Editing Burt Bacharach (section)

==Career==
===1950s===
Bacharach was drafted into the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in the late 1940s and served for two years.<ref name="avid" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Italie |first1=Hillel |title=Burt Bacharach, Veteran and Legendary Composer of Pop Songs, Dies at 94 |url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/02/09/burt-bacharach-veteran-and-legendary-composer-of-pop-songs-dies-94.html |work=[[Military.com]] |agency=Associated Press |date=February 9, 2023 |quote=He was drafted into the Army in the late 1940s}}</ref> He was stationed in Germany and played piano in officers' clubs there, and at [[Fort Dix]] and [[Governors Island]].<ref name=avid>Dunbavan, Peter. ''An Avid's Guide to Sixties Songwriters'', AuthorHouse UK, Bloomington, Indiana, 2017, chapter 3. {{ISBN|978-1-5246-3347-9}}</ref><ref name=online>{{Cite web|title=A House Is Not A Homepage: Burt Bacharach Bio|url=https://bacharachonline.com/bacharach_bio.html|access-date=2024-01-13|website=bacharachonline.com}}</ref><ref>Dominic, Serene. ''Burt Bacharach Song By Song: The ultimate Burt Bacharach reference for fans, serious record collectors, and music critics'', [[Schirmer Trade Books]], 2010, section: "A Little Bacharach Background..." {{ISBN|978-0-85712-259-9}}</ref> During this time, he arranged and played music for dance bands.<ref name=musicacademy>{{Cite web|date=2024-01-09|title=Burt Bacharach •|url=https://musicacademy.org/big-profiles/burt-bacharach/|access-date=2024-01-13|website=Music Academy of the West|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=biography>{{Cite web|date=2023-02-09|title=Burt Bacharach: Biography, Musician, Songwriter|url=https://www.biography.com/musicians/burt-bacharach|access-date=2024-01-13|website=Biography|language=en-US}}</ref> 

Bacharach met the popular singer [[Vic Damone]] while they were both serving in the army in Germany.<ref name=avid/> Following his discharge, Bacharach spent the next three years as a pianist and conductor for Damone, who recalled, "Burt was clearly bound to go out on his own. He was an exceptionally talented, classically trained pianist, with very clear ideas on the musicality of songs, how they should be played, and what they should sound like. I appreciated his musical gifts."<ref>Damone, Vic. ''Singing Was the Easy Part'', Macmillan (2009) ebook.</ref> He later worked in a similar capacity for various other singers, including [[Polly Bergen]], [[Steve Lawrence]], the [[Ames Brothers]], and [[Paula Stewart]] (who became his first wife). When he was unable to find better jobs, Bacharach worked at resorts in the [[Catskill Mountains]] of New York, where he accompanied singers such as [[Joel Grey]].<ref>"Burt Bacharach: A Composer Steps Onstage with Shower of Swinging, Successful Melodies", ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', June 14, 1970.</ref>

[[File:Marlene Dietrich and Burt Bacharach visit Jerusalem during a 1960 concert tour of Israel - Photo by Fritz Shlezingel.png|thumb|right|upright=0.8|Bacharach with [[Marlene Dietrich]] in Jerusalem, 1960]]

In 1956, at the age of 28, Bacharach's productivity increased when composer [[Peter Matz]] recommended him to [[Marlene Dietrich]], who needed an arranger and conductor for her nightclub shows.<ref>"Bachrach recalls Dietrich", ''Independent Press-Telegram'' (Long Beach, CA), March 14, 1971, page 90.</ref> He then became a part-time music director for Dietrich, the actress and singer who had been an international screen star during the [[golden age of Hollywood]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mossman|first=Kate|date=2023-02-10|title=Burt Bacharach: a direct line to a lost musical world|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music/2023/02/burt-bacharach-lost-musical-world|access-date=2024-01-13|website=New Statesman|language=en-US}}</ref> They toured worldwide off and on until the early 1960s. When they were not touring, he wrote songs.<ref name=Telegraph2>{{Cite news|last=Barber|first=Richard|date=2016-06-13|title=Burt Bacharach at 88: 'Why would I ever want to stop?'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/burt-bacharach-at-88-why-would-i-ever-want-to-stop/|access-date=2024-01-13|work=The Telegraph|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> As a result of his collaboration with Dietrich, he gained his first major recognition as a conductor and arranger.<ref name=Muncie>"Press Raps With Marlene While She Raps the Press", ''The Star Press'' (Muncie, IN), January 12, 1973, page 22.</ref><ref name=PBSvideo>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/hcGDvUgewu4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160604204029/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcGDvUgewu4 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcGDvUgewu4 |title=Burt Bacharach Documentary |last=Brill Videos |date=May 1, 2014 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In her autobiography, Dietrich wrote that Bacharach particularly loved touring in Russia and Poland, because he thought very highly of the violinists performing there, and appreciated the public's reaction.<ref name="Dietrich" /><ref name="Minelle-2023">{{Cite web |last=Minelle |first=Bethany |date=February 9, 2023 |title=Burt Bacharach obituary: Composer worked with stars including Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones during seven-decade career |url=https://news.sky.com/story/burt-bacharach-obituary-composer-worked-with-stars-including-dionne-warwick-dusty-springfield-and-tom-jones-during-seven-decade-career-12806917 |access-date=February 17, 2023 |publisher=Sky News}}</ref> According to Dietrich, he also liked [[Edinburgh]] and Paris, along with the [[Scandinavia|Scandinavian countries]], and "he also felt at home in Israel", she wrote, "where music was similarly much revered".<ref name=Dietrich>Dietrich, Marlene. ''Marlene'', Grove Press (1989).</ref> In the early 1960s, after about five years with Dietrich, their working relationship ceased, with Bacharach telling Dietrich that he wanted to devote himself full-time to songwriting. She thought of her time with him as "seventh heaven ... As a man, he embodied everything a woman could wish for ... How many such men are there? For me he was the only one."<ref name=Dietrich /><ref name="Minelle-2023" />

