The Latest Breaking News from Burt Bacharach

Songwriter whose hits, including I Say a Little Prayer and Walk On By, became classics of easy-listening pop

LOS ANGELES — At the Brill Building, the legendary songwriters’ mecca on Broadway in New York City, composer Burt Bacharach first teamed with lyricist Hal David in 1956. Over the next decade, the two helped define the broad reaches of popular music with a run of hit songs that poured…

Over the past 70 years, only Lennon-McCartney, Carole King and a handful of others rivaled his genius for instantly catchy songs that remained performed, played and hummed long after they were written.

Composer Burt Bacharach, whose hits such as "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" provided a mellow alternative soundtrack to rock and roll in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at the age of 94, his publicist told Reuters on Thursday.

Composer Burt Bacharach has died, aged 94.

He was behind some of the most well-known songs of all time

Singer and performer, who wrote Walk on By and What the World Needs Now Is Love, died at home in Los Angeles of natural causes

Burt Bacharach has died after a career packed with hits you can't help but hum from 'Do You Know the Way to San Jose' to 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head'

Popular composer Burt Bacharach has died at 94