HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BURT BACHARACH!

Composer, songwriter, and musician Burt Bacharach (1928- 20923) would have been 97 today.  He was one of the most influential popular composers of our time.  I wager that you find yourself humming at least one his tuned every month.  Here's a sample:

"Walk On By" (by Dionne Warwick)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ROWhkU53mw

"I Say a Little Prayer" (with Dionne Warwick)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75lAZuzOEwk

"The Look of Love" (Dusty Springfield)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf1d65OHYXo

"Live to See Another Day"  (with Rudy Perez. Haven Starr, Angie Green, The Miami Symphony Orchestra & others -- honoring the seventeen victims of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, their families, and the survivors -- let us never forget)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS-JaZF7Wks

"Baby, It's You"  (The Shirelles)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8clnxViHdp8

"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"  (with Elvis Costello)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cp4VTztoao

"Close to You"  (with /Barbra Streisand)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rfFoG4rxxY

"Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"  (B. J. Thomas)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsbkPDeC3tI

"Arthur's Theme (The Best That You can Do)"  (Christopher Cross)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ6zs2WSCjk

"On My Own"  (with Carole Bayer Sager and Michael McDonald)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UyFcCSZG0A

"That's What Friends Are For"  (with Dionne Warwick)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAC-Krt1RU

"Magic Moments"  (with Perry Como)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiK5Q56KPB8

"The Story of My Life"  (Marty Robbins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrHZCmVQnNA

"Tower of Strength"  (Gene McDaniels)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEijXp10vKs

"Alfie"  (Cilla Black)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glpIgnmKrZc