Burt Bacharach

When I visited with Burt Bacharach at his home back in October for my Wall Street Journal interview, we spoke about the Gershwin Prize he was due to receive in May. Burt seemed a bit stunned by the enormity of the award and generous in praise of the others who had won previously. On May 8, the esteemed composer and singer was presented with the award at the White House. He also was entertained by artists singing and playing his songs. The...  

Last night, PBS broadcast "In Performance at the White House: Burt Bacharach & Hal David: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song," a tribute to one of America's most successful songwriting teams. Before the event took place ...  

Continuing Rumer's takeover of Old music, the singer remembers a Bacharach and David classic – and discussing it at the White House with its writerHasbrook Heights is my new favourite song at the moment. What I love about Burt Bacharach and Hal David is that together they create a zephyr that sweeps you off your feet as a performer. Everything is in the melody and lyric. You just have to sing it as it's written.The song was originally written...  

Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall, Michael Feinstein and more appear in "In Performance at the White House: Burt Bacharach & Hal David: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song," airing 9-10 PM May 21 on PBS stations. The White House ...  

The White House program, which was taped by WETA Washington, D.C. as part of the In Performance at the White House series, will premiere on PBS stations nationwide tonight, May 21, 2012 at 9 p.m. EDT check local listings as Burt Bacharach amp Hal David The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song In Performance at the White House.BroadwayWorld has just received preview clips of tonight's broadcast and brings them to you below Click...  

Both Bacharach and David have collaborated with other songwriters, both prior to their Brill Building days and after their main collaboration had a hiatus during the mid-1970s. They reunited in the early 1990s with Dionne Warwick, offering a ...  

Next week PBS will air the White House ceremony, which includes performances by Sheryl Crow, Michael Feinstein, Diana Krall, Lyle Lovett, Mike Myers, Rumer, Arturo Sandoval, Sheléa and Stevie Wonder. As a preview, PBS has released video of Wonder’s performance.  

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President Barack Obama awards a Gershwin Prize to legendary composer and performer Burt Bacharach at a concert honoring Bacharach and fellow prize winner Hal David, in the East Room at the White House on May 9, 2012, in Washington. (Credit: Getty)http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57431568-10391698/songwriters-burt-bacharach-and-hal-david-honored-at-white-house/   

President Obama honored songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during a tuneful and starry night at the White House. The duo are the Grammy- and Oscar-winning musical minds behind ...  

President Obama paid tribute to the legendary songwriting duo Burt Bacharach and Hal David, lauding their virtuosity and cross-genre appeal. "Like the Gershwin brothers, Burt and Hal have never been limited to one genre or even one generation," Obama said.  

Burt Bacharach is calling from the future, but also from the past. On a hotel telephone across the international date line, the 83-year-old songwriter is on tour in Australia, where it's tomorrow morning. But he's happy...  

President Obama welcomed guests to the East Room at the White House tonight, May 9, for the In Performance at the White House series. The program honored Burt Bacharach and Hal David, legendary songwriters, with The Gershwin Prize. The following is a transcript of the president's award presentation.  

President Obama Wednesday night awarded the nation’s highest prize for popular music to “two kings of songwriting,” Burt Bacharach and Hal David. “The Gershwin Prize is named for one of the great American songwriting duos of all time.  And it’s fitting that tonight’s award is...  

Lyricist Hal David and composer Burt Bacharach were saluted Tuesday ... the 2012 award consisted of the three previous winners as well as Elvis Costello, Lee Ann Womack, Rickey Minor and Bobette Dudley.  

Burt Bacharach and Hal David will be awarded the Library of Congress' 2012 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song on Wednesday, May 9. A concert will be held in the honor, which will form the basis of a PBS special to begin airing on May 21. Among the scheduled ...  

TAMPA — From bullhorns to Bacharach, Wednesday offered a bit of everything to Mayor Bob Buckhorn: Two cities ... as did Lyle Lovett, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall, Arturo Sandoval and comedian Mike Myers. And yet. Even though President Barack ...  

Tonight, May 9th, as part of their In Performance at the White House series, the President and First Lady will host a concert in the East Room honoring songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, who will be awarded the 2012 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. President Obama will present the award as he did in 2010 and 2009, when the Library of Congress honored Sir Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, respectively. The program...  

Burt Bacharach is calling from the future, but also from the past. On a hotel telephone across the international date line, the 83-year-old songwriter is on tour in Australia, where it’s tomorrow morning. But he’s happy to zip down memory lane, 55 ...  

President Barack Obama was to honor the brainpower behind the unforgettable tunes "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," "Close to You," and others recorded by artists spanning Dionne Warwick, the Carpenters, Alicia Keys and the cast of "Glee.  

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will honor songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, a duo whose pop melodies and lyrics regularly hit the charts in the 1960s and early 1970s despite competition from more socially ...  

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is honoring the brainpower behind the unforgettable tunes "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," ''Close to You," and others recorded by artists spanning Dionne Warwick, the Carpenters, Alicia Keys and the ...  

(CBS/AP) President Barack Obama is honoring the brainpower behind the unforgettable tunes "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," "Close to You," and others recorded by artists spanning Dionne Warwick, the Carpenters, Alicia Keys and the cast of "Glee."  

The invitation-only concert in Washington D.C. came on the eve of the pair receiving the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from President Obama. Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall and -- who else? -- Dionne Warwick were among those ...  

In the 1960s and beyond, their work produced some of the most popular music for movies, television and recording artists. Stars including Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall and Stevie Wonder will perform in their honor. The concert will be broadcast May ...  

That's what friends are for? President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama next week will celebrate the legendary songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David with a star-studded concert featuring Sheryl Crow, Michael Feinstein, Diana Krall, Lyle Lovett ...  

The concert will performances by Sheryl Crow, Michael Feinstein, Diana Krall, Lyle Lovett, Mike Myers, Rumer, Arturo Sandoval, Sheléa and Stevie Wonder. According to the White House, it's the first time that the Gershwin Prize has been awarded to a ...  

President Obama will present the award as he did in 2010 and 2009, when the Library of Congress honored Sir Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, respectively. The program will include performances by Sheryl Crow, Michael Feinstein, Diana Krall ...  

Pic: Glenn Hampson LOVE. It's been -- and remains -- a recurring theme ... Bacharach has put hits into the hands of music greats from Frank Sinatra to Barbra Streisand, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, Neil Diamond, The Beatles and Aretha Franklin.  

and the cheesy but seductive The Look of Love from Casino Royale to Butch Cassidy's Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, this sumptuous compilation reminded us how good movie songs used to be. Certainly, an evening of Burt Bacharach is the baby boomer wallow ...  

WASHINGTON — A tribute concert honoring songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, who wrote such unforgettable tunes as “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” and “That’s What Friends are For,” will be broadcast nationally on PBS.  

Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - from Best Acoustic Classic Guitar Hits album.wmv Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - from the album Best Acoustic Classic Guitar Hits from the Wikipedia: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" is BJ Thomas's #1 song, written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. David and Bacharach also won Best Original Score. It...  

John Pagano's vocals channelled a touch of co-writer Elvis Costello on God Give Me Strength ... not to mention their standout instrumental duet on the Love Theme from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. New keyboard player Bill Cantos got to show off ...  

And he's writing a new song with his ex-wife, Carole Bayer Sager - and it could be going the way of a very well-known songstress. "I'm working on a song with my ex-wife after all these years which may be for Barbra Streisand, you just have to keep writing ...  

(Scott Johnson) Last week at a White House ceremony Burt Bacharach and Hal David received the Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Bacharach turned 84 yesterday. David is 90 and recovering from a stroke; his wife picked up the award in his place at the White House. The Gershwin Prize is a songwriters’ award and I can’t think of two more deserving recipients than Bacharach and David. Their career spans  

WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, are to preside over a White House concert honoring songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The show is to be broadcast May 21 on PBS stations nationwide as "Burt ...  

Your music evolved again in the 1980s with your collaborations with your then wife Carole Bayer Sager... We didn't write that much together but we had a few hits - That's What Friends Are For, Heartlight and Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do).  

President Barack Obama honored Burt Bacharach and Hal David on Wednesday night as "two kings of songwriting," presenting them the nation's highest prize for popular music at the White House. The songwriting duo received the Library of Congress ...  

Lyricist Hal David and composer Burt Bacharach were saluted Tuesday night in Washington as recipients of the 2012 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song bestowed by the Library of Congress, the first time the honor has been given to a songwriting team. The singer most closely associated with the Bacharach-David songbook, Dionne Warwick, sang a€oeThis Guya€(TM)s in Love With Youa€ and was joined at the event by Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Diana...  

WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Burt Bacharach and Hal David received the Gershwin Prize in Washington Wednesday in recognition of their decades-long songwriting collaboration. President Barack Obama presented the award to Bacharach and David's wife ...  

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama honored Burt Bacharach and Hal David on Wednesday night as "two kings of songwriting," presenting them the nation's highest prize for popular music at the White House. The songwriting duo received the 2012 Library of ...  

On Wednesday night, Obama will present the songwriting duo of Burt Bacharach and Hal David with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. In the 1960s and beyond, their work produced some of the most popular music for movies, television and ...  

The White House echoed with the popular songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David — known for hit tunes, including those from the Broadway musical Promises, Promises — on May 9, when President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama presided over "In ...  

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will honor songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, a duo whose pop melodies and lyrics regularly hit the charts in the 1960s and early 1970s despite competition from more socially revolutionary performers.  

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will honor songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, a duo whose pop melodies and lyrics regularly hit the charts in the 1960s and early 1970s despite competition from more socially ...  

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will honour songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, a duo whose pop melodies and lyrics regularly hit the charts in the 1960s and early 1970s despite competition from more socially revolutionary ...  

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will honor songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, a duo whose pop melodies and lyrics regularly hit the charts in the 1960s and early 1970s despite competition from more socially ...  

Easy to listen to. Tough to sing. Those qualities alone didn’t earn them the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, but they certainly define the music of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The duo were feted for their quietly complex pop songs Wednesday evening in the East Room of the White House, where President Obama honored the composer and lyricist for a lifetime of songwriting excellence. Read full article >>  

On Wednesday, Obama presents the songwriting duo of Burt Bacharach and Hal David with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Stars including Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall and Stevie Wonder will perform in their honour at the White House.  

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama honored Burt Bacharach and Hal David on Wednesday night as "two kings of songwriting," presenting them the nation's highest prize for popular music at the White House. The songwriting duo received the Library ...  

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is honoring musicians Burt Bacharach and Hal David as “two kings of songwriting” with the nation’s highest prize for popular music. The songwriting duo received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize ...  

Many of his hits were produced specifically for Dionne Warwick, whom he said was one of the most memorable ... Aretha Franklin, Sergio Mendes and Isaac Hayes. In 2005, after six decades of writing love songs, Bacharach shifted his attention to his ...  

In 2005, after six decades of writing love songs, Bacharach shifted his attention to his indignation over the state of the world, collaborating with Elvis Costello, Dr Dre, Rufus Wainwright, Chris Botti and others for At This Time. The album immediately ...