Burt Bacharach's Top 50 Songs

Burt Bacharach Top 50 Songs

Burt Bacharach is a pianist, composer, and producer born May 12, 1928, in Kansas City, MO. He died on 2/8/2023. Frequently partnered with lyricist Hal David. Through 2006, Bacharach had written 70 Top 40 hits in the U.S. and 52 Top 40 hits in the U.K. For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry. For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry. Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists. Spotify Podcast: Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast episode Remembering Burt Bacharach: His Top 10 Songs, based on this list. Debut: February 10, 2023, at 7pm CST. New episodes based on Dave’s Music Database lists are posted every Tuesday at 7pm CST.

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Top 50 Songs Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to charts.) DMDB Top 1%: 1. That's What Friends Are For (Dionne Warwick with Elton John, Gladys Knight, & Stevie Wonder, 1985) #1 US, AC, RB, CN, AU 2. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (B.J. Thomas, 1969) #1 US, CB, HR, AC, CN 3. They Long to Be Close to You (Carpenters, 1970) #1 US, CB, HR, AC, CN, AU DMDB Top 2%: 4. Walk on By (Dionne Warwick, 1964) 5. Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) (Christopher Cross, 1981) #1 US, CB, HR, RR, AC 6. I Say a Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin, 1968) 7. This Guy’s in Love with You (Herb Alpert, 1968) #1 US, CB, HR, AC, CN, AU DMDB Top 5%: 8. On My Own (Patti LaBelle with Michael McDonald, 1986) #1 US, CB, RR, RB, CN 9. Always Something There to Remind Me (Naked Eyes, 1983) 10. What the World Needs Now Is Love (Jackie DeShannon, 1965) #1 CN DMDB Top 10%: 11. Baby It’s You (The Shirelles, 1961) 12. The Look of Love (Dusty Springfield, 1967) 13. Heartlight (Neil Diamond, 1982) 31 AC 14. Magic Moments (Perry Como, 1957) #1 UK DMDB Top 20%: 15. I’ll Never Fall in Love Again (Dionne Warwick, 1969) #1 AC 16. Wishin’ and Hopin’ (Dusty Springfield, 1964) 17. I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself (The White Stripes, 2003) 18. Any Day Now (Ronnie Milsap, 1982) #1 AC, CW 19. What’s New Pussycat? (Tom Jones, 1965) #1 CN 20. One Less Bell to Answer (The 5th Dimension, 1970) #1 AC 21. Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa (Gene Pitney, 1963) 22. Only Love Can Break a Heart (Gene Pitney, 1962) #1 AC 23. Do You Know the Way to San Jose? (Dionne Warwick, 1968) 24. Wives and Lovers (Jack Jones, 1963) 25. Blue on Blue (Bobby Vinton, 1963) #1 HR 26. I Say a Little Prayer (Diana King, 1997) 27. Trains and Boats and Planes (Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, 1965) 28. Baby It’s You (The Beatles, 1963) 29. Don’t Make Me Over (Dionne Warwick, 1962) 30. Love Power (Dionne Warwick with Jeffrey Osborne, 1987) #1 AC 31. Anyone Who Had a Heart (Dionne Warwick, 1963) 32. I Say a Little Prayer (Dionne Warwick, 1967) 33. Always Something There to Remind Me (Sandie Shaw, 1964) 34. Make It Easy on You (Jerry Butler, 1962) 35. What the World Needs Now/Abraham, Martin and John (Tom Clay, 1971) 36. The Look of Love (Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66, 1968) 37. A House Is Not a Home (Brook Benton, 1964) DMDB Beyond the Top 20%: 38. Walk on By (The Stranglers, 1978) 39. Casino Royale (Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, 1967) #1 AC 40. Alfie (Stevie Wonder as Eivets Rednow, 1968) 41. I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself (Gary Puckett, 1970) 42. Don’t Make Me Over (Sybil, 1989) 43. I Say a Little Prayer/By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Glen Campbell & Anne Murray, 1971) 44. Anyone Who Had a Heart (Cilla Black, 1964) 45. My Little Red Book (Love, 1966) 46. Blue Guitar (Richard Chamberlina, 1963) 47. Making Love (Roberta Flack, 1982) 48. Walk on By (Average White Band, 1979) 49. Love Always (El DeBarge, 1986) 50. Walk on By (Isaac Hayes, 1969) Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Burt Bacharach DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Hal David DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Dionne Warwick Dave’s Music Database: “Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists” First posted 12/15/2019; updated 2/10/2023.