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R backarach composed hits for the carpenters, luther van dross, tom jones and dionne warwick. ♪ i'll be on your side forever more ♪ ♪ that's what friends are for ♪ >> reporter: bacharach collaborated with carol bayer sager, his second wife of four. he was born may 12th, 1928 where he won a music scholarship to the academy of the west, and he married marlene dietrich where music and movies would intertwine. ♪ raindrops keep falling on my head ♪