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“Karen manages to get across both sadness and silliness”: How the Carpenters wowed Lennon and McCartney with an emotive yet absurd No 1 hit

Macca’s verdict: “The best female voice in the world”

MusicRadar · Nov 27, 2024

“By far, the most stressful day of my entire life": The unexpected story of a Burt Bacharach and Hal David classic that reduced Noel Gallagher to a nervous wreck

How a sublimely dreamy, easy-listening love song captured the collective minds of middle America during one of the nation’s most turbulent years

MusicRadar · May 30, 2024

Burt Bacharach remembered by Elvis Costello

The musician recalls a giant of American song – a man who through their collaborations taught him the real art of songwriting

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2023

Burt Bacharach mastered the art of the perfect pop song – and that ain't easy

Easy on the ear, perhaps. But the label of “easy listening” often attached to the songs of Burt Bacharach belies the mastery of his talent in crafting perfect moments in music.

The Conversation · Feb 10, 2023

Burt Bacharach: 10 of his greatest songs

Recording with Hal David, Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin, the late songwriter’s discog includes some of the best pop songs ever written

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023

Burt Bacharach created music for all the ways men fall in love

American composer Burt Bacharach, who has died at the age of 94, is arguably one the greatest songwriters of all time. With hits going back to the 1950s, Bacharach continued working until the age of 92.

The Conversation · Feb 10, 2023

Burt Bacharach: 20 essential songs

Music poured out of Burt Bacharach like martinis out of an ice-cold shaker.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 10, 2023

Dionne Warwick: Burt Bacharach’s death ‘like losing a family member’

Bacharach co-wrote a number of Warwick’s biggest hits, including Walk On By

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2023

Michael Phillips: Burt Bacharach wrote the songs the world needed then. And now

It’s the one sincere moment in the entire “Austin Powers” franchise.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 10, 2023

Burt Bacharach: an astonishing creator of impermeable classics and supersmooth pop

He was dubbed ‘easy listening’ but this was nonsense. His dazzling music, a result of classical tuition and nights in bebop clubs, defied categories – and made stars of soul singers, rock bands and mum-friendly crooners

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2023