Burt Bacharach as song writer |
| red # = weekly rock chartblue # = pop chart |
| 1 | The Story Of My Life | Jan 1958 |
| Marty Robbins |
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| 2 | The Story Of My Life | Feb 1958 |
| Gary Miller |
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| 3 | Magic Moments | 5 | Feb 1958 |
| Perry Como |
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| 4 | The Story Of My Life | Feb 1958 |
| Michael Holliday |
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| 5 | The Blob | Nov 1958 |
| The Five Blobs |
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| 6 | Please Stay | 14 | Jul 1961 |
| The Drifters |
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| 7 | I Wake Up Crying | Sep 1961 |
| Chuck Jackson |
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| 8 | The Breaking Point | Nov 1961 |
| Chuck Jackson |
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| 9 | Tower Of Strength | 4 | Nov 1961 |
| Gene McDaniels |
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| 10 | You're Following Me | Dec 1961 |
| Perry Como |
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| 11 | You Don't Have To Be A Tower Of Strength | Dec 1961 |
| Gloria Lynne |
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| 12 | Baby It's You | 6 | Feb 1962 |
| The Shirelles |
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| 13 | (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance | 10 | Jun 1962 |
| Gene Pitney |
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| 14 | Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) | 9 | Jun 1962 |
| Chuck Jackson |
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| 15 | Make It Easy On Yourself | Sep 1962 |
| Jerry Butler |
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| 16 | Forgive Me (For Giving You Such A Bad Time) | Sep 1962 |
| Babs Tino |
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| 17 | Don't You Believe It | Nov 1962 |
| Andy Williams |
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| 18 | Only Love Can Break A Heart | 4 | Nov 1962 |
| Gene Pitney |
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| 19 | The Love Of A Boy | Jan 1963 |
| Timi Yuro |
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| 20 | Don't Make Me Over | 11 | Jan 1963 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 21 | This Empty Place | Apr 1963 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 22 | Blue On Blue | 4 | Jun 1963 |
| Bobby Vinton |
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| 23 | Be True To Yourself | Jul 1963 |
| Bobby Vee With The Johnny Mann Singers |
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| 24 | Saturday Sunshine | Aug 1963 |
| Burt Bacharach |
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| 25 | True Love Never Runs Smooth | Aug 1963 |
| Gene Pitney |
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| 26 | Make The Music Play | Aug 1963 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 27 | Reach Out For Me | 18 | Oct 1963 |
| Lou Johnson |
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| 28 | Blue Guitar | Nov 1963 |
| Richard Chamberlain |
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| 29 | Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa | 20 | Nov 1963 |
| Gene Pitney |
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| 30 | Wives And Lovers | 9 | Jan 1964 |
| Jack Jones |
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| 31 | Anyone Who Had A Heart | 3 | Feb 1964 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 32 | From Rocking Horse To Rocking Chair | Mar 1964 |
| Paul Anka |
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| 33 | Walk On By | 2 | Jun 1964 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 34 | Wishin' And Hopin' | 6 | Aug 1964 |
| Dusty Springfield |
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| 35 | A House Is Not A Home | Aug 1964 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 36 | A House Is Not A Home | Aug 1964 |
| Brook Benton |
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| 37 | Me Japanese Boy I Love You | Aug 1964 |
| Bobby Goldsboro |
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| 38 | (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me | Sep 1964 |
| Lou Johnson |
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| 39 | You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) | 12 | Sep 1964 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 40 | Kentucky Bluebird (Send A Message To Martha) | Nov 1964 |
| Lou Johnson |
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| 41 | Reach Out For Me | Nov 1964 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 42 | Rome Will Never Leave You | Dec 1964 |
| Richard Chamberlain |
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| 43 | A Message To Martha (Kentucky Bluebird) | Dec 1964 |
| Adam Faith |
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| 44 | Message To Martha | 1964 |
| Jerry Butler |
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| 45 | They Long To Be Close To You | 1964 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 46 | (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me | Jan 1965 |
| Sandie Shaw |
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| 47 | My Little Red Book | Jul 1965 |
| Burt Bacharach |
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| 48 | What The World Needs Now Is Love | 4 | Jul 1965 |
| Jackie DeShannon |
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| 49 | Here I Am | Jul 1965 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 50 | What's New Pussycat? | 2 | Jul 1965 |
| Tom Jones |
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| 51 | Trains And Boats And Planes | Jul 1965 |
| Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas |
