Burt Bacharach was born on 12 May 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. His birth name was Burt Bacharach.
Burt F. Bacharach (pronounced /ˈbækəræk/) is an American pianist and composer. He is known for his pop hits from the early 1960s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David, many of which were produced for and recorded by Dionne Warwick.
As of 2006, Bacharach had written 70 Top 40 hits in the US, and 52 Top 40 hits in the UK.
Burt Bacharach released the following albums including Burt Bacharach's Greatest Hits (1989), Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (1990), Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969 Film) (1990), Lost Horizon: Original Soundtrack (1973 Film) (1997), Make It Easy On Yourself (1998), Reach Out (1998), The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection (1998), One Amazing Night (1998), 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Burt Bacharach (Millennium Collection) (1999), Man & His Music (2000), Very Best of Burt Bacharach (2001), 60 Greatest Hit Songs (2001), Burt Bacharach Plays His Hits (2002), What the World Needs Now: Burt Bacharach Classics (2003), At This Time (2005), Something Big (2007), Magic Moments-Definitive Burt Bacharach (2008) and Live at the Sydney Opera House (2008).
Burt Bacharach's Greatest Hits
- I'll Never Fall In Love Again
- Make It Easy On Your Self
- This Guy's In Love With You
- Reach Out For Me
- The Look Of Love
- What The World Needs Now Is Love
- I Say A Little Prayer
- Alfie
- Raindrops Keeps Fallin' On My Head
- Wives And Lovers
- (They Long To Be) Close To You
- Living Together, Growing Together
- The Sundance Kid
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
- Not Goin' Home Anymore
- South American Getaway
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Instrumental (Butch Cassidy/Soundtrack Version))
- On A Bicycle Built For Joy
- Come Touch The Sun
- The Old Fun City (N.Y. Sequence)
- Not Goin' Home Anymore (Reprise (Butch Cassidy/Soundtrack Version))
- The Sundance Kid - Burt Bacharach
- Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head - B.J. Thomas
- Not Goin Home Anymore - Burt Bacharach
- South American Getaway - B.J. Thomas
- Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head (Instrumental) - Burt Bacharach
- On A Bicycle Built For Joy - B.J. Thomas
- Come Touch The Sun - Burt Bacharach
- The Old Fun City - Burt Bacharach
- Introduction/ Lost Horizon
- Share The Joy
- The World Is A Circle
- Living Together, Growing Together
- I Might Frighten Her Away
- The Nice Things I Will Not Miss
- If I Could Go Back
- Where Knowledge Ends (Faith Begins)
- Question Me An Answer
- I Come To You
- Reflections
- Lost Horizon (Single Version)
Make It Easy On Yourself
- Promises, Promises
- I'll Never Fall In Love Again
- Knowing When To Leave
- Any Day Now
- Wanting Things
- Whoever You Are I Love You
- Make It Easy On Yourself
- Do You Know The Way To San Jose
- Pacific Coast Highway
- She's Gone Away
- This Guy's In Love With You
Reach Out
- Story of My Life
- Magic Moments
- The Blob
- Please Stay
- I Wake Up Crying
- Tower of Strength
- Baby It's You
- Mexican Divorce
- (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance
- Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)
- Make It Easy on Yourself
- I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
- It's Love That Really Counts (In the Long Run)
- Only Love Can Break a Heart
- (There Goes) The Forgotten Man
- Don't Make Me Over
- Let the Music Play
- Blue on Blue
- True Love Never Runs Smooth
- Blue Guitar
- Reach Out for Me
- Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
- Anyone Who Had a Heart
- A House Is Not a Home
- Wives and Lovers
- Wishin' and Hopin'
- Walk on By
- (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
- Me Japanese Boy I Love You
- To Wait for Love
- Kentucky Bluebird (Send a Message to Martha)
- Land of Make Believe
- The Last One to Be Loved
- Fool Killer
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart
- What the World Needs Now Is Love
- Trains and Boats and Planes
- What's New Pussycat?
- My Little Red Book
- Here I Am
- A Lifetime of Loneliness
- Made in Paris
- Promise Her Anything
- Are You There (With Another Girl)
- Come and Get Me
- Alfie
- In Between the Heartaches
- Nikki
- So Long Johnny
- The Windows of the World
- Take a Broken Heart
- I Say a Little Prayer
- Casino Royale
- The Look of Love
- Do You Know the Way to San José
- This Guy's in Love With You
- Knowing When to Leave
- Promises, Promises
- Pacific Coast Highway
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
- Odds and Ends
- Everybody's out of Town
- I'll Never Fall in Love Again
- (They Long to Be) Close to You
- Paper Maché
- One Less Bell To Answer
- Check Out Time
- Hasbrook Heights
- The Balance of Nature
- Living Together, Growing Together
- You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
- Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
- On My Own
- That's What Friends Are For
- God Give Me Strength
- One Less Bell To Answer
- Always Something There
- God Give Me Strength
- Baby It's You/A Message To Michael
- What's New Pussycat?
