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Aug 11,  · The song became the first #1 hit single for the performer (Alpert), the writers (Burt Bacharach and Hal David), and the label (A&M Records).This video first appeared as .

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Burt Freeman Bacharach (/ ˈ b æ k ər æ k / BAK-ə-rak; born May 12, ) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, and singer who has composed hundreds of popular hit songs from the late s through the s, many in collaboration with popular lyricist Hal David.A six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy Award winner, Bacharach's songs have been recorded.

May 18,  · None other than the future hit-maker’s muse, Dionne Warwick.) By , Bacharach’s star as a songwriter and producer was on the ascendant, and he signed with Kapp Records. His single “Saturday Sunshine” b/w “And So Goodbye My Love” (Kapp ) led to the recording of Hit Maker!

Sep 04,  · Dionne Warwick's twelfth album for the Scepter label "Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls" featured the single along with another Top Ten hit "Do You Know the Way to San Jose".

Early life. Marie Dionne Warrick, later Warwick, was born in Orange, New Jersey, to Mancel Warrick and Lee condownhudisamirederstonfirsdehe.coinfo mother was manager of the Drinkard Singers, and her father was a Pullman porter, chef, record promoter and condownhudisamirederstonfirsdehe.coinfo was named after her aunt on her mother's side. She had a sister, Delia ("Dee Dee"), who died in , and a brother, Mancel Jr., who was killed in an accident.

Burt Freeman Bacharach (/ ˈ b æ k ər æ k / BAK-ə-rak; born May 12, ) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who has composed hundreds of pop songs from the late s through the s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David.A six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy Award winner, Bacharach's songs have been recorded by more than 1,