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| 52 | Trains And Boats And Planes | Jul 1965 |
| Burt Bacharach His Orchestra & Chorus |
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| 53 | A Lifetime Of Loneliness | Oct 1965 |
| Jackie DeShannon |
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| 54 | Looking With My Eyes | Nov 1965 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 55 | Make It Easy On Yourself | 16 | Nov 1965 |
| The Walker Brothers |
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| 56 | Are You There (With Another Girl) | Jan 1966 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 57 | Promise Her Anything | Mar 1966 |
| Tom Jones |
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| 58 | Message To Michael | 5 | May 1966 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 59 | Come And Get Me | Jun 1966 |
| Jackie DeShannon |
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| 60 | My Little Red Book | Jun 1966 |
| Love |
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| 61 | Trains And Boats And Planes | Aug 1966 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 62 | Alfie | Aug 1966 |
| Cher |
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| 63 | Alfie | Sep 1966 |
| Cilla Black |
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| 64 | I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself | Nov 1966 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 65 | Another Night | Jan 1967 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 66 | The Beginning Of Loneliness | Mar 1967 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 67 | Always Something There To Remind Me | Apr 1967 |
| Patti LaBelle & The Blue Belles |
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| 68 | Casino Royale | May 1967 |
| Herb Alpert |
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| 69 | Only Love Can Break A Heart | Jun 1967 |
| Margaret Whiting |
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| 70 | Alfie | 3 | Jun 1967 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 71 | You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) | Aug 1967 |
| The Angels |
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| 72 | The Windows Of The World | Sep 1967 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 73 | Waiting For Charlie To Come Home | Sep 1967 |
| Marlena Shaw |
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| 74 | The Look Of Love | 4 | Oct 1967 |
| Dusty Springfield |
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| 75 | Reach Out For Me | Nov 1967 |
| Burt Bacharach |
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| 76 | I Say A Little Prayer | 9 | Dec 1967 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 77 | Do You Know The Way To San Jose | 7 | May 1968 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 78 | This Guy's In Love With You | 1 | Jun 1968 |
| Herb Alpert |
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| 79 | The Look Of Love | 4 | Jun 1968 |
| Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 |
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| 80 | Let Me Be Lonely | Jun 1968 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 81 | (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me | Aug 1968 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 82 | This Girl's In Love With You | Aug 1968 |
| Eydie Gorme |
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| 83 | This Guy's In Love With You | Sep 1968 |
| Tony Mottola |
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| 84 | To Wait For Love | Sep 1968 |
| Herb Alpert |
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| 85 | Who Is Gonna Love Me? | Sep 1968 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 86 | I Say A Little Prayer | 19 | Sep 1968 |
| Aretha Franklin |
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| 87 | Alfie | Sep 1968 |
| Eivets Rednow |
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| 88 | Promises, Promises | 14 | Nov 1968 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 89 | Knowing When To Leave | Jan 1969 |
| Michele Lee |
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| 90 | This Girl's In Love With You | 9 | Mar 1969 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 91 | Any Day Now | Apr 1969 |
| Percy Sledge |
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| 92 | The April Fools | Jun 1969 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 93 | I'll Never Fall In Love Again | Jul 1969 |
| Burt Bacharach |
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| 94 | Odds And Ends | Aug 1969 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 95 | I'm A Better Man (For Having Loved You) | Sep 1969 |
| Engelbert Humperdinck |
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| 96 | Walk On By | Oct 1969 |
| Isaac Hayes |
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| 97 | Baby It's You | 6 | Nov 1969 |
| Smith |
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| 98 | Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head | 1 | Jan 1970 |
| B.J. Thomas |
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| 99 | I'll Never Fall In Love Again | 4 | Jan 1970 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 100 | Always Something There To Remind Me | Feb 1970 |
| R.B. Greaves |
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| 101 | Everybody's Out Of Town | 19 | Apr 1970 |
| B.J. Thomas |
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| 102 | Let Me Go To Him | May 1970 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 103 | (They Long To Be) Close To You | 1 | Jul 1970 |
| Carpenters |
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| 104 | Paper Mache | Aug 1970 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 105 | Don't Make Me Over | Sep 1970 |
