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Burt Bacharach

Few modern songwriters have the stature, prestige, and reputation of Burt Bacharach, who - in partnership with lyricist Hal David - created many of the best-loved songs of the late 20th Century, including a string of hits for Dionne Warwick. Born into a German Jewish family on May 12, 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri, he grew up in Forest Hills, New York. Burt Bacharach studied music in California and, strongly influenced by jazz, worked as a pianist accompanying singers like Vic Damone and Steve Lawrence. He met Hal David in 1957 at the Brill Building in New York and the new songw...