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.