Rebecca Ferguson, Micheal Kiwanuka, Laura Mvula, Sophie Ellis Bextor...they tried it....but in my opinion not good enough!

Joss Stone, Alfie Boe, Josie James and Shaun Escoffery were brilliant, Burt looked quite emotional after Shaun's rendition of "A House is not a Home" In his tribute, the Kinks’ Dave Davies described Bacharach as “a great inspiration” and “one of the most influential songwriters of our time.” Gilbert O’Sullivan tweeted that Bacharach was a “huge influence” on his songwriting career and created “timeless melodies never to be forgotten.” In 2017, a new musical production of Bacharach and David’s hit musical Broadway PROMISES, PROMISES which ran at the Southwark Playhouse in London from January-February, 2017.

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It’s a tough time,” he explained midway through. “Whatever your side is, they are tough times in America. And working helps me – it may sound a cliché, but music really helps,” he stated, introducing a couple of new songs written (and on the night performed) by young American artist Melody Federer. And then there’s the problem of multiple performers – including Alfie Boe, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Rebecca Ferguson, Laura Mvula, Joss Stone, Michael Kiwanuka and Shaun Escoffery – having to come on, find their audience, create their atmosphere, nail their piece without straying too far from or reminding us too much of the landmark original, and get off.

Bacharach was honored at the Newport Beach Film Festival with its Legends Award for outstanding contribution to music and cinema in April, 2016. Bacharach and Hal David were the recipients of the 2012 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The prize is awarded to musicians whose lifetime contributions in the field of popular song exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwin’s. Bacharach and David received the Library’s Gershwin Medal in May, 2012 at an all-star tribute in Washington, D.C. Even Justin Hayward did his best but his voice is a little bit to light for a song like What The World Needs Now!Thank you BURT for those incredible songs that you has given the world....and to Hal with his great lyrics and all the other collaborators of you! A recipient of three Academy Awards and eight Grammys (including the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award and 1997 Trustees Award with collaborator Hal David) he revolutionized the music of the 1950s and 60s. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and is the recipient of other tributes received from top music industry institutions to governments, universities and charitable and philanthropic groups. If you want to pay a tribute to a man of the highest level in music business you should respect him and treat him that way!

Bacharach’s latest album with Boyzone lead singer Ronan Keating “When Ronan Met Burt,” was released in March, 2011 and hit #3 in the UK charts.Burt Bacharach is one of the world's most acclaimed, award-winning composer/songwriters. His music is as diverse as his audiences, spanning generations and continents, as he is celebrated both as a pop culture icon and one of the world’s greatest contemporary composers.