Burt Bacharach, one of the most accomplished and revered songwriters in pop music history, died peacefully in his Los Angeles home yesterday (Feb. 8) at the age of 94. Rising to fame in the ‘50s alongside lyricist Hal David as one of the top songwriting teams working out of New York’s famous Brill Building song factory, Bacharach penned several dozen hit songs and also scored films, winning six Grammys and three Oscars over the course of his career. Unusual time signatures and chord progressions and lavish arrangements with grand pianos and flugelhorns were signatures of Bacharach’s productions, with memorable melodies always his top priority.
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