Burt Bacharach song first caught his attention. “The first thing I heard, or the first thing I reacted to, was ‘Walk On By’ by ...

Few music fans consider David Bowie to be the missing link between fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Todd Rundgren and legendary pop songwriter Burt Bacharach, who won six Grammy Awards, three ...

Born May 12, 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri, Burt Bacharach met Hal David, born May 25, 1921, in the Brill Building, a New York City office building. From there, an award-winning partnership grew.

In 1995, Elvis Costello got the call. Would he want to work on a song with Burt Bacharach for director Allison Anders’s film, “Grace of My Heart?” He didn’t need time to consider. Costello, whose ...

Songs by the late Burt Bacharach worked neatly as instrumental covers, especially when jazz artists were compelled by labels to record with-it albums of contemporary hits in the 1960s and '70s. Like ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The perfectionist composer was content with being a one-hit musical-theater wonder, calling the experience the hardest thing he had ever done. By ...

In 1968, Jonathan Tunick was a young orchestrator working with Burt Bacharach on his Broadway show, "Promises, Promises." "I'll Never Fall in Love Again' came late in the production of the show," he ...

I revere the late great Burt Bacharach so much that he's in the pantheon of composers of the past half century, up there with the likes of Lennon-McCartney, Stephen Sondheim and Brian Wilson. His ...

Bacharach, a legendary songwriter, died on Wednesday at age 94 Burt Bacharach played a pivotal role in the timeless film series Austin Powers. Following the death of the legendary songwriter on ...