{"id":117915,"date":"2023-02-09T16:56:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T21:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=117915"},"modified":"2023-02-09T16:56:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T21:56:26","slug":"legendary-composer-burt-bacharach-dies-at-94-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=117915","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Composer Burt Bacharach Dies at 94 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=117915\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=117915\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-117916 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/burt-bacharach60-bb548b3a179c43989791277a0ef5fc57-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/burt-bacharach60-bb548b3a179c43989791277a0ef5fc57-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/burt-bacharach60-bb548b3a179c43989791277a0ef5fc57.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Legendary composer Burt Bacharach, known for writing classic pop hits such as \u201cRaindrops Keep Falling on My Head\u201d and \u201cThat\u2019s What Friends Are For\u201d, passed away February 8, 2023 of natural causes at his Los Angeles home. He was 94.<\/p>\n<p>Bacharach, a six-time Grammy winner and three-time Academy Award winner has composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s and wrote songs for music greats such as Dionne Warwick, Tom Jones and Neil Diamond, among others. Bacharach\u2019s music has appeared in many film and television productions. He is one of the most important composers of 20th century popular music. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Songs from his extensive discography include \u201cDo You Know the Way to San Jose\u201d, \u201cI Say a Little Prayer\u201d, \u201cWhat the World Needs Now\u201d, \u201cWhat\u2019s New Pussycat?\u201d, \u201cWalk on By\u201d, \u201cWishin\u2019 and Hopin\u2019\u201d, and \u201cA House is Not a Home\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Burt Bacharach\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Legendary composer Burt Bacharach, known for writing classic pop hits such as \u201cRaindrops Keep Falling on My Head\u201d and \u201cThat\u2019s What Friends Are For\u201d, passed away February 8, 2023 of natural causes at his Los Angeles home. He was 94. Bacharach, a six-time Grammy winner and three-time Academy Award winner has composed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[30398],"class_list":["post-117915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-legendary-composer-burt-bacharach-dies-at-94-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117915"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/117916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}