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Popular composer Burt Bacharach has died at 94. Working with lyricist Hal David, Bacharach penned a long run of hit songs, many of them for Dionne Warwick. They...

Burt Bacharach, one of the most prolific composer/songwriters in American history -- responsible for enormous hits like "Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head" and "I Say a Little Prayer" --

Composer Burt Bacharach, whose hits such as "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and "Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head" provided a mellow alternative soundtrack to rock and roll in the 1960s and 1970s,

Bacharach wrote more than 500 songs, many featuring a tinkling piano and subtly seductive horn hooks His songs were recorded by an A-to-Z of artists, literally, from Aretha (Franklin) to Zoot (Sims).

Popular composer Burt Bacharach has died at 94. Working with lyricist Hal David, Bacharach penned a long run of hit songs, many of them for Dionne Warwick. They...

Popular composer Burt Bacharach has died at 94. Working with lyricist Hal David, Bacharach penned a long run of hit songs, many of them for Dionne Warwick. They...

Popular composer Burt Bacharach has died at 94. Working with lyricist Hal David, Bacharach penned a long run of hit songs, many of them for Dionne Warwick. They...

His songs, many written in a 16-year collaboration with lyricist Hal David, were neither rock nor strictly pop. They filled American radio and were featured in major movies, making them as frequently heard in the 1960s and early 1970s as works by the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan

Popular composer and Army veteran Burt Bacharach has died at 94.

His collaborations with the lyricist Hal David — “The Look of Love,” “Walk On By,” “Alfie” and many more hits — evoked a sleek era of airy romance.