Burt Bacharach Highlights
Published
Sep 30, 2018
Run Time
00:25
Clips
- Born to Irma and Mark Bacharach
- He showed a strong interest in jazz as a teenager
- He graduated from Forest Hills High School in 1946
- He won his first Grammy as an arranger in 1968
- He was the composer for musical Promises, Promises
- Won 1971 Emmy for Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
- He won an Oscar in 1982 for Best Original Song
- He won his 3rd Oscar in 1982 for "Arthur's Theme"
- He made a cameo in Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Won 2006 Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album
- He had a TV special, A Life in Song, in 2015
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
