Burt Bacharach doesn’t mind a few raindrops fallin’ on his head.
The 93-year-old songwriter, who is considered one of the most important composers of pop music, has seen enough to be unconcerned about the ups and downs of the music business.
“I’ve had a lot of turn-downs in my life you know, I really have,” he told Page Six in a recent interview.
“You don’t win everything. Not even close to every time and I’m very accepting of things that don’t always work out.”
Proving that he means what he says, the multiple Oscar and Grammy winner is trying to make the best of an unsuccessful musical he co-wrote — “Some Lovers” — by releasing just the show’s songs, which were well received.
The new album will feature performances by stars such as Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, Jennifer Holliday, and Kristin Chenoweth.
“People seemed to love the music; I loved the music and I loved the score,” said Bacharach, who composed the works along with Tony winner Steven Sater.
The Queens-raised performer first became famous as the pianist for Marlene Dietrich, who he conceded wasn’t technically a great singer.
“She did not have a great voice,” he admitted. “She didn’t have a good voice but there was that stage presence and that always worked. We played in Russia, we played in Israel, I got to see the world.”
From then on Bacharach composed hundreds of songs — many with lyricist Hal David — that have gone on to become classics, like “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head,” “What the World Needs Now,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “The Look of Love,” and “Close to You.”
His career got an unexpected jolt when longtime fan Mike Myers featured him in the 1997 spy-caper parody, “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.”
“I never saw it coming,” he explained. “Mike and [director] Jay [Roach] had me over and said, ‘We’re bringing you to Las Vegas and you’ll stay one night and we’ll do this one thing.’ And low and behold Austin Powers became a huge hit.”
“It certainly tapped me into all of the 7-year-olds in this country,” Bacharach — who would also appear in the film’s sequel, “The Spy Who Shagged Me” — added dryly.
Over his fifty-plus-year career, the music business has changed dramatically around Bacharach, with streaming overtaking album sales — a development he calls “not a great benefit for me.”
Nevertheless, the nonagenarian has no plans on retiring, nor does he spend much time pondering the mysteries of aging.
“I don’t think about that too much,” he revealed. “I’m just grateful that I’m still walking on this earth, you know?”