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List of awards and nominations received by Burt Bacharach

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Burt Bacharach awards and nominations
Wins 14
Nominations 45

Burt Bacharach was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music.

He had received three Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, six Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Drama Desk Award. He was also nominated for a Tony Award.

Major awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1965 Best Song "What's New Pussycat?" (from What's New Pussycat)
(shared with Hal David)
Nominated [1]
1966 "Alfie" (from Alfie)
(shared with Hal David)
Nominated [2]
1967 "The Look of Love" (from Casino Royale)
(shared with Hal David)
Nominated [3]
1969 Best Original Score for a Motion Picture (Not a Musical) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Won [4]
Best Song – Original for the Picture "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"
(from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
(shared with Hal David)
Won
1981 Best Original Song "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (from Arthur)
(shared with Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, and Peter Allen)
Won [5]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1970 Anthony Asquith Memorial Award Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Won [6]
1981 Best Original Film Music Arthur Nominated [7]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1966 Best Original Song "Alfie" (from Alfie)
(shared with Hal David)
Nominated [8]
1969 Best Original Score Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Won
Best Original Song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"
(from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
(shared with Hal David)
Nominated
1971 "Long Ago Tomorrow" (from The Raging Moon)
(shared with Hal David)
Nominated
1981 "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (from Arthur)
(shared with Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, and Peter Allen)
Won
1982 "Making Love" (from Making Love)
(shared with Bruce Roberts and Carole Bayer Sager)
Nominated
1986 "They Don't Make Them Like They Used To" (from Tough Guys)
(shared with Carole Bayer Sager)
Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1963 Song of the Year "Wives and Lovers"
(shared with Hal David)
Nominated [9]
1965 Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist "What the World Needs Now Is Love"
(shared with Jackie DeShannon)
Nominated
1967 Best Instrumental Theme "Casino Royale"
(shared with Hal David)
Nominated
Best Instrumental Arrangement "Alfie" Won
"Casino Royale" Nominated
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Show Casino Royale Nominated
1969 Song of the Year "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
(shared with Hal David)
Nominated
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"
(shared with Hal David)
Nominated
Best Contemporary Song Nominated
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Won
Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album Promises, Promises
(shared with Hal David, Henry Jerome, and Phil Ramone)
Won
1971 Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) "Long Ago Tomorrow"
(shared with Patrick Williams)
Nominated
Best Pop Instrumental Performance Burt Bacharach Nominated
1981 Song of the Year "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
(shared with Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, and Peter Allen)
Nominated
1986 "That's What Friends Are For"
(shared with Carole Bayer Sager)
Won
Record of the Year Nominated
1996 Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals "God Give Me Strength"
(shared with Elvis Costello)
Nominated
1998 "I Still Have That Other Girl"
(shared with Elvis Costello)
Won
2005 Best Pop Instrumental Performance "In Our Time"
(shared with Chris Botti)
Nominated
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album At This Time
(shared with Allen Sides)
Won
2020 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Blue Umbrella
(shared with Daniel Tashian)
Nominated
2021 Best Musical Theater Album Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater's Some Lovers
(shared with Michael Croiter, Ben Hartman, Cody Lassen, and Steven Sater)
Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1970 Outstanding Variety or Musical Program – Variety and Popular Music Kraft Music Hall (Episode: "The Sound of Burt Bacharach") Nominated [10]
1971 Outstanding Single Program – Variety or Musical – Variety and Popular Music Another Evening with Burt Bacharach Nominated [11]
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach Won
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1969 Best Musical Promises, Promises
(shared with Neil Simon, Hal David, and David Merrick)
Nominated [12]

Miscellaneous awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1969 Outstanding Music Promises, Promises Won[a] [13]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best Original Song – Feature Film "Dancing with Your Shadow" (from A Boy Called Po) Nominated [14]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1996 Best Original Song "God Give Me Strength" (from Grace of My Heart)
(shared with Elvis Costello)
Nominated [15]
2016 "Dancing with Your Shadow" (from A Boy Called Po)
(shared with Billy Mann)
Nominated [16]

Special honors

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The success of [Burt Bacharach and Hal David]'s creative genius continues today as they each add new songs to what is without question one of the richest and most recognizable multi-generational playlists known to the world. Their creative talents have inspired songwriters for more than five decades, and their legacy is much in the tradition of George and Ira Gershwin, for whom this award is named.

—Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, 2011[17]
  • 1972, Songwriters Hall of Fame.[18]
  • 1997, Grammy Trustees Award, with Hal David.[19]
  • 1997, subject of a PBS "Great Performances" biography, "Burt Bacharach: This is Now".[20][21]
  • 2000, People magazine named him one of the "Sexiest Men Alive", and one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1999.[22]
  • 2001, Polar Music Prize, presented in Stockholm by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.[22]
  • 2002, National Academy Of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) New York Heroes Award.[22]
  • 2005, GQ Magazine Inspiration Award.
  • 2006, George and Ira Gershwin Award for Musical Achievement from UCLA.
  • 2006, Thornton Legacy Award, University of Southern California; also created the Burt Bacharach Music Scholarship at the Thornton School to support outstanding young musicians.[23]
  • 2008, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.[24]
  • 2009, Bacharach received an honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music. The award was presented to him during the Great American Songbook concert, which paid tribute to his music.[25]
  • 2012, Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, with Hal David, awarded by the Library of Congress.[26]

Notes

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  1. ^ Tied with Al Carmines for Peace.

References

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  1. ^ "The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  2. ^ "The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  3. ^ "The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  4. ^ "The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
  5. ^ "The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  6. ^ "BAFTA Awards: Film in 1971". British Academy Film Awards. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  7. ^ "BAFTA Awards: Film in 1982". British Academy Film Awards. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  8. ^ "Burt Bacharach". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  9. ^ "Burt Bacharach". Grammy Awards. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  10. ^ "The Sound of Burt Bacharach Kraft Music Hall". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  11. ^ "Burt Bacharach". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  12. ^ "1969 Tony Awards". Tony Awards. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  13. ^ "Nominees and Recipients – 1969 Awards". Drama Desk Awards. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  14. ^ "2016 Music in Visual Media Nominations". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  15. ^ "International Press Academy website – 1997 1st Annual SATELLITE Awards". Archived from the original on 1 February 2008.
  16. ^ "The International Press Academy Announces Nominations for the 21 Annual Satellite Awards" (PDF). International Press Academy. November 28, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  17. ^ "Burt Bacharach, Hal David Named Recipients of Fourth Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song", Library of Congress, September 28, 2011.
  18. ^ "Burt Bacharach". Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  19. ^ "Trustees Grammy Award". Grammy Awards. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  20. ^ "Oldies but goodies: PBS documentary looks at Burt Bacharach and those melodies that still sound so good", Chicago Tribune, May 14, 1997.
  21. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Brill Videos (May 1, 2014). "Burt Bacharach Documentary". YouTube. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  22. ^ a b c "Official Press Biography - A House Is Not A Homepage". bacharachonline.dreamhosters.com. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  23. ^ "Burt Bacharach - Los Angeles Philharmonic". Los Angeles Philharmonic. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  24. ^ "Lifetime Achievement Award". Grammy Awards. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  25. ^ Dreilinger, Danielle (April 10, 2009), "Burt Bacharach: Class Act", Berklee College of Music.
  26. ^ "Hal David, Burt Bacharach honored in D.C. with Gershwin Prize". Los Angeles Times. May 9, 2012.