Burt Bacharach

Burt Freeman Bacharach (May 12, 1928 - February 8, 2023 ), American singer. He is also a songwriter, composer, record producer and pianist. He has won six Grammy Awards and three Oscars in his lifetime. His genre of music is pop, for which he was best known from the late 1950s to the 1980s. Most of the lyrics for his band were written by Buckrick and David (see chart for band members). Most of the band's hit singles were written by Dionne Warwick, but early work on the band was done by Kat McDaniels and Kat Pitney. Following the band's initial success, Buckrick went on to sing for The Carpenters, Springfield, Bobby Gentry, Jack DeShannon, Tom Jones, Herb Alpert, B.J. Thomas and others. As of 2014, Buckrick has had 73 singles and 52 singles in the top 40 in the United States and the United Kingdom respectively.