Also in 1956, Bacharach and lyricist [[Hal David]], who were both working in the [[Brill Building]] in New York City for [[Famous Music]], published their first songs as co-writers. The songs published in 1956 included "I Cry More" (featured in the motion picture ''[[Don't Knock the Rock]]''), "The Morning Mail", and "Peggy's In The Pantry". The two received a career breakthrough when their song "[[The Story of My Life (Burt Bacharach and Hal David song)|The Story of My Life]]" was recorded by [[Marty Robbins]], becoming a No. 1 hit on the [[Billboard Country Chart]] in 1957.<ref name="pc24" /><ref>Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research, page 293.</ref> Soon afterward, "[[Magic Moments]]" was recorded by [[Perry Como]] for [[RCA Records]], and reached No. 4 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Most Played by Disc Jockeys]] chart. These two songs were also the first singles by a songwriting duo to ever reach back-to-back No. 1 in the UK (The British chart-topping "The Story of My Life" version was sung by [[Michael Holliday]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19580228/7501/ |title=Official Singles Chart Top 30: 28 February 1958-06 March 1958 |website=Official Charts |access-date=June 25, 2020}}</ref> Between 1956 and the dissolution of their partnership in the mid-1970s, Bacharach and David wrote over 230 songs together for the pop market, motion pictures, television, and [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]].<ref name=BB>{{citation |last=Dominic |first=Serene |title=Burt Bacharach, song by song    |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cz5bAwAAQBAJ&q=wheels |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |year=2003 |page=56 |isbn=978-0825672804}}</ref>

[[File:Burt Bacharach - jam session.jpg|thumb|274x274px|Bacharach with [[Stevie Wonder]] in the 1970s]]

===1960s===
Despite Bacharach's early success with Hal David, he spent several years in the early 1960s writing songs with several other lyricists in addition to continuing his work with David. During this period, Bacharach found the most success with songs written with lyricist [[Bob Hilliard]], including "[[Please Stay (Burt Bacharach song)|Please Stay]]" ([[The Drifters]], 1961), "[[Tower of Strength (Gene McDaniels song)|Tower of Strength]]" ([[Gene McDaniels]], 1961), "[[Any Day Now (Burt Bacharach song)|Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)]]" ([[Chuck Jackson]], 1962), and "Mexican Divorce" (The Drifters, 1962).<ref>{{cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |title=The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-look-of-love-the-burt-bacharach-collection-mw0000214412 |work=AllMusic |access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref> In 1961, Bacharach was credited as arranger and producer, for the first time on both label and sleeve, for the song "[[Three Wheels on My Wagon]]", written jointly with Hilliard for [[Dick Van Dyke]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The New Christy Minstrels - Three Wheels On My Wagon |url=http://www.45cat.com/record/ep6057 |via=45cat.com}}</ref><ref name=BB/>

Bacharach's career received a boost when singer [[Jerry Butler]] asked to record "[[Make It Easy on Yourself]]" and also wanted him to direct the recording sessions. It became the first time Bacharach managed the entire recording process for one of his own songs.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dave |last=Simpson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/21/30-minutes-with-burt-bacharach-interview |title=Burt Bacharach: Marlene Dietrich's music sucked! But I liked her  |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=May 21, 2015 |access-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref>

