Burt Bacharach Highlights

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• 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