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Burt Bacharach has Died [1]

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Date: 2023-02-09  

I wish I knew where to begin.

Burt Bacharach, composer of what was the soundtrack of my life died yesterday. He was 94.

How do you sum up the life of a brilliant composer who, along with such lyricists as Hal David, wrote more hit songs dating back to the early 60’s than there are stars in the sky? You can’t. But, I will list a few of them:

“Magic Moments”—Perry Como

“Tower of Strength”—Gene McDaniels

“Baby It’s You”---The Shirelles

“The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”—Gene Pitney

“Make it Easy on Yourself”—Jerry Butler

“Don’t Make Me Over”—Dionne Warwick

“Wishin’ and Hopin”----Dionne Warwick

“Blue on Blue”—Bobby Vinton

“Close to You”---Carpenters

“Wives and Lovers”—Jack Jones

“Anyone Who Had a Heart”—Dionne Warwick

“Walk on By”—Dionne Warwick

“What the World Needs Now”—Jackie DeShannon

“What’s New, Pussycat?” Tom Jones

“Alfie”—Cilla Black

“The Look of Love”—Dusty Springfield

...And, many, many more.

I would be remiss if I did not give credit for the Oscars he and Hal David won for Best Original Song and Soundtrack for “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. And, with that, I will close.

What a terrible loss.

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