Burt Bacharach

Burt Freeman Bacharach May 12 1928 February 8 2023 was an American composer songwriter record producer and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20thcentury popular music Starting in the 1950s he composed hundreds of pop songs many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David Bacharachs music is characterized by unusual chord progressions and time signature changes influenced by his background in jazz and uncommon selections of instruments for small orchestras He arranged conducted and produced much of his recorded output Description above from the Wikipedia article Burt Bacharach licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia