He was a multi-faceted composer enjoying credits with a host of major collaborators, particularly SHOF inductee and Chairman Emeritus Hal David.īorn in Missouri, Bacharach grew up in New York City where he began taking piano lessons. * Burt Bacharach was also the 1996 recipient of The Johnny Mercer Award, the SHOF’s highest honorīurt Bacharach enjoyed major hits in all genres of music, including top 40, rhythm and blues, country, film scores and soundtracks.
