Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
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Artist Information
Genres: Early R&B, Early Pop/Rock, Brill Building Pop, Soundtracks, Film Music, Baroque Pop, AM Pop
Active: 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's
Born: May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, MO
Influences
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Nelson Riddle, Gil Evans, Steve Lawrence, Wes Montgomery, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, The Ames Brothers, Henry Mancini
Similar Artists
Phil Spector, Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw, Carpenters, Herb Alpert, Dionne Warwick, The Walker Brothers, Steve Lawrence, Perry Como, Elton John, The Drifters, Neil Diamond, Paul McCartney, Petula Clark, Neil Sedaka, Scott Walker, Noel Harrison, Marlene Dietrich, Sounds Orchestral
Followers
Kid Loco, Swan Dive, The High Llamas, The Heavy Blinkers, Louis Philippe, Stereolab, Adventures in Stereo, Eric Matthews, Carpenters, Unicorn Jones, Aluminum Group, Faith No More, Alpha, Billy J. Kramer, Mr. Bungle, Pansies, Jai, The Beautiful South, Holiday
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Biography
With a hit-single track record spanning four decades, Burt Bacharach became one of the most important composers of popular music in the 20th century, almost equal to such classic tunesmiths as George Gershwin or Irving Berlin.
Discography
Release: 2009
Label: Universal Distribution
Release: April 10, 2009
Label: Liberation, Verve