In 1961 Bacharach discovered singer [[Dionne Warwick]], who was working as a [[Session musician|session backup singer]] at the time. That year the two, along with Dionne's sister [[Dee Dee Warwick]], released the single "Move It on the Backbeat" under the name Burt and the Backbeats.<ref name=Leszczak>Leszczak, Bob. [https://books.google.com/books?id=3u7iBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA12 "Burt Bacharach"]. ''Encyclopedia of Pop Music Aliases, 1950&ndash;2000''. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield (2015), page 12. From [[Google Books]]. Retrieved June 7, 2019.</ref> The lyrics for this Bacharach composition were provided by Hal David's brother [[Mack David]].<ref name=Backbeats>[http://www.45cat.com/record/453087 "Burt and the Backbeats - Move It on the Backbeat / A Felicidade"]. ''45cat''. Retrieved June 7, 2019.</ref> 

Bacharach and Hal David were both excited by Warwick's singing and decided to form a production company, Blue JAC Productions, so they could write for Warwick and produce her recordings. Warwick signed with Bacharach and David's new company, and the team subsequently secured a recording contract with [[Scepter Records]] for Warwick's recordings. Warwick made her solo recording debut in 1962 with "[[Don't Make Me Over (song)|Don't Make Me Over]]", which also became her first hit.<ref name=Warwick>{{Cite web|date=2013-03-30|title=Dionne Warwick: dizzying downfall of a bankrupt diva|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/9962594/Dionne-Warwick-dizzying-downfall-of-a-bankrupt-diva.html|access-date=2024-01-13|website=The Telegraph|language=en}}</ref> As business partners, Bacharach and David began writing almost exclusively with each other from 1962 until the dissolution of their partnership in the mid-1970s.

Bacharach and David's partnership with Warwick became one of the most successful teams in popular music history.<ref name="collection">{{citation| title=The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection-Liner Notes| date=November 3, 1998| medium=Audio CD| publisher=Rhino/WEA}}</ref> Over the next 20 years, Warwick's recordings of Bacharach and David songs sold over 12 million copies,<ref name=Lohof>Lohof, Bruce. ''American Commonplace: Essays on the Popular Culture of the United States'', Popular Press (1982).</ref>{{rp|23}} with [[Dionne Warwick discography#Singles|38 singles]] making the charts and 22 in the Top 40. Among the hits were "[[Walk On By (song)|Walk On By]]", "[[Anyone Who Had a Heart (song)|Anyone Who Had a Heart]]", "[[Alfie (Burt Bacharach song)|Alfie]]", "[[I Say a Little Prayer]]", "[[I'll Never Fall in Love Again]]", and "[[Do You Know the Way to San Jose]]".

Bacharach released his first solo album in 1965 on the [[Kapp Records]] label. ''[[Hit Maker!: Burt Bacharach Plays the Burt Bacharach Hits]]'' was largely ignored in the U.S. but rose to No. 3 on the UK album charts, where his version of "[[Trains and Boats and Planes]]" had become a top five single. In 1967, he signed with [[A&M Records]] both as an artist and a producer, recording several solo albums (all consisting in a mix of new material and rearrangements of his best-known songs) until 1978.<ref name="On A&M Records-1928">{{Cite web |title=Burt Bacharach |url=https://www.onamrecords.com/artists/burt-bacharach |access-date=February 16, 2023 |website=On A&M Records |date=May 12, 1928 |language=en}}</ref>

In addition to having his work recorded by pop and [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] acts, Bacharach's songs were occasionally recorded during these years by jazz and rock acts. The Bacharach/David composition "[[My Little Red Book]]", originally recorded by [[Manfred Mann]] for the film ''[[What's New Pussycat?]]'', was also recorded by the psychedelic rock band [[Love (band)|Love]] and released as the band's first single. The Love version of the song went to number 52 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] pop singles chart and is considered by some writers to be a 1960s rock classic.<ref>{{cite book| first=Robin| last=Platts| title=Burt Bacharach & Hal David: What the World Needs Now| year=2003| publisher=Collector's Guide Publishing| isbn=978-1-896522-77-7}}</ref> In 1968, jazz musician [[Stan Getz]] recorded twelve Bacharach and David songs for ''[[What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David]]''.<ref name="jazz" /> Bacharach expressed delight and surprise for this choice, saying quote, "I've sometimes felt that my songs are restrictive for a jazz artist. I was excited when [Stan] Getz did a whole album of my music".<ref name="jazz" /> His songs were also adapted by several other jazz artists of the time, such as [[Grant Green]], [[Wes Montgomery]], [[Bill Evans]], and [[Cal Tjader]]. 

