- Counts "Alfie" (lyrics by Hal David) as his personal favorite of all the songs he has written.
- His daughter Nikki Bacharach (with Angie Dickinson) died on January 4, 2007 at age 40 of suicide in Ventura County, California. Nikki suffered from Asperger's Disorder, a form of autism.
- As a VIP guest of President Barack Obama at the White House, Bacharach and lyricist Hal David were presented with the Library of Congress "Gershwin Prize for Popular Song" trophy. Bacharach had just celebrated his 84th birthday. Among the various artists commemorating the duo's lifelong achievement with personal renditions of Bacharach/David songs were: Mike Myers ("What's New, Pussycat?"), Sheryl Crow and Lyle Lovett ("I'll Never Fall in Love Again"), Rumer ("A House is Not a Home"), Stevie Wonder ("Alfie"). To close the evening, Wonder introduced the President who finally presented the trophy plaques to Burt and Eunice David (accepting on behalf of husband Hal) [East Room - White House]. (May 21, 2012)
- Bacharach's chart-topping song "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (sung by B.J. Thomas) was used in the British TV commercial for "Walkers" crisps featuring Gary Lineker and Cat Deeley in the bicycling roles originated by Paul Newman and Katharine Ross in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). (2009)
- Filed suit for $15M against an Indianapolis theatre, where he claims to have fallen and broken his shoulder on an uneven floor. (March 19, 2001)
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.
- Awarded the Polar Music Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Award, in 2001.
- Angie Dickinson was a leading Hollywood actress when in 1963 she met Burt Bacharach, a then unknown songwriter, They were married for 18 years but 5 of these were spent in separations as marriage became strained with his success and her television fame as detective Pepper Anderson in Police Woman. They lived in Hidden Valley in California,.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1969 Tony Award for his music and lyrics as part of a Best Musical nomination for "Promises! Promises!"
- Is the son of well-known syndicated columnist, Mark Bertram Bert Bacharach (1898-1983), whose work, under the title "Now Hear Bert", was a regular feature in our local newspaper, the Chicago American.
- His 1964 song "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (first recorded by Dionne Warwick) switches awkwardly between 4/4, 5/4 and 7/8 time signatures, making it the first popular song to make use of use of polyrhythms.
- Has received 6 Grammy Awards since 1967, most notably for "Song Of The Year" in 1986 ("That's What Friends Are For", performed by Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder).
- He worked with Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Woody Allen and Ursula Andress on both What's New Pussycat (1965) and Casino Royale (1967).
- Has a son, Christopher, with Carole Bayer Sager who lives with Sager and her husband Robert Daly in Los Angeles.
- Worked as Marlene Dietrich's musical director from 1958-61.
- Owned a successful racehorse, Soul of Matter, winning a one million dollar prize race in 1995.
- Bacharach appeared as a celebrity performer and guest vocal coach for contestants on the television show American Idol during its 2006 season, during which an entire episode was dedicated to his music.
- Though his style is sometimes called "easy listening," he has expressed apprehension regarding that label. According to NJ.com contributor Mark Voger, "It may be easy on the ears, but it's anything but easy. The precise arrangements, the on-a-dime shifts in meter, and the mouthfuls of lyrics required to service all those notes have, over the years, proven challenging to singers and musicians.".
- Is mentioned in Status Quo's song "Diggin' Burt Bachrach".
- Bacharach's music is characterized by unusual chord progressions, influenced by jazz harmony, with striking syncopated rhythmic patterns, irregular phrasing, frequent modulation, and odd, changing meters. He arranged, conducted, and produced much of his recorded output.
- In the 1990s and 2000s, Bacharach had cameo roles in Hollywood movies including all three Austin Powers movies, inspired by his score for the 1967 James Bond parody film Casino Royale.
- Bacharach's selection of instruments included flugelhorns, bossa nova sidesticks, breezy flutes, tack piano, molto fortissimo strings and cooing female voices.[82] According to editors of The Mojo Collection, it led to what became known as the "Bacharach Sound.".
- His first notable gig in showbiz was as singer Vic Damone's accompanist after Bacharach's discharge from the Army in 1952.
- Graduated in 1946 from Forest Hills High School in Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
- First studied music with Henry Cowell and Darius Milhaud.
- His name combines his mother's maiden name (Freeman) with his father's middle name (Bertram).
- His song "(They Long to Be) Close to You" was first recorded by actor Richard Chamberlain in 1963, but popularized by The Carpenters with their release of the song in 1970.
- Served in the United States Army. He was stationed in Occupied Germany.
- 73 of his songs were in the U.S. Top 40 charts.
- Drafted into the United States Army in 1950 where he served with Vic Damone.
- His father Mark Bertram "Bert" Bacharach married his mother Irma Freeman on 24 October 1925.
- Won six Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards and one Emmy Award.
- From 1932 to 1938 his family lived at 83-29 Talbot Street in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York. In 1938 they moved to 150 Burns Street in Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
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