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NPR Music's Tiny Desk series continues a celebration of Black History Month with this set from Lee Fields.

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have been offering life lessons to their fervent fans for nearly four decades; here, they play a set of stone-cold classics, including "Closer to Fine."

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, has died at the age of 94.

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).

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

Famous Jewish composer Burt Bacharach has died of natural causes aged 94.

By Bill Trott (Reuters) -Composer Burt Bacharach, whose hits such as "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" provide...

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).

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).