Editing Burt Bacharach (section)

===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>