Bacharach also continued to get commissions for film scores, including those for the 1966 heist comedy [[After the Fox]] and the 1967 [[James Bond]] spy parody ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]''. The music for ''Casino Royale'' included "[[The Look of Love (1967 song)|The Look of Love]]", performed by [[Dusty Springfield]], and the instrumental title song, which was a Top 40 single for [[Herb Alpert|Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass]]. The soundtrack album is widely considered to be one of the finest engineered vinyl recordings of all time, and is much sought after by [[audiophile]] collectors.<ref name="Burlingame-2012">{{cite book |last=Burlingame |first=Jon |date=2012 |title=The Music of James Bond |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |page=68 |isbn=9780199986767}}</ref><ref name="007magazine.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.007magazine.co.uk/factfiles/factfiles_collectibles_casino_royale.htm |title=COLLECTING 007 – Original Soundtrack Recordings |website=007magazine.co.uk |access-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref>

Bacharach and David also collaborated with [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] producer [[David Merrick]] on the 1968 musical ''[[Promises, Promises (musical)|Promises, Promises]]'', which yielded two hits, including the title tune and "[[I'll Never Fall in Love Again]]". Bacharach and David wrote the latter song when the producer realized the play urgently needed another before its opening the next evening. Bacharach, who had just been released from the hospital after contracting [[pneumonia]], was still sick, but worked with David's lyrics to write the song which was performed for the show's opening. It was later recorded by Dionne Warwick and was on the charts for several weeks.<ref name="Lohof" />{{rp|28}} ''Promises, Promises'' was the second musical created by Bacharach and David who had earlier written the 1966 [[television musical]] ''[[On the Flip Side]]'' for the anthology program ''[[ABC Stage 67]]''; a work which starred [[Ricky Nelson]] and [[Joanie Sommers]].<ref>{{cite book| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BUvTYfLP624C&dq=%22On+The+Flip+Side%22+%22Ricky+nelson%22&pg=PA286|chapter=On the Flip Side|page=286|title=Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012, 2d Ed.|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|isbn=9780786474448|author=Vincent Terrace|date=June 19, 2013 }}</ref> 

Also in 1968, the duo's song "[[This Guy's in Love with You]]" was recorded by [[Herb Alpert]], who was best known at the time as a fellow songwriter and a [[trumpet player]] as the leader of the [[Tijuana Brass]].<ref name="Blair-2023" /> The song went on to reach the top spot on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop singles chart later that year, becoming the first No. 1 hit for Alpert and his label, [[A&M Records]].<ref name="Blair-2023" />

The year 1969 marked, perhaps, the most successful Bacharach-David collaboration, the [[42nd Academy Awards#Winners and nominees|Oscar]]-winning "[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head]]", written for and prominently featured in the acclaimed film ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''. The two were also awarded a [[12th Annual Grammy Awards#Musical show|Grammy]] for Best Cast album of the year for ''Promises, Promises''; the score was nominated for a [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]], as well.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/promises-promises-original-broadway-cast--mw0000244597 |title=Promises, Promises [Original Broadway Cast] Review by Jenna Woolford |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1969/category/musical/show/any/ |title=NOMINATIONS / 1969 / MUSICAL |website=tonyawards.com |access-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref>  
    
Bacharach and David's other Oscar nominations for Best Song in the latter half of the 1960s were for "[[The Look of Love (1967 song)|The Look of Love]]", "[[What's New Pussycat? (song)|What's New Pussycat?]]", and "[[Alfie (Burt Bacharach song)|Alfie]]".<ref name="Burt Bacharach">{{cite web|url=https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/results|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|title=Burt Bacharach |access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>

===1970s and 1980s===
{{quote box|align=right|width=25em|bgcolor = LightCyan|quote=He swings. He jumps. He socks imaginary tennis balls from his conductor's podium. He's a hurricane that knows where it's heading.|source= —'''[[Rex Reed]]''', American film critic<ref>Reed, Rex. "Special TV Specials: An Evening with Doris Day and Burt Bacharach", ''Chicago Tribune'', March 14, 1971.</ref>}}

Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, Bacharach continued to write and produce for artists, compose for stage, TV, and film, and release his own albums. He enjoyed a great deal of visibility in the public spotlight, appearing frequently on TV and performing live in concert. Between November 1969 and January 1974, Bacharach and his music were the focus of nine U.S. network television specials, including five on [[NBC]], three on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], and one on [[CBS]].<ref>Dominic, Serene. ''Burt Bacharach Song By Song: The ultimate Burt Bacharach reference for fans, serious record collectors, and music critics'', [[Schirmer Trade Books]], 2010, section: "Bacharach Network TV Specials" {{ISBN|978-0-85712-259-9}}</ref> ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine gave him a lengthy cover story entitled "The Music Man 1970".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Newsweek-June-22-1970-Bacharach/dp/B00FCL68X0|title=Newsweek June 22, 1970 - The Music Man Burt Bacharach|editor-first=Osborn|editor-last=Elliott|via=Amazon}}</ref>

