![]() ![]() The song is about looking towards a bright tomorrow – “It won’t be long till happiness steps up to greet me” – and yet Bacharach imbues it with a melancholic afterglow. Written for the 1969 revisionist western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the power of the tune flows from the tension between Bacharach’s downbeat melody and the optimistic lyrics of Hal David, Bacharach’s longtime collaborator. “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head”, 1969 Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid Paul Newman rides bicycle with Katharine Ross from the classic 1969 western (Photo by Screen Archives/Getty) To paraphrase Oasis – who snuck Bacharach’s image on to the cover of their debut album – they are songs that will live forever. Here is a run-down of 10 of his most enduring smashes. He dressed like one, too – his “Fifties Dad” image belying the gut-punch power of the hits he recorded with everyone from Dionne Warwick to Elvis Costello.
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