Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach merupakan seorang pianis dan komposer berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat yang menjadi terkenal saat membuat pop hits pada tahun 1962-1970, dengan lirik ditulis oleh Hal David. Dia dilahirkan pada 12 Mei 1928) di Kansas City, Missouri. Dia berkarir di dunia musik sejak tahun 1957.

Diskografi

Album

• Hitmaker! Burt Bacharach Plays His Hits (1965)
• What's New Pussycat (Film Soundtrack) (1965)
• After the Fox (Film Soundtrack) (1966)
• Reach Out (1967)
• Casino Royale (Film Soundtrack) (1967)
• On The Flip Side (Television soundtrack) (1967)
• Make it Easy on Yourself (1969)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Film Soundtrack) (1969)
• Promises, Promises (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1969)
• Burt Bacharach (1971)
• Lost Horizon (Film soundtrack) (1973)
• Burt Bacharach in Concert (1974)
• Living Together (1974)
• Futures (1977)
• Woman (1979)
• Arthur (Film soundtrack) (1981)
• Night Shift (Film soundtrack) (1982)
• Arthur 2: On The Rocks (Film soundtrack) (1988)
• One Amazing Night (1998)
• Painted From Memory with Elvis Costello (1998)
• Isley Meets Bacharach: Here I Am with Ronald Isley (2003)*
• At This Time (2005)

Lagu

• "The Story of My Life" (Marty Robbins, (US Country and Western no. 1, pop no. 15, 1957 - his first hit)
• "Magic Moments" (Perry Como, US no. 4 / UK no. 1, 1957/1958 - his first big pop hit)
• "The Blob" (The Five Blobs, 1958 with Mack David—brother of Hal David—from the movie The Blob)
• "Heavenly" (Johnny Mathis 1959)
• "Faithfully" (Johnny Mathis 1959)
• "Baby It's You" (The Shirelles, 1961, then The Beatles, 1963, then Smith, 1969 US #8)
• "Please Stay" (The Drifters, 1961; The Cryin' Shames, 1965; Marc Almond, 2001)
• "Any Day Now" (Chuck Jackson, 1962, Elvis Presley, 1969, then Ronnie Milsap, 1982)
• "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" (Gene Pitney, 1962)
• "Only Love Can Break A Heart" (Gene Pitney, (1962)
• "Don't Make Me Over" (Dionne Warwick, US # 21 1962) (The Swinging Blue Jeans, 1966) (Petula Clark in 1976), (Sybil, 1989)
• "Make It Easy On Yourself" (Dionne Warwick, demo 1962, then Jerry Butler), 1962, then a UK no. 1 for The Walker Brothers, 1965); then Dionne Warwick live from Garden State Arts Center, US # 37 1970)
• "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa" (Gene Pitney, 1963)
• "Blue on Blue" (Bobby Vinton, 1963)
• "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Dionne Warwick, US # 8, UK# 42 1963, Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield, 1964, Tim Curry in 1978, Luther Vandross in 1986, Linda Ronstadt in 1991, (Maureen McGovern in 1992) and Olivia Newton-John in 2004)
• "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Richard Chamberlain, 1963, then Dionne Warwick, 1964, Johnny Mathis and The Carpenters (US no. 1, 1970). In 1969 Grammy nominee Record of the Year.
• "Wives and Lovers" (Jack Jones, 1963). Grammy nominee Record of the Year and Song of the Year
• "Wishin' and Hopin'" (Dionne Warwick, 1963, then Dusty Springfield (who had a U.S. Top Ten hit with it), 1964, Ani DiFranco (on the My Best Friend's Wedding soundtrack), 1997, Stephanie McIntosh, 2006)
• "Walk on By" Dionne Warwick, US # 6, UK # 8 1964, then Isaac Hayes, 1970 and The Stranglers in 1978) 1983 Jo Jo Zep, 1989 Sybil, 2006 Seal
• "Reach Out For Me" Lou Johnson, 1964, then Dionne Warwick, US #20,Canada #12, UK#23 1964
• "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" (Dusty Springfield, (UK no. 3 hit, 1964, Dionne Warwick, US no. 26 hit, 1966, then The White Stripes, 2003)
• "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" (Dionne Warwick, 1964, then Sandie Shaw, UK no. 1, 1964, then Naked Eyes, 1982)
• "A House Is Not a Home" (Brook Benton, 1964, Dionne Warwick, 1964, then Luther Vandross, (1981)
• "You'll Never Get to Heaven" 1964 Dionne Warwick)US #32, UK #12, Canada #23, then Stylistics, 1972)
• "What the World Needs Now Is Love" 1965 Jackie DeShannon)US #7, then Dionne Warwick 1967, then Daniel Johnston, 1988; Dionne Warwick and the Hip-Hop Nation United, 1998
• "What's New Pussycat?" (Tom Jones, 1965, from the film What's New, Pussycat?, US #3)

This song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1965.

