Burt Bacharach - Biography

Last Editor: malia				Burt Bacharach Biography -   Name : Burt Bacharach Date of birth : 12 May 1928 Place of birth : Kansas City, Missouri, USA Height : 5' 8

Burt Bacharach Trivia -

Born at 1:10am-CST Awarded the Polar Music Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Award, in 2001. Filed suit for $15M against an Indianapolis theatre, where he claims to have fallen and broken his shoulder on an uneven floor. [19 March 2001] Was a former accompanist for Marlene Dietrich. Was nominated for Broadway's 1969 Tony Award for his music and lyrics as part of a Best Musical nomination for "Promises! Promises!"

Burt Bacharach Detailed Biography -

Bacharach studied music at McGill University and Mannes School of Music. In the 1950s and the early 1960s he was the pianist, arranger and bandleader for Marlene Dietrich with whom he toured. He teamed with lyricist Hal David and others to write many popular songs in the 1960s and 1970s. 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", originally recorded by Manfred Mann for the film What's New, Pussycat, and promptly covered by Love (band) in 1965, has become a rock standard. He has been married four times, to Paula Stewart (1953-1958), to actress Angie Dickinson (1965-1980), to lyricist Carole Bayer Sager (1982-1991) - with whom he collaborated on a number of pieces - and (since 1993) Jane Hanson. He has a total of four children, two girls and two boys. In 1998 he collaborated on an album called Painted From Memory with singer/songwriter Elvis Costello. His 2005 album At This Time features collaborations with Costello, Rufus Wainwright, and Dr. Dre (who provides bass-and-drum loops). Bacharach has had cameo roles in a number of Hollywood movies including all three Austin Powers movies. His music is also credited as providing inspiration for these movies. On Status Quo's album Heavy Traffic, Track number 8 is named "Diggin' Burt Bacharach".