NEW YORK — Music played softly, almost imperceptibly, in the background of a hotel lounge where Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello talked about their songwriting collaboration, “Painted From Memory.” Bacharach noticed, however, that it was the instrumental version of “The Look of Love,” his song popularized by Dusty Springfield. Thomas, performing “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head.” “I’ve always been …
CNN — Burt Bacharach, the acclaimed composer and songwriter behind dozens of mellow pop hits from the 1950s to the 1980s, including “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” “ Close to You” and the theme from the movie “Arthur,” has died, a family member of Bacharach confirmed to CNN. Bacharach also wrote such massive hits as Perry Como’s “Magic Moments,” …