• "Here I Am" (Dionne Warwick, 1965, from the film What's New, Pussycat?, US #65 AC #11, Canada # 19)
• "Message to Michael" (Dionne Warwick, US # 8 1966, originally recorded as "A Message to Martha" Lou Johnson, 1964, Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo in 1970)
• "Alfie" (Cilla Black, 1966 UK #8, US # 95, then Cher, US # 33 1966, then Dionne Warwick, US # 15, # 5 R & B 1967, originally from the movie of the same name)

This song was nominated for the Academy Award for Original Song in 1966, and won Bacharach a Grammy for instrumental arrangement in 1967.

• "My Little Red Book" (Love, 1966) (Tony Middleton, 1965)
• "The Windows of the World" (Dionne Warwick, 1967)
• "I Say a Little Prayer" (Dionne Warwick, 1967-US # 4, then Aretha Franklin-US # 10, 1968, then Diana King, 1997)
• "The Look of Love" (Dusty Springfield, 1967, from the soundtrack of the movie Casino Royale, Dionne Warwick, 1967, then Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66, 1968, Roger Williams, 1969)

This song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1967.

• "One Less Bell to Answer" (Keely Smith, 1967, then The 5th Dimension, 1970 US #2, then (Dionne Warwick), 1971)
• "This Guy's in Love with You" (Herb Alpert, US no. 1, (4 weeks, 1968); (Dionne Warwick), 1969, No. 7)

This song was also recorded much later by Oasis' Noel Gallagher in tribute to Bacharach on his 70th Birthday. According to Robin Platts' book What The World Needs Now the song was not written with Alpert, a non-singer with limited range, in mind, but was altered to suit him. The song was originally written as "That Guy's In Love With You".

• "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" (Dionne Warwick, 1968-US #10, UK #8)
• "Promises, Promises" (Dionne Warwick, 1968-US # 19, and Jill O'Hara, 1968) Dionne Warwick's version was released prior to the show's opening and the Broadway cast album release. Bacharach recorded Dionne's Promises, Promises as a guide track for the cast to sing the difficult tune. The B" side of Warwick's single was another Bacharach/David tune from the show "Whoever You Are (I Love You)". The Broadway soundtrack won Bacharach a Grammy in 1969.
• "The April Fools" (Dionne Warwick, 1969, from the film The April Fools, US #37, AC #8, Canada # 32)
• "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (B.J. Thomas, US no. 1, 1969, Johnny Mathis 1969 in Great Britain, Sacha Distel, 1969 in Continental Europe, from the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)

This song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1969. Bacharach also won the Academy Awards and Grammy for Original Score for the movie. Grammy nominee Song of the Year

• "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (Dionne Warwick (US # 6 1969) then Bobbie Gentry (UK no. 1, 1969), Anne Murry in 1971, originally from the musical Promises, Promises). Grammy nominee Song of the Year [competed against himself in this category]
• "Let Me Go To Him" (Dionne Warwick, 1970, US #32 AC #5, Canada # 30)
• "Paper Mache" (Dionne Warwick, 1970, US #43, AC # 6)
• "The Green Grass Starts to Grow" (Dionne Warwick, 1971, US #43, AC #2, Canada # 35)
• "Who Gets the Guy" (Dionne Warwick, 1971, US #57 R & B 41, AC # 6)
• "Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)" (Christopher Cross, 1981, from the movie Arthur)

This song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1981. Grammy nominee Record of the Year and Song of the Year

• "That's What Friends Are For" (1982)

This song was originally written for the movie Night Shift and performed on the soundtrack by Rod Stewart. In 1986, a version by Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, and Elton John became an enormous hit, raising millions for AIDS charities. The song also won the Grammy for Song of the Year. Grammy nominee Record of the Year

• "On My Own" (Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald, US no. 1, 1986)
• "Love Power" (Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne, US no. 12, AC # 1, 1987)

Pranala luar

• Burt Bacharach live in the Hunter valley*
• Bacharach Online
• Burt Bacharach's career Original concert photos, career timeline, all published songs with writer credit, publication year with US and international music chart rankings, and current news.
• Burt Bacharach di Internet Broadway Database
• Burt Bacharach di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
• Burt Bacharach dalam Songwriters Hall of Fame
• Art of the States: Burt Bacharach
• a database of recordings of Burt Bacharach's songs
• Rhinocasts Podcast interview with Ron Shapiro
• Burt's blog.
• A 2006 audio interview
• [1] Performance of The Look Of Love by Julian Lloyd Webber
• "The Dionne Warwick Channel" -YouTube site containing over 100 Dionne Warwick tunes with rare photos and information on each tune, including those produced by Burt Bacharach
• "The Recordings of Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick"-YouTube playlist containing 71 Bacharach/Warwick recordings and the backstory of each tune.