- Anyone Who Had A Heart
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
- They Long To Be Close To You
- The Window Of The World/What The World Needs Now
- Wives and Lovers
- Walk On By/Say A Little Prayer/Do You Know the Way To San Jose
- Alfie
- The Look Of Love
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
- This Guy's In Love With You
- I'll Never Fall In Love Again
- Do You Know The Way To San Jose
- What The World Needs Now Is Love
- Alfie
- (They Long To Be) Close To You
- I Say A Little Prayer
- One Less Bell To Answer
- Reach Out For Me
- Don't Make Me Over
Man & His Music
- Do You Know The Way To San Jose
- I Say A Little Prayer
- Ill Never Fall In Love Again
- No One Remembers My Name
- This Guys In Love With You
- Time And Tenderness
- Wives And Lovers
- Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head
- (They Long To Be) Close To You
- The Look Of Love
- Alfie
- Where Are You
- Us
- Another Spring Will Rise
- Message To Michael
- Reach Out For Me
- Bond Street
- The Young Grow Younger Every Day
Very Best of Burt Bacharach
- Baby It's You
- Only Love Can Break a Heart
- Anyone Who Had a Heart
- (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
- Walk on By
- What the World Needs Now Is Love
- Alfie
- What's New Pussycat?
- I Say a Little Prayer
- The Look of Love
- Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
- I'll Never Fall in Love Again
- One Less Bell to Answer
- Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
- That's What Friends Are For
- The Story Of My Life - Michael Holliday
- A House Is Not A Home - Shirley Bassey
- Only Love Can Break A Heart - Gene Pitney
- Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - B J Thomas
- Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) - Chuck Jackson
- 24 Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
- (Theres) Always Something There To Remind Me - Sandie Shaw
- What The World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie Deshannon
- Trains And Boats And Planes - Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas
- Alfie - Cilla Black
- The Look Of Love- Shirley Bassey
- Be True To Yourself - Bobby Vee
- Baby Its You - The Shirelles
- Everybodys Out Of Town - B J Thomas
- I Wake Up Crying - Chuck Jackson
- Anyone Who Had A Heart - Cilla Black
- Ill Never Fal In Love Again - Bobbie Gentry
- Close To You (Thaey Long To Be) - Englebert Humperdink
- This Guys In Love With You - Al Martino
- Whats New Pussycat - Tom Jones
- Keep Me In Mind - Alma Cogan
- Long Ago Tomorrow - B J Thomas
- Make It Easy On Yourself - Cilla Black
- True Love Never Runs Smooth - Gene Pitney
- Keep Away From Other Girls - Helen Shapiro
- Long After Tonight Is All Over - Jimmy Redcliff
- My Little Red Book (All I Do Is Talk About You)- Manfred Man
- Blame It On Me - Peabo Bryson
- Please Stay - The Drifters
- After The Fox - The Hollies Ft Peter Sellers
- Sandy - The Swinging Blue Jeans
- If I Never Get To Love You - Timi Yuro
- Tower Os Strength - Gene Mcdaniels
- Wives And Loafers - Julie London
- I Just Dont Know What To Do With Myself - Tommy Hunt
- Magic Potion - The Searchers
- Come On And Get Me - Jackie Deshannon
- They Dont Give Medals (To Yesterdays Heroes) - Chuck Jackson
- You Belong In Someone Elses Arms - David Whitfield
- Long Day Short Night - The Shirelles
- (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance - Gene Pitney
- Dont Make Me Over - Tommy Hunt
- Crazy Times - Gene Vincent
- Maybe - Peabo Bryson And Roberta Flack
- The Love Of A Boy - Timi Yuro
- Walk On By - Helen Shapiro
- Its Love That Really Counts - The Shirelles
- Reach Out For Me - Nancy Wilson
- This Empty Place - The Searchers
- (There Goes) The Forgotten Man - Jimmy Radcliffe
- Anonymous Phone Call - Frank Ifield
- Another Tear Falls - Gene Mcdaniels
- Lifetime Of Loneliness - Jackie Deshannon
- Live Agin - Irma Thomas
- Me Japanese Boy I Love You - Bobby Goldsboro
- The Answer To Everything - Del Shannon
- The Breaking Point - Chuck Jackson
- Windows And Doors - Jackie Deshannon
- Wishin Snd Hopin - Merseybeats
- Magic Moments - Jula De Palma
Burt Bacharach Plays His Hits
- Trains And Boats And Planes
- My Little Red Book
- Anyone Who Had A Heart
- Always Something There To Remind Me
- 24 Hours From Tulsa
- Walk On By
- Wives And Lovers
- Don't Make Me Over
- Blue On Blue
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart
- What's New Pussycat?