In 1971, [[Barbra Streisand]] appeared on the special ''Singer Presents Burt Bacharach'', where they discussed their careers and favorite songs and performed songs together.<ref>"Burt Bacharach, Barbra Streisand appear tonight", ''Green Bay Press-Gazette'' (Green Bay, WI), March 14, 1971.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvdzJnuh29E "Singer Presents Burt Bacharach - with Barbra Streisand"], 1971. YouTube video.</ref> The other guests on the television special were dancers [[Rudolph Nureyev]] and [[Bettie de Jong]], and singer [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Singer Presents Burt Bacharach: Nureyev segment [March 14, 1971] |url=https://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/collections/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/9194 |work=Chicago Film Archives |access-date=February 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SINGER PRESENTS: BURT BACHARACH {THE BURT BACHARACH SPECIAL} {TOM JONES, BARBRA STREISAND} (TV) |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=cbs&p=84&item=B:55152 |website=Paley Center For Media}}</ref>

In 1973, Bacharach and David wrote the songs for ''[[Lost Horizon (1973 film)|Lost Horizon]]'', a film-musical remake of the [[Lost Horizon (1937 film)|1937 dramatic adventure film of the same title]]. A conflict arose between the two songwriters during the film's production, and strained their professional relationship to the point that they stopped working together regularly. As Bacharach explained the situation in his 2013 memoir, he grew dissatisfied with his share of the potential film profits, because, in addition to providing the music for the songs, he was also doing [[Incidental_music#Underscore|underscore music]] for the film, which he felt he was not being fairly paid for. Bacharach asked David for a larger share of the profits, and David refused to renegotiate.<ref name="bacharachautobiography">Bacharach, Burt. ''Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Music'', HarperCollins (2013), ebook Chapter 15, "Lost Horizon".</ref> When the film was released, it was poorly received and lost an estimated $9 million,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmsite.org/greatestflops4.html|title=Greatest Box-Office Bombs, Disasters and Flops|website=Filmsite.org}}</ref> but by that point, Bacharach was refusing to work on additional projects with David. Dionne Warwick, whose lucrative 1971 Warner Bros. Records contract was based on having Bacharach and David as her production team,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Chagollan |first=Steve |date=April 27, 2011 |title=Warwick's Walk of Fame |url=https://variety.com/2011/music/news/warwick-s-walk-of-fame-1118035597/ |magazine=Variety |location=Los Angeles |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=July 4, 2023}}</ref> sued the songwriters because they could not fulfill the terms of their agreement with her, putting her relationship with Warner Bros. Records in jeopardy. David in turn sued Bacharach for abandoning their legal partnership, and the lawsuits among the three parties took many years to resolve.

Despite the ongoing lawsuits, Bacharach and Warwick reunited in the studio in 1974 to record three new Bacharach songs for Warner Brothers, though the songs remained unreleased until 2013.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=We Need To Go Back: The Unissued Warner Bros. Masters  |first=Paul |last=Howes |others=[[Dionne Warwick]] |year=2013 |type=booklet |publisher=Rhino Custom Products, Real Gone Music |id=RGM-0170 |location=Orange, California, USA}}</ref> Bacharach and David also reunited briefly, in 1975, to write and produce [[Stephanie Mills]]' second album, ''[[For the First Time (Stephanie Mills album)|For The First Time]]'', released by [[Motown]].<ref name="Minelle-2023" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Marches|first=John|date=October 1, 2014|title=All The Way To Paradise: BBR Revisits Stephanie Mills, Burt Bacharach, Hal David's Motown Gem "For The First Time"|url=https://theseconddisc.com/2014/10/01/all-the-way-to-paradise-bbr-revisits-stephanie-mills-burt-bacharach-hal-davids-motown-gem-for-the-first-time/}}</ref> 

Following the Stephanie Mills album, the Bacharach & David partnership was effectively over, and both songwriters began working with other collaborators. During the 1990s, they briefly reunited on two occasions, in 1993 to write a song for a [[Friends Can Be Lovers|Warwick album]], and in 1999, to write two songs for the soundtrack of the film ''[[Isn't She Great]]''. Bacharach eventually expressed regret over his actions during the ''Lost Horizon'' production, and wrote in his autobiography:

{{blockquote|It was all my fault, and I can't imagine how many great songs I could have written with Hal in the years we were apart. So I now know that on every level, it was a very bad mistake."<ref name="bacharachautobiography"/>}}

Bacharach also suggested in interviews he gave to promote his autobiography that he and David were out of inspiration by the time they stopped working together. Discussing the breakup of their artistic partnership in a 2013 interview with author [[Mitch Albom]], Bacharach said: 

{{blockquote|That's just vanity and saying 'yeah, I'll write with someone else'. Then the other question is what could we have written if we hadn't split up. I don't know what we would have written. Had we 'run out' a little bit? Had we been depleted and robbed of creativity?<ref name=2003interview>{{cite AV media | people=Albom, Mitch (interviewer) | date=May 14, 2013 | title=Burt Bacharach in conversation with Mitch Albom at Live Talks Los Angeles | type=Motion picture |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2681&v=eQnACD8LOOU |access-date=July 4, 2023 | location=Alex Theatre, Glendale, CA. | publisher=Live Talks Los Angeles}}</ref>}}

From 1975 to 1980, Bacharach wrote songs with a number of lyricists including [[Paul Anka]], James J. Kavanaugh, [[Norman Gimbel]], [[Libby Titus]], [[Anthony Newley]], and playwright [[Neil Simon]]. His solo albums from the late 1970s, including ''Futures'' and ''[[Woman (Burt Bacharach album)|Woman]]'', failed to yield hits. 