| Brenda & The Tabulations |
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| 106 | Make It Easy On Yourself | Nov 1970 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 107 | I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself | Nov 1970 |
| Gary Puckett |
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| 108 | One Less Bell To Answer | 2 | Dec 1970 |
| The 5th Dimension |
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| 109 | The Green Grass Starts To Grow | Jan 1971 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 110 | All Kinds Of People | Feb 1971 |
| Burt Bacharach |
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| 111 | The Look Of Love | Mar 1971 |
| Isaac Hayes |
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| 112 | Who Gets The Guy | Apr 1971 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 113 | What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin And John | 4 | Aug 1971 |
| Tom Clay |
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| 114 | Amanda | Aug 1971 |
| Dionne Warwicke |
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| 115 | Long Ago Tomorrow | Dec 1971 |
| B.J. Thomas |
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| 116 | Something Big | Jan 1972 |
| Mark Lindsay |
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| 117 | Walk On By | Aug 1972 |
| The Dells |
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| 118 | (They Long To Be) Close To You | Sep 1972 |
| Jerry Butler Featuring Brenda Lee Eager |
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| 119 | Living Together, Growing Together | Feb 1973 |
| The 5th Dimension |
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| 120 | Lost Horizon | Mar 1973 |
| Shawn Phillips |
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| 121 | The Look Of Love | Mar 1973 |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips |
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| 122 | You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) | 19 | Jun 1973 |
| The Stylistics |
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| 123 | Alfie | Aug 1973 |
| The Delfonics |
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| 124 | Something Big | Jan 1974 |
| Burt Bacharach |
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| 125 | Close To You | Nov 1974 |
| The Clams |
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| 126 | Walk On By | Jun 1975 |
| Gloria Gaynor |
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| 127 | Close To You | Feb 1976 |
| B.T. Express |
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| 128 | Only Love Can Break A Heart | Jun 1977 |
| Bobby Vinton |
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| 129 | Walk On By | Apr 1979 |
| AWB |
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| 130 | I Don't Need You Anymore | Apr 1980 |
| Together? Featuring Jackie DeShannon |
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| 131 | Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) | 1 | Oct 1981 |
| Christopher Cross |
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| 132 | Walk On By | May 1982 |
| D Train |
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| 133 | Any Day Now | 5 | Jun 1982 |
| Ronnie Milsap |
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| 134 | Always Something There To Remind Me | 20 | 2 | May 1983 |
| Naked Eyes |
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| 135 | Turn Around | Sep 1984 |
| Neil Diamond |
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| 136 | That's What Friends Are For | 1 | Jan 1986 |
| Dionne And Friends Featuring Elton John, Gladys Knight And Stevie Wonder |
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| 137 | On My Own | 1 | May 1986 |
| Patti LaBelle And Michael McDonald |
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| 138 | Love Always | Sep 1986 |
| El DeBarge |
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| 139 | Love Power | 23 | Sep 1987 |
| Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne |
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| 140 | A Groovy Kind Of Love | 1 | Oct 1988 |
| Phil Collins |
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| 141 | Don't Make Me Over | 19 | Nov 1989 |
| Sybil |
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| 142 | Walk On By | Dec 1989 |
| Melissa Manchester |
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| 143 | Walk On By | Feb 1990 |
| Sybil |
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| 144 | Don't Say Goodbye Girl | Jan 1995 |
| Tevin Campbell |
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| 145 | Warning | Feb 1995 |
| The Notorious B.I.G. |
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| 146 | Big Poppa | 15 | Mar 1995 |
| The Notorious B.I.G. |
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| 147 | Baby It's You | Apr 1995 |
| The Beatles |
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| 148 | I Say A Little Prayer | 12 | Sep 1997 |
| Diana King |
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| 149 | What The World Needs Now Is Love | Aug 1998 |
| Dionne Warwick And The Hip-Hop Nation |
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| 150 | Toledo | May 1999 |
| Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach |
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| 151 | Rain On Me | 13 | Oct 2003 |
| Ashanti |
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| 152 | Slow Jamz | 6 | Feb 2004 |
| Twista Featuring Kanye West & Jamie Foxx |
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| 153 | I Want You | May 2004 |
| Janet Jackson |
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| These are popular songs by Burt Bacharach as writer, not every recording ever made |
