Burt Bacharach was with lyricist Hal David responsible for a large number of hits in the sixties. That work made him one of the most respected composers and producers in the history of pop. In Bacharach Dionne Warwick found the perfect artist who was able to be innovative compositions full of complex rhythms, creative arrangements and beautiful melodies to sing. Bacharach's music brought the elegance
… of jazz and classical music into the charts. In the nineties, years after the composer had scored his last hit, made it "lounge' genre for a remarkable reappraisal of his work. His collaboration in the late nineties with his admirer Elvis Costello led to rave reviews.more