Thread: Burt Bacharach, Master Pop Composer, Dead at 94

BURT BACHARACH, THE composer and bandleader whose elegant melodies dominated pop radio for several decades, has died at the age of 94.

Bacharach's publicist, Tina Brausam, confirmed to the Associated Press that the songwriter died of natural causes on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles.

During his 1960s heyday, Bacharach — along with his earliest and most productive partner, lyricist Hal David — wrote songs that became hits and, later, timeless standards. Among their many classics were "(They Long to Be) Close to You," "I Say a Little Prayer," "The Look of Love," "Walk on By," "Always Something There to Remind Me," and "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head...

Burt Bacharach, Master Pop Composer, Dead at 94 – Rolling Stone

Bacharach and David. Almost like Lennon and McCartney in their circles.

Burt, Hal David and Dionne = The soundtrack of my youth - What an amazing collaboration!

One of his best: