The lead actor of the film for which it was intended didn’t like the song at all. Neither did the first artist approached to sing it. Radio stations initially balked at the finished product, what with ...

Burt Bacharach, the acclaimed composer and songwriter behind dozens of mellow pop hits from the 1950s to the 1980s, including "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and ...

Burt Bacharach, the massively influential composer of dozens of hits including “Walk on By,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” “Alfie,” “I Say a Little Prayer” and the Oscar-winning “Raindrops Keep ...

Burt Bacharach, the legendary pianist and composer behind beloved hits like "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" and "(They Long to Be) Close to You," has died, reports the Associated Press. The ...

Burt Bacharach, the acclaimed composer and songwriter behind dozens of mellow pop hits from the 1950s to the 1980s, including “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” “(They Long to Be) Close to You” and ...

(CNN) — Burt Bacharach, the acclaimed composer and songwriter behind dozens of mellow pop hits from the 1950s to the 1980s, including “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” “(They Long to Be) Close to ...