Recommendations of the Editorial team
Burt Bacharach studied classical music with the French composer Darius Milhaud, was part of the circle of avant -garde John Cage, but ultimately chose pop music.
The songs that he put on paper with the copywriter Hal David shone with unconventional jazz chords and constantly changing tactic.
“Every little detail is significant,” he said once. “You can’t hide filling material in a three and a half -minute song.”
The two posted their first hit in 1957, but their career only got the full thrust when she cooperated with singer Dionne Warwick.
Between 1962 and 1971 Warwick brought dozens of Bacharach/David songs to the charts. Including “I say a little prayer”, “Walk on by” or “Anyone who has a heart”.
It was no wonder that other interpreters also struck the material of the success duo. Richard Carpenter from the Carpenters, who celebrated a number one hit with “Close to You”, called Bacharach “one of the most gifted composers who have ever lived … Never sounded unorthodox ideas as greensing and so smart as with him.”