Burt Bacharach & His Orchestra has been played on NTS in shows including If Music Presents You Need This w/ Jean-Claude, featured first on 21 January 2024. Songs played include Wives And Lovers.

Burt Freeman Bacharach(May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, and musician who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music.

Bacharach studied music at McGill University and the Mannes School of Music. In the 1950s and the early 1960s he was the pianist, arranger and bandleader for Marlene Dietrich with whom he toured. He teamed with lyricist Hal David and…