By the early 1980s, Bacharach's marriage to [[Angie Dickinson]] had ended, but a new partnership with lyricist [[Carole Bayer Sager]] proved rewarding, both commercially and personally. The first song they collaborated on was "Where Did the Time Go" by [[The Pointer Sisters]], released as a single in 1980. Bacharach and Bayer Sager co-wrote 11 of the songs on Bayer Sager's 1981 album ''Sometimes Late at Night'', and Bacharach produced the album. Music critic Joe Viglione called the album "the Sgt. Pepper of singer/songwriter recordings" and "the epitome of '70s and '80s adult contemporary....a classic of the genre."<ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web |last1=Viglione |first1=Joe |title=Sometimes Late at Night Review by Joe Viglione |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sometimes-late-at-night-mw0000854509 |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 22, 2023}}</ref>

The two married and collaborated on several major hits during the decade, including "[[Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)]]" ([[Christopher Cross]]), co-written with [[Christopher Cross]] and [[Peter Allen (musician)|Peter Allen]], which won an Academy Award for Best Song;<ref name="Burt Bacharach"/> "[[Heartlight (song)|Heartlight]]" ([[Neil Diamond]]);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/neil-diamond-carole-bayer-sager-and-burt-bacharach-picture-id105918140|title=Photo of Neil Diamond with Sager and Bacharach in 1987|access-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref> "[[Making Love (song)|Making Love]]" ([[Roberta Flack]]); and "[[On My Own (Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald song)|On My Own]]" ([[Patti LaBelle]] with [[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]]).

Another of their hits, "[[That's What Friends Are For]]" in 1985, reunited Bacharach and Warwick.<ref name="Minelle-2023" /> When asked about their coming together again, she explained:

{{blockquote|We realized we were more than just friends. We were family. Time has a way of giving people the opportunity to grow and understand ... Working with Burt is not a bit different from how it used to be. He expects me to deliver and I can. He knows what I'm going to do before I do it, and the same with me. That's how intertwined we've been.<ref name=Show>"Two for the Show: Their musical falling-out long behind them, Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach prove that staying apart is hard to do", ''The News Journal'' (Wilmington, DE), January 13, 1997.</ref><ref name="McEvoy">{{cite news |last=McEvoy |first=Colin |title=What It Was Like to Work with Burt Bacharach, in the Words of his Collaborators |work=[[Biography (TV program)|Biography]] |date=February 9, 2023 |url=https://www.biography.com/musicians/a42815918/burt-bacharach-famous-collaborators |accessdate=February 11, 2023}}</ref>}}

Other artists continued to revive Bacharach's earlier hits in the 1980s and 1990s. Examples included [[Luther Vandross]]'s recording of "[[A House Is Not a Home (song)|A House Is Not a Home]]", [[Naked Eyes]]' 1983 pop hit version of "[[(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me]]", and [[Ronnie Milsap]]'s 1982 country version of "[[Any Day Now (Burt Bacharach song)|Any Day Now]]". Bacharach continued a concert career, appearing at auditoriums throughout the world, often with large orchestras. He occasionally joined Warwick for sold-out concerts in [[Las Vegas]], Los Angeles, and New York City, where they performed at the [[Rainbow Room]] in 1996.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Ifc8rZRCwMo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170330140214/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifc8rZRCwMo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifc8rZRCwMo|title=Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach: Live at The Rainbow Room (1996)|date=November 3, 2014|access-date=February 11, 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===1990s and beyond===
[[File:Burt Bacharach 2013 (9219552969).jpg|thumb|left|Bacharach performing in 2013]]
Bacharach's visibility increased in the second half of the 1990s due to his appearances as himself in the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' films, a U.S. box set release of his music and a new songwriting partnership that produced a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]]-winning album. Bacharach formed his songwriting partnership with [[Elvis Costello]] initially to write one song, "God Give Me Strength", for the 1996 film ''[[Grace of My Heart]]''. The film told the story of a fictional 1960s female Brill Building songwriter and was inspired by songwriters like [[Carole King]] and Bacharach. 

