Burt Bacharach Lyrics
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What The World Needs Now Is Love
Other Songs 24 Hours from Tulsa A House Is Not A Home A Lifetime of Loneliness After The Fox AGAIN Alfie Alfie/Do You Know The Way To San Jose Alfie/Do You Know The Way To San Jose [Live] Always Something There to Remind Me Another Tear Falls Any Day Now Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) Anyone Who Had A Heart Are You There (With Another Girl) Arthurs Theme / Best That You Can Do Arthurs Theme / Best That You Can Do Baby It's You Be True to Yourself Blue Guitar Blue on Blue Casino Royale Casino Royale Theme (Main Title) Check Out Time Come and Get Me Do You Know The Way To San Jose Don't Go Breaking My Heart Dont Make Me Over Everybody's out of Town Fade Away Finder of Lost Loves Fool Killer Go Ask Shakespeare God Give Me Strength Hasbrook Heights I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself I Say A Little Prayer I Say A Little Prayer For You If I Never Get to Love You Ill Never Fall In Love Again In the Land of Make Believe Its Only Love Just Friends Keep Away from Other Girls Kentucky Bluebird (Send a Message to Martha) Knowing When To Leave Land of Make Believe Let The Music Play Lisa Little Betty Falling Star Living Together, Growing Together Long After Tonight Is All Over Long Ago Tomorrow Lost Horizon Love Is My Decision Love Is My Decision [Theme from Arthur 2: On the Rocks] Magic Moments Make It Easy on Yourself Maybe Me Japanese Boy I Love You Medley 1: Always Something There to Remind Me Medley 1: Walk on By Medley 2: I'll Never Fall in Love Again Message to Michael Movie Medley: Arthur's Theme Movie Medley: Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head Movie Medley: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance My Little Red Book Nikki Odds And Ends On My Way Once in a Blue Moon One Less Bell to Answer Open Your Heart Pacific Coast Highway Paper Maché Please Explain Please Stay Promise Her Anything Promises Promises Raindrops Keep fallin On My Head Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head Reach Out for Me Sittin' in a Tree House So Long Johnny Something Big Take a Broken Heart That's What Friends Are For That's What Friends Are For [From Night Shift] The Answer to Everything The Balance of Nature The Bell That Couldn't Jingle The Blob The Last One to Be Loved The Look Of Love The Love of a Boy (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance The Story Of My Life The Windows of The World (There Goes) The Forgotten Man (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me They Don't Give Medals (To Yesterday's Heroes) (They Long to Be) Close to You This Guys in Love with You To Wait for Love Toledo Touch Tower of Strength Trains and Boats and Planes True Love Never Runs Smooth Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa Waiting for Charlie (To Come Home) Walk On By Wanting Things Warm and Tender What The World Needs What the World Needs Now What The World Needs Now Is Love (Reprises) [Live] What's in Goodbye What's New Pussycat? What's New Pussycat? (Main Title) Where Did It Go? Who Are These People? Whoever You Are I Love You Wishin' and Hopin' Wives And Lovers Wives & Lovers You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) You're Following Me
Other Songs 24 Hours from Tulsa A House Is Not A Home A Lifetime of Loneliness After The Fox AGAIN Alfie Alfie/Do You Know The Way To San Jose Alfie/Do You Know The Way To San Jose [Live] Always Something There to Remind Me Another Tear Falls Any Day Now Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) Anyone Who Had A Heart Are You There (With Another Girl) Arthurs Theme / Best That You Can Do Arthurs Theme / Best That You Can Do Baby It's You Be True to Yourself Blue Guitar Blue on Blue Casino Royale Casino Royale Theme (Main Title) Check Out Time Come and Get Me Do You Know The Way To San Jose Don't Go Breaking My Heart Dont Make Me Over Everybody's out of Town Fade Away Finder of Lost Loves Fool Killer Go Ask Shakespeare God Give Me Strength Hasbrook Heights I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself I Say A Little Prayer I Say A Little Prayer For You If I Never Get to Love You Ill Never Fall In Love Again In the Land of Make Believe Its Only Love Just Friends Keep Away from Other Girls Kentucky Bluebird (Send a Message to Martha) Knowing When To Leave Land of Make Believe Let The Music Play Lisa Little Betty Falling Star Living Together, Growing Together Long After Tonight Is All Over Long Ago Tomorrow Lost Horizon Love Is My Decision Love Is My Decision [Theme from Arthur 2: On the Rocks] Magic Moments Make It Easy on Yourself Maybe Me Japanese Boy I Love You Medley 1: Always Something There to Remind Me Medley 1: Walk on By Medley 2: I'll Never Fall in Love Again Message to Michael Movie Medley: Arthur's Theme Movie Medley: Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head Movie Medley: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance My Little Red Book Nikki Odds And Ends On My Way Once in a Blue Moon One Less Bell to Answer Open Your Heart Pacific Coast Highway Paper Maché Please Explain Please Stay Promise Her Anything Promises Promises Raindrops Keep fallin On My Head Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head Reach Out for Me Sittin' in a Tree House So Long Johnny Something Big Take a Broken Heart That's What Friends Are For That's What Friends Are For [From Night Shift] The Answer to Everything The Balance of Nature The Bell That Couldn't Jingle The Blob The Last One to Be Loved The Look Of Love The Love of a Boy (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance The Story Of My Life The Windows of The World (There Goes) The Forgotten Man (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me They Don't Give Medals (To Yesterday's Heroes) (They Long to Be) Close to You This Guys in Love with You To Wait for Love Toledo Touch Tower of Strength Trains and Boats and Planes True Love Never Runs Smooth Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa Waiting for Charlie (To Come Home) Walk On By Wanting Things Warm and Tender What The World Needs What the World Needs Now What The World Needs Now Is Love (Reprises) [Live] What's in Goodbye What's New Pussycat? What's New Pussycat? (Main Title) Where Did It Go? Who Are These People? Whoever You Are I Love You Wishin' and Hopin' Wives And Lovers Wives & Lovers You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) You're Following Me
Burt Freeman Bacharach was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music. Starting in the 1950s, he composed hundreds of pop songs, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. Bacharach's music is characterized by unusual chord progressions and time signature changes, influenced by his background in jazz, and uncommon selections of instruments for small orchestras. He arranged, conducted, and produced much of his recorded output.
Over 1,000 different artists have recorded Bacharach's songs. From 1961 to 1972, most of Bacharach and David's hits were written specifically for and performed by Dionne Warwick, but earlier associations (from 1957 to 1963) saw the composing duo work with Marty Robbins, Perry Como, Gene McDaniels, and Jerry Butler. Following the initial success of these collaborations, Bacharach wrote hits for singers such as Gene Pitney, Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones and B.J. Thomas.
Bacharach wrote fifty-two US Top 40 hits. Those that topped the Billboard Hot 100 include "This Guy's in Love with You" (Herb Alpert, 1968), "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (Thomas, 1969), "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (the Carpenters, 1970), "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (Christopher Cross, 1981), "That's What Friends Are For" (Warwick, 1986), and "On My Own" (Carole Bayer Sager, 1986). His accolades include six Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards, and one Emmy Award.
Bacharach is described by writer William Farina as "a composer whose venerable name can be linked with just about every other prominent musical artist of his era"; in later years, his songs were newly appropriated for the soundtracks of major feature films, by which time "tributes, compilations, and revivals were to be found everywhere". A significant figure in easy listening, he influenced later musical movements such as chamber pop and Shibuya-kei. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked Bacharach and David at number 32 for their list of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time.
In 2012, the duo received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first time the honor has been given to a songwriting team.
Birth Name: Burt Freeman BacharachOver 1,000 different artists have recorded Bacharach's songs. From 1961 to 1972, most of Bacharach and David's hits were written specifically for and performed by Dionne Warwick, but earlier associations (from 1957 to 1963) saw the composing duo work with Marty Robbins, Perry Como, Gene McDaniels, and Jerry Butler. Following the initial success of these collaborations, Bacharach wrote hits for singers such as Gene Pitney, Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones and B.J. Thomas.
Bacharach wrote fifty-two US Top 40 hits. Those that topped the Billboard Hot 100 include "This Guy's in Love with You" (Herb Alpert, 1968), "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (Thomas, 1969), "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (the Carpenters, 1970), "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (Christopher Cross, 1981), "That's What Friends Are For" (Warwick, 1986), and "On My Own" (Carole Bayer Sager, 1986). His accolades include six Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards, and one Emmy Award.
Bacharach is described by writer William Farina as "a composer whose venerable name can be linked with just about every other prominent musical artist of his era"; in later years, his songs were newly appropriated for the soundtracks of major feature films, by which time "tributes, compilations, and revivals were to be found everywhere". A significant figure in easy listening, he influenced later musical movements such as chamber pop and Shibuya-kei. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked Bacharach and David at number 32 for their list of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time.
In 2012, the duo received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first time the honor has been given to a songwriting team.
Born: May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Died: February 8, 2023 (at age of 94) in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Spouse(s): Paula Stewart (m. 1953; div. 1958)
Angie Dickinson (m. 1965; div. 1981)
Carole Bayer Sager (m. 1982; div. 1991)
Jane Hansen (m. 1993)
Genre(s): Orchestral pop, easy listening, lounge pop, Big Band
Instrument(s): Piano, keyboards, vocals
Occupation(s): Composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, singer, conductor
Active From: 1950-2023
Quotes:
"What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of..
No, not just for some but for everyone."
-Burt Bacharach
from What The World Needs Now Is Love (1965)
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It's the only thing that there's just too little of..
No, not just for some but for everyone."
-Burt Bacharach
from What The World Needs Now Is Love (1965)
(more Burt Bacharach Quotes)