- A House Is Not A Home
- The Last One To Be Loved
- Saturday Sunshine
- And So Goodbye My Love
- Sail Along Silv'ly Moon
- Something Big
- Do You Know The Way To San Jose
- What The World Needs Now Is Love
- I Say A Little Prayer
- Walk On By
- Nikki
- This Guy's In Love With You
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
- The Look Of Love
- Message To Michael
- (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
- I'll Never Fall In Love Again
- A House Is Not A Home
- One Less Bell To Answer
- Reach Out For Me
- Make It Easy On Yourself
- (They Long To Be) Close To You
- Trains And Boats And Planes
- Any Day Now
- Alfie
- Knowing When To Leave
- Promises, Promises
- Medley: Don't Make Me Over / Anyone Who Had A Heart / What's New Pussycat? / Wives & Lovers / 24 Hours From Tulsa
- Please Explain
- Where Did It Go?
- In Our Time - Burt Bacharach, Chris Botti
- Who Are These People? - Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello
- Is Love Enough?
- Can't Give It Up
- Go Ask Shakespeare - Burt Bacharach, Rufus Wainwright
- Dreams - Burt Bacharach, Chris Botti
- Danger
- Fade Away
- Always Taking Aim
Something Big
- Reach Out For Me
- Alfie
- Bond Street
- Are You There (With Another Girl)
- What The World Needs Now Is Love
- The The Look of Love
- A A House Is Not A Home
- I Say A Little Prayer
- The The Windows of the World
- Lisa
- Message To Michael
- The The Bell That Wouldn't Jingle
- Promises, Promises
- I'll Never Fall In Love Again
- Knowing When To Leave
- Any Day Now
- Wanting Things
- Whoever You Are I Love You
- Make It Easy On Yourself
- Do You Know The Way To San Jose
- Pacific Coast Highway
- She's Gone Away
- This Guy's In Love With You
- Mexican Divorce
- (They Long To Be) Close To You
- Nikki
- Wives and Lovers
- All Kinds of People
- And The People Were With Her (Suite For Orchestra)
- April Fools
- Hasbrook Heights
- Freefall
- One Less Bell To Answer
- Something Big
- Monterey Penninsula
- I Come To You
- Walk The Way You Talk
- The The Balance of Nature
- Living Together, Growing Together
- Reflections
- Lost Horizon
- Long Ago Tomorrow
- I Might Frighten Her Away
- I Took My Strength From You (I Had None)
- Features
- Us
- Where Are You?
- We Should Have Met Sooner
- No One Remembers Your Name
- The Young Grow Younger Every Day
- Another Spring Will Rise
- Seconds
- When You Bring Your Sweet Love To Me
- Time and Tenderness
- Summer of '77
- Woman
- Riverboat
- Magdalena
- New York Lady
- There Is Time
- The The Dancing Fool
- I Live in the Woods
- The The Sundance Kid
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
- Not Goin' Home Anymore
- South American Getaway
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
- On a Bicycle Built For Joy
- Come Touch The Sun
- The The Old Fun City (N.Y. Sequence)
- Not Goin' Home Anymore (Reprise)
- Etta's Theme
- Alfie/Do You Know The Way To San Jose [Live]
- Walk On By [Live]
- Come Touch The Sun [Live]
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head [Live]
- The The Look of Love [Live]
- Medley: Don't Make Me OverAnyone Who Had a Heart/What's New, Pussycat/W
- This Guy's In Love With You [Live]
- I'll Never Fall In Love Again [Live]
- (They Long To Be) Close To You [Live]
- Bond Street [Live]
- A A House Is Not a Home [Live]
- Alfie [Live]
- What The World Needs Now Is Love [Live]
- Promises, Promises [Live]
- What The World Needs Now Is Love (Reprises) [Live]
- Saturday Sunshine
- And So Goodbye, My Love
- Don't Make Me Over
- Walk On By
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart
- Blue on Blue
- The The Last One To Be Loved
- (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
- 24 Hours From Tulsa
- Trainsa nd Boats and Planes
- Wives and Lovers
- Saturday Sunshine
- A A House Is Not a Home
- Anyone Who Had a Heart
- What's New, Pussycat
- My Little Red Book (All I Do Is Talk About You)
- After the Fox
- The Fox Trot
- Nikki
- Juanita's Place
- Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
- That's What Friends Are For
- Love Theme From Arthur
- Jackie DeShannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love
- The Carpenters - (They Long To Be)Close To You
- B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
- Nancy Wilson - Reach Out For Me
- The Shirelles - Baby, It's You
- Dionne Warwick - Walk on By
- Dusty Springfield - The Look of Love
- Tommy Hunt - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
- Doris Day - Send Me No Flowers
- Frankie Avalon - Gotta Get A Girl
- Jack Jones - Wives and Lovers
- Cilla Black - Alfie
- Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You
- Tom Jones - Promise Her Anything
- Cliff Richard - It's Wonderful To Be Young (Alternate Take)
- Gene Vincent - Crazy Times
- Charlie Gracie - I Looked For You
- The Five Blobs - The Blob
- Jackie DeShannon - So Long Johnny
- Shirley Bassey - A House Is Not A Home
- Burt Bacharach - Nikki
- Andy Williams - Don't You Believe It
- Jimmy Radcliff - (There Goes) The Forgotten Man
- Billy J Kramer - Trains and Boats and Planes
- Herb Alpert - Casino Royal
- Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who Had A Heart
- Bobbie Gentry - The Windows of the World
- Nat King Cole - Once In A Blue Moon (Instrumental)
- Perry Como - Magic Moments
- Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
- Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
- Dusty Springfield - Wishin' and Hopin'
- Walker Brothers - Make It Easy on Yourself
- Sandie Shaw - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
- Burt Bacharach - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
- Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Fall in Love Again
- The Drifters - Please Stay
- Gene McDaniels - Tower of Strength
- Marty Robbins - The Story of My Life
- Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat
- Vi Velasco - That's Not The Answer
- Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over
- Chuck Jackson -Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)
- Gene Pitney - (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance
- The Drifters - Mexican Divorce
- Dean Barlow - Third Window From The Right
- Adam Wade - Rain From The Skies
- Della Reese - How About
- Helen Shapiro - Keep Away From Other Girls
- Trini Lopez - Made in Paris
- The Merseybeats - It's Love That Really Counts (In the Longrun)
- Manfred Mann - My Little Red Book
- The Searchers - This Empty Place
- Burt Bacharach - Pacific Coast Highway
- Dionne & Friends - That's What Friends Are For
- Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello - God Give Me Strength
- Will Young - What's In Goodbye
- Christopher Cross- Arthur's Theme (The Best You Can Do)
- Neil Diamond - Heartlight
- Burt Baracharch & Rufus Wainwright - Go Ask Shakespeare
- Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello - Who Are These People
- Burt Bacharach - South American Getaway
- B.J. Thomas - Everybody's Out Of Town
- Dionne Warwick - Odds and Ends
- The Hammond Brothers - Thirty Miles of Railway Tracks
- Irma Thomas - Long After Tonight Is All Over
- The Drifters - Let The Music Pla
- Dionne Warwick - Paper Mache
- Keely Smith - One Less Bell To Answer
- Anita Harris - London Life
- Richard Chamberlain - Blue Guitar
- The Drifters - The Land Of Make Believe
- The Stylistics - You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
- Carole Bayer Sager - Just Friends
- Burt Bacharach - Hasbrook Heights --Warner
Live at the Sydney Opera House
- What The World Needs Now Is Love
- Don't Make Me Over
- Walk On By
- This Guy's In Love With You
- I Say A Little Prayer
- Trains And Boats And Planes
- Wishin' And Hopin'
- Always Something There To Remind Me
- One Less Bell To Answer
- I'll Never Fall In Love Again
- Only Love Can Break A Heart
- Do You Know The Way To San Jose
- Anyone Who Had A Heart
- God Give Me Strength
- Make It Easy On Yourself
- On My Own
- Close To You
- The Look Of Love
- Arthur's Theme
- What's New Pussycat?
- The World Is A Circle
- The April Fools
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- Making Love
- Wives And Lovers
- Alfie
- A House Is Not A Home
- Any Day Now
- What The World Needs Now Is Love (Reprise)
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Reprise)
- A House is Not a Home
- After The Fox
- Always Something There to Remind Me
- Close to You
- Do You Know The Way to San Jose
- Everybody's Out of Town
- Painted from Memory
- Tears at The Birthday Party
- The Bell That Couldn't Jimgle
- The Bell That Couldn't Jingle
- The Last Time I Saw My Heart
- The Long Division
- The Story of My Life
- The Sweetest Punch
- The Windows of The World
- They Don't Give Medals (To Yesterday's Heroes)
- This House is Empty Now
- Toledo
- Trains & Boats & Planes
- Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa
- What The World Needs Now is Love
- What's New, Pussycat?
- Who Are These People?
- Wishin' & Hopin'
- You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
- Wives & Lovers
- Liberty Valance
- What's Her Name Today?
- I Still Have That Other Girl
- Can't Give Up
- My Thief
- (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
- (They Long To Be) Close To You
- Such Unlikely Lovers
- Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
- Knowing when to Leave