In 1998, Bacharach and Costello released the album ''[[Painted from Memory]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rock On The Net: 41st Annual Grammy Awards - 1999 |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/grammys.htm |access-date=February 14, 2023 |website=rockonthenet.com}}</ref><ref name="Biography-2023">{{Cite web |date=February 9, 2023 |title=What It Was Like to Work with Burt Bacharach, in the Words of His Collaborators |url=https://www.biography.com/musicians/a42815918/burt-bacharach-famous-collaborators |access-date=February 17, 2023 |website=Biography}}</ref><ref name="Sweeting-2023">{{Cite news |last=Sweeting |first=Adam |date=February 9, 2023 |title=Burt Bacharach obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-obituary |access-date=February 17, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> on which the pair continued to work in the 1960s and 1970s pop style that they used for their initial collaboration.<ref name="Browne-1998">{{Cite magazine |last=Browne |first=David |date=September 30, 1998 |title=Painted from Memory |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/09/30/painted-memory/ |access-date=February 14, 2023 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}</ref> The album's song "I Still Have That Other Girl" won a Grammy for [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals|Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals]]. The duo would later reunite for Costello's 2018 album, ''[[Look Now]]'', working on several tracks together.<ref name="Biography-2023" /><ref name="Lynch-2018">{{Cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Joe |date=October 2, 2018 |title=Elvis Costello on His Cancer Scare, Reteaming With Burt Bacharach & Immigration |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/elvis-costello-look-now-album-interview-8477389/ |access-date=February 17, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref name="Stereogum-2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2007582/elvis-costello-the-imposters-burt-bacharach-look-now-under-lime-unwanted-number/music/|title=Elvis Costello Reunites With The Imposters & Burt Bacharach On New Album Look Now: Hear Two Songs|website=Stereogum|date=July 27, 2018|access-date=April 5, 2019}}</ref> Also in 1998, [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Records]] released a 3-CD [[box set]], ''The Look of Love'', that licensed the original recordings of most of his best-known songs. Music writer Richie Unterberger called the set "the best representation of [Bacharach's] music likely to ever be assembled."<ref name="am look of love">{{cite web |title=The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection |author= Unterberger, Richie |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-look-of-love-the-burt-bacharach-collection-mw00002144120 |work=AllMusic}}</ref>

In 2003, he arranged and produced [[Ronald Isley]]'s album ''[[Here I Am (Ronald Isley album)|Here I Am]]'', on which Isley sang a program of Bacharach songs mostly drawn from Bacharach's 1960s-era hits.<ref>{{Citation |title=Ronald Isley, Burt Bacharach - Here I Am: Isley Meets Bacharach |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/here-i-am-isley-meets-bacharach-mw0000322039 |work=AllMusic |language=en |access-date=February 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marius |first=Marley |date=February 10, 2023 |title=The Gratifying Genius of Burt Bacharach, in 7 Unforgettable Performances |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/burt-bacharach-tribute |access-date=February 14, 2023 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> Bacharach's 2005 solo album ''[[At This Time]]'' was a departure from past works in that Bacharach penned his own lyrics, some of which dealt with political themes.<ref name="Sweeting-2023" /><ref name="Pitchfork" /> Guest stars on the album included [[Elvis Costello]], [[Rufus Wainwright]], and hip-hop producer [[Dr. Dre]].<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|title=Burt Bacharach: At This Time|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1183-at-this-time/|access-date=December 29, 2020|website=Pitchfork}}</ref>

In 2008, Bacharach opened the BBC [[BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms|Electric Proms]] at [[Roundhouse (venue)|The Roundhouse]] in London, performing with the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]] accompanied by guest vocalists [[Adele]], [[Beth Rowley]], and [[Jamie Cullum]].<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC - Electric Proms 2008 - Artists - Burt Bacharach|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms/2008/artists/burtbacharach/|access-date=December 29, 2020|publisher=BBC|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Electric Proms|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f8l8l|access-date=December 29, 2020|publisher=BBC}}</ref> The concert was a retrospective look back at his six-decade career. In early 2009, Bacharach worked with Italian soul singer Karima Ammar and produced her debut single "Come In Ogni Ora".<ref>{{cite web|title=Karima {{!}} Video, musica e news {{!}} MTV Italia|url=http://www.mtv.it/musica/artisti/karima/wmjafr|access-date=December 29, 2020|publisher=MTV|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021044718/http://www.mtv.it/musica/artisti/karima/wmjafr|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bacharach's autobiography, ''Anyone Who Had a Heart'', was published in 2013.<ref name="Sweeting-2023" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/21/burt-bacharach-anyone-heart-review|title=Anyone Who Had a Heart by Burt Bacharach with Robert Greenfield – review|work=The Guardian|date=July 21, 2013 |accessdate=February 9, 2023|last1=Elmhirst |first1=Sophie|author-link=Sophie Elmhirst }}</ref>

