Burt Bacharach

Burt Freeman Bacharach is a singer, composer, songwriter, producer, and pianist. He is one of the oldest significant contemporary composers. He wrote several hits that became very popular. He is well known for hits such as ‘raindrops keep falling’, ‘close to you, I say a little prayer, ‘I’ll never fall in love again’,’ what the world needs now is love’, and ‘walk on by’.

Well, how well do you know about Burt Bacharach? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Burt Bacharach’s net worth in 2021, his age, height, weight, wife, kids, biography and complete details about his life. Well, if you’re all set, here is what we know about Burt Bacharach to date.

Biography and Early Life

Burt Bacharach was born on May 12, 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri, at the Kew Gardens section.  His parents were Irma M and Mark Bertram. His father was a newspaper columnist and his mother a painter and a songwriter. He grew up with the love of music and his mother introduced him to the piano, but instead, his love for jazz took over in his teenage years.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Burt Bacharach in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Burt Bacharach’s age is 93 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 12 May 1928. Though, he is 6′ 0″ in feet and inches and 173 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 136 lbs in Pound and 62 kg in Kilograms.

Education

Burt started his education at a young age he studied piano and drums at 12 years. He enrolled in Forest hills high school. While at the school, he developed an interest in jazz where he had even formed a 10-piece band where he used to play piano and do his practice. He then enrolled at the McGill University in Montreal to pursue music. This is where he first wrote his fist song named “the night plane to heaven”. Due to his unquenched thirst for music, he went to Mannes school of music in New York City.  Moreover, he was given a scholarship to the music academy of the West in Santa Barbra, Calif.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Burt has had a very interesting dating life which makes us wonder what the problem could be. He has been involved in four marriages, He first married the actress and singer Paula Stewart from 1953-1958. Then he married Angie Dickinson from 1965-1980 together they had a daughter by the name Nikki Bacharach.

Burt again marred a lyricist named Carole Bayer sager this marriage lasted 9 years from 1982-1991. Burt now married his fourth wife named Jane Hansen in 1993. Together they were blessed with two children Oliver and Raleigh.

Is Burt Bacharach Gay?

Burt Bacharach has given us no reason to doubt that he is straight. we all know that Burt had four wives in his entire life. Out of the relationships he has had children so he is a family man that prefers to date ladies rather than men.

Professional Career

When he started out his career as an accompanist for Vic Damone as a piano accompanist but was unceremoniously fired after smiling at the female audience when he was performing. He also worked with other several artists in the same capabilities such as Paula Stewart, Ames Brothers, Steve Laurence, and many more.

In 1956 things started taking an upward turn when he was recommended to Marlene Dietrich. He became her conductor and arranger and he was working as her part-time music director and he started becoming famous. In 1957 Burt entered into writing partnered with Hal David and their song “the story of my life” and in the same year, it made it to the no 1 hit on the US country chat.

Then he released other songs such as “magic moments”, “Three wheels on my wagon”, “make it easy on yourself” amongst others. Burt made an outstanding cameo appearance in the film “Austin Powers: international man mystery” here he was trying to build a reputation with the new generation fans.

Burt again reunited with Hal David and Dionne Warwick on two songs “isn’t she great which was a film based on the life of the novelist Jacqueline Susan. In April 2007made a contribution of several songs to “new music from an old friend” music that featured collaborations and compositions between legendary songwriters such as Carole King, Paul Williams, Willie Nelson, and Kristofferson.

Awards

His musical journey has made him be recognized for his hard work. He has won three Oscars and six Grammys. Burt was honored with a Grammy for lifetime achievement in the year 2009. Then in 2012 Burt and David shared Gershwin’s prize for the most popular song. He has also been nominated for a Grammy Award for the best traditional pop vocal album blue umbrella.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Burt Bacharach in 2021

Burt Bacharach has acquired a huge amount of wealth primarily from being a successful composer, writer, and producer. At his age, he has managed to garner this wealth throughout his celebrated career. As of 2021, He is estimated to have a net worth of $160 million

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• Burt was listed in June 2019 by New York Magazine as being amongst the hundreds of artists whose material was destroyed in the 2008 universal fire.
• Burt had a daughter by the name Nikki Bacharach who had Asperger’s syndrome which caused her to take out her own life at the age of 40 on January 4, 2007.

Burt has managed to look so young at 93 years of age. He is a celebrated icon that has achieved so much and to this day he has not let go of his talent. Burt still enjoys what he does prove that when you have passion for your talent nothing can stop you.

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