Burt Bacharach, the great composer who created many of the greatest songs in American pop music, including "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," the theme song for the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," and the Carpenters' hit song "Close to You" . Burt Bacharach passed away on February 8 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94 years old. Burt Bacharach's songs include "Baby It's You" by The Shirelles and The Beatles, "This guy" by Herb Alpert, and You Know My Name," the theme song for the movie "007/Casino Royale. Burt Bacharach's orchestral recordings were also loved by many families in the Showa era, and in the 1990s, Bacharach's works were reevaluated during the Shibuya-kei boom.
Burt Bacharach has been loved by a wide range of generations, as symbolized by the fact that his records also appeared on the cover of the first album released by Oasis in 1994. We present you a masterful performance of a song that is synonymous with the great Bacharach, sung by the great Bacharach himself, and we pray for his soulful rest in peace.

Burt Bacharach - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
BBC NEWS / Burt Bacharach, one of pop's greatest songwriters, dies aged 94