In June 2015, Bacharach performed in the UK at the [[Glastonbury Festival]],<ref name="Sweeting-2023" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e84mxj/acts/aj5mzc|title=Glastonbury 2015 - Burt Bacharach|website=BBC Music Events|access-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref> and a few weeks later appeared on stage at the [[Menier Chocolate Factory]] in [[Southwark]], [[South London]], to launch ''What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined'', a 90-minute live arrangement of his hits.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=July 16, 2015 |title=What's It All About? review – a clever, passionate reappraisal of Burt Bacharach |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jul/16/whats-it-all-about-review-burt-bacharach-reimagined-musical |access-date=February 14, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In 2016, Bacharach, at 88 years old, composed and arranged his first original score in 16 years for the film ''[[A Boy Called Po]]'' (along with composer Joseph Bauer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.varesesarabande.com/products/po-digital-only|title=A Boy Called Po (Digital Only) {{!}} Varèse Sarabande|last=Sarabande|first=Varèse|website=Varèse Sarabande|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308180737/https://www.varesesarabande.com/products/po-digital-only|url-status=dead}}</ref>). The score was released on September 1, 2017. The entire 30-minute score was recorded in just two days at [[Capitol Studios]].<ref name="Burlingame-2017">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/spotlight/burt-bacharach-po-score-1201952490/|title=Burt Bacharach Writes From the Heart for 'Po' Score|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|date=January 5, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=September 11, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> The theme song, "Dancing with Your Shadow", was composed by Bacharach, with lyrics by [[Billy Mann]], and performed by [[Sheryl Crow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=121142&forumID=1&archive=0|author=Krakower Group|title=Varèse Sarabande Records to Reissue A Boy Called Po – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, in Conjunction with the Film's Theatrical Release|date=August 22, 2017|website=filmscoremonthly.com}}</ref> After seeing the film, a true story about a child with [[autism]], Bacharach decided he wanted to write a score for it, as well as a theme song, in tribute to his daughter Nikki—who had gone undiagnosed with [[Asperger syndrome]], and who committed suicide because of depression at the age of 40.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-boy-called-po-2017|title=A Boy Called Po Movie Review & Film Summary (2017) {{!}} Roger Ebert|last=O'Malley|first=Sheila|website=rogerebert.com|access-date=September 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/05/AR2007010501705.html|title=Burt Bacharach's daughter commits suicide|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=September 11, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> "It touched me very much", the composer said. "I had gone through this with Nikki. Sometimes you do things that make you feel. It's not about money or rewards."<ref name="Burlingame-2017" />

In 2018, Bacharach released "Live to See Another Day", co-written with [[Rudy Pérez]] and featuring the [[Miami Symphony Orchestra]]; the song was dedicated to survivors of [[School shooting|gun violence in schools]], as the proceeds from the release went to the charity [[Sandy Hook Promise]], a non-profit organization founded and led by several family members whose children had been killed in the 2012 [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]].<ref>[https://www.livetoseeanotherday.org Live To See Another Day - charity website benefiting Sandy Hook Promise] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610170118/http://livetoseeanotherday.org/ |date=June 10, 2019}} Live To See Another Day. Retrieved April 5, 2019.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Aguila |first=Justino |date=September 17, 2018 |title=Burt Bacharach and Rudy Perez pen Live to See Another Day for School Gun Violence Survivors |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8475378/burt-bacharach-rudy-perez-video-live-see-another-day-school-gun-violence |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref>

In July 2020, Bacharach collaborated with songwriter and multi-instrumentalist [[Daniel Tashian]] on the [[Extended play|EP]] ''Blue Umbrella'', Bacharach's first new material in 15 years.<ref name="Nashville Scene-2020">{{cite web|title=Daniel Tashian and Burt Bacharach Turn Pop to Their Own Purposes on Blue Umbrella|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/features/article/21141538/daniel-tashian-and-burt-bacharach-turn-pop-to-their-own-purposes-on-blue-umbrella|access-date=March 11, 2021|website=Nashville Scene|date=July 30, 2020 }}</ref> It earned Bacharach and Tashian a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album]] at the [[63rd Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 15, 2021 |title=Grammys 2021: Complete list of winners and nominees |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grammy-winners-nominees-2021/ |access-date=February 14, 2023 |publisher=CBS News |language=en-US}}</ref>

In March 2023, a collection of Bacharach's collaborations with Elvis Costello, ''[[The Songs of Bacharach & Costello]]'', was released. The collection  includes 16 tracks from the proposed stage musical ''Taken From Life''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2209941/new-elvis-costello-burt-bacharach-box-set-includes-unreleased-collaborations-from-proposed-musical/news/|title=New Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach Box Set Includes Unreleased Collaborations From Proposed Musical|website=Stereogum|date=January 10, 2023|access-date=February 11, 2023|author-last1=Brodsky|author-first1=Rachel}}</ref>