An Evening with Burt Bacharach
For close to 60 years, pianist and composer, Burt Bacharach, has been a power in pop music. And he’s performing at Strathmore next Sunday.
The first hit he co-wrote was the country hit “The Story of My Life” sung by Marty Robbins in 1957.
His most productive hit maker was Dionne Warwick, who had 22 Top-40 hits written by Bacharach. Other singers and bands also had success turning his songs into top hits and many, into American standards. The Shirelles, The Carpenters, Aretha Franklin, Isaac Hayes, Tom Jones, Luther Vandross and Seal, along with many other singers all scored big with his tunes.
His music can be heard in countless movie soundtracks, from the original 1967 James Bond film Casino Royale to Austin Powers, thirty years later.
A Burt Bacharach medley of some of his hits - American Idol.
Some of his more remembered hits include:
- “What’s New Pussycat”
- “I Say a Little Prayer”
- “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head”
- “What the World Needs Now is Love”
- “Walk on By”
- “(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me”
- “Alfie”
- “The Look of Love”
- “This Guy’s in Love with You”
- “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?”
- “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”
- “That’s What Friends Are For”
With so many pop hits, it’s easy to understand why his many hits from the 1960 and 70s still remain classics today.
Burt Bacharach
The Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane
North Bethesda, MD 20852
Dates - Sunday, June 8, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Tickets - $28.00 - $72.00 and are available online.
Nearest Metro subway station – Grosvenor-Strathmore - Red Line. Take the elevators to the 4th level and cross the sky bridge to the Music Center.
Parking - free parking is included in the ticket price, valet parking is $10.00.
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