Burt Bacharach’s musical magic is your Memorial Day YouTube project

The Pitch talked to Kansas City native Burt Bacharach this week, and we came away convinced that the Grammy- and Oscar-winning composer, who turned 85 recently, is as relevant as ever.

Not many songwriters can say that both Elvis Presley (“Any Day Now”) and Elvis Costello (who made a whole album, Painted From Memory, co-written with the composer-producer-arranger) have recorded their tunes. Nor can just about anyone else claim to have worked with Neil Diamond, Tom Jones and Dr. Dre (though not all at once).

So when we got done reading Bacharach’s new autobiography, Anyone Who Had a Heart, and looking over the track list for his forthcoming six-disc boxed set, we naturally adjourned to YouTube. After the jump, your holiday-weekend homework: our favorite Bacharach moments online.