Burt Bacharach dead: Legendary composer and Oscar winner dies aged 94 as tributes pour in
Legend composer Burt Bacharach has died aged 94
Yui Mok
Burt Bacharach, the composer of classic pop songs including I Say A Little Prayer and Walk On By, has died at the age of 94.
The songwriter and pianist wrote hundreds of songs from the 1960s to the 1980s, many with his long-standing lyricist Hal David, who died in 2012 aged 91.
His family say he died surrounded by relatives at home on Wednesday, and have requested privacy at this time.
Bacharach wrote hits for artists including Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield, Sir Tom Jones and the Carpenters.
His family say he died surrounded by relatives on Wednesday
Yui Mok
Springfield was one of his best known collaborators, producing a series of hits including The Look Of Love, while he also composed What’s New Pussycat? and Promise Her Anything for Sir Tom.
He was also nominated for 21 Grammy Awards and was crowned winner of six.
In 2008 he was proclaimed music’s “greatest living composer” as he accepted the Grammy lifetime achievement award.
During his career, he scored 73 Top 40 hits in the US and 52 in the UK.
More recently Bacharach developed a songwriting partnership with Elvis Costello, the British new wave singer-songwriter, and they were due to release a compilation of their published songs from the last 30 years in the coming months.
Among those paying tribute to the world-class composter included Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall who wrote: “Farewell Genius”.
Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess also shared his condolences as he described Bacharach as “a king” and posted a clip of Franklin performing I Say A Little Prayer.
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