Today we heard the sad news that American composer Burt Bacharach died yesterday at the age of 94.
| Born | Burt Freeman Bacharach May 12, 1928 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Died | February 8, 2023 (aged 94) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | McGill University Mannes School of Music Music Academy of the West |
| Occupations | Composersongwriterrecord producerpianistsingerconductor |
Dame Shirley Bassey sang the following songs of Burt Bacharach: A House Is Not A Home, I’ll Never Fall In Love Again, Anyone Who Had A Heart, Arthur’s Theme, That’s What Friends Are For, I Just Have To Breath and two of his songs on the I Capricorn album: One Less Bell To Answer & The Look Of Love.
Below a video of Dame Shirley performing two of his songs
Dame Shirley Bassey Blog 
A great loss.
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One of the greatest songwriters and producers of all time!
Rest in Peace…
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Hello,
Thanks for your post!
Dame Shirley also sang ‘I just have to breathe’ written by Burt Bacharach. It’s on the album ‘ Thank you for the years’.
Greetings from Antwerp, Belgium.
Danny.
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Wow what a great loss of a giant innovator in music. I remember seeing Burt on stage reunited with Dionne Warwick while she and Johnny Mathis were headlining at Radio City Music Hall in the late 1980s – it was a magical collaboration !
The Bassey cover of Dionne’s hit “Any One Who Had a Heart” from Dame Bassey’s lp of the late 1970s “The Magic is You” was an original consideration for Dame Bassey 1st before Dionne. But years later I found Bassey’s version more richer and heart wrenching and enjoyable.
R.I.P. MR. BURT BACHARACH.
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DSB’s version of ‘I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, was great Live! Her ‘A House is Not a Home’ is heart wrenching, and ‘I Just Have To Breathe’ a beautiful piano only version is stunning, sadly never got sang live.
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Such a great composer land musician who made a tremendous contribution in the music industry with his lovely songs. So glad he lived a very long productive and happy life.
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A colossal talent. He brought elegance and sophistication to contemporary popular music.
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