Title: Anyone who had a heart :
Authors: Bacharach, Burt.; Greenfield, Robert.
Date: 2013
Publisher: HarperCollins,
Physical description: x, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: M
Abstract: Over the past six decades, Burt Bacharach's songwriting has touched millions of listeners all over the world. Here, Bacharach steps out from behind the music to give an honest, engaging look at his life--from his work with Hal David, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Costello and many others, to his tumultuous marriages and the devastating fate of his beloved daughter. Growing up in Forest Hills, NY, during the 1930s and 1940s, Bacharach fell in love with music after sneaking into a Manhattan club to see the legendary Dizzy Gillespie. After a stint in the Korean War, he toured the world with Marlene Dietrich, wrote an endless string of hits, scored numerous Hollywood films, married movie star Angie Dickinson, and composed the music for the Broadway hit Promises, Promises. While he soared professionally, Bacharach's private life was dominated by the never-ending search for love--and the heartbreak that comes when it is lost--which is reflected in his greatest songs.--From publisher description.
Contents: Prologue: Nikki -- The story of my life -- Night plane to Heaven -- I married an angel -- Warm and tender -- The blue angel -- Baby, it's you -- Make it easy on yourself -- Land of make believe -- What's new pussycat? -- Love, sweet love -- What's it all about? -- The look of love -- I'll never fall in love again -- Raindrops keep fallin' on my head -- Lost horizon -- Only love can break a heart -- Best that you can do -- That's what friends are for -- Anyone who had a heart -- This guy's in love with you -- Battle royal -- God give me strength -- Man of mystery -- Overture 2000 -- Nikki, it's you -- Night and day -- What the world needs now -- The Gershwin prize -- Epilogue: happy.
Subject headings (LCSH): Autobiographies.; Bacharach, Burt.; Composers--United States--Biography.; Pianists--United States--Biography; Popular music--United States--20th century.