His publicist Tina Brausam announced his death to the Associated Press today.
Bacharach amassed 73 Top 40 hits in the U.S. as a songwriter and more than 50 in the UK.
(1965),Moonraker(1979),Arthur(1981) andNight Shift(1982).
Burt Bacharach, ca. 1970sEverett Collection
Thomas croons the instantly catchy and eventual Oscar winner Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head.
Listening to the classic track, its easy to notice what appear to be some struggles by the singer.
Thomas actually was recovering from laryngitis when he recorded it, which gave the song its singular vocal sound.
Paul Newman and Katharine Ross in ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ (Getty Images)
Bacharach and David also shared an Oscar for Best Original Song for the film.
He returned for the films two sequels.
Studying music at Montreals McGill University, also serving two years in the Army in 1950.
The composer met singer Vic Damone when they were both stationed in Germany.
The two would collaborate even after their Army days.
At 28, he met Marlene Dietrich and became the arranger and conductor for actress-singers popular nightclub performances.
15 on the Hot 100.
The three collaborators would score their first hit together with 1962s Dont Make Me Over.
That was just the beginning.
In 1967, Bacharach composed and arranged the soundtrack ofCasino Royale, including Springfields soon-to-be-a-standard The Look of Love.
It spent three weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100.
The album followed the successful Bacharach-Costello ballad God Give Me Strength from the 1996 filmGrace of My Heart.
Bacharach remained busy well into the 21st Century.
He wrote and arranged (with Joseph Bauer) the score for the filmA Boy Called Po.
He was 88, and it would be his final film score.
David died later that year.
Bacharach is survived by wife Jane Hansen and three children.
His daughter Nikki died in 2007.
