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Hal David. Harold Lane David (May 25, 1921 – September 1, 2012) was an American lyricist. [2] He grew up in New York City. He was best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach and his association with Dionne Warwick .
May 31, 2023 · Bacharach brought Warwick to Hal David and the three got to work. Over the next two decades, Warwick recorded Bacharach and David songs, selling some 12 million copies and garnering 22 Top 40 singles.
Sep 2, 2012 · Hal David, songwriting partner to composer Burt Bacharach, has died at age 91. He was known for songs infused with optimism, for love letters bound to be stuck in your head for days, and for ...
Sep 1, 2012 · An obituary last Monday about the songwriter Hal David misidentified the first Top 10 song for which he wrote the lyrics. It was “The Four Winds and the Seven Seas,” recorded by Sammy Kaye and ...
Hal David's other million-sellers include Do You Know the Way to San Jose, Walk on By, What The World Needs Now is Love, and To All the Girls I've Loved Before-- all of which have become pop standards. Enjoy your stay - peruse the song catalog, or get to know Hal David personally in the Words from Hal David section. Thanks for stopping by!
Hal David was formerly the Chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Chairman Emeritus, and was awarded their first ever Visionary Leadership Award in 2011. He passed away in September of 2012. Wrote 2004 SHOF Towering Song "What The World Needs Now Is Love" honored with SHOF’s highest accolade, the Johnny Mercer Award, in 1996
Sep 2, 2012 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hal David, the stylish, heartfelt lyricist who teamed with Burt Bacharach on dozens of timeless songs for movies, television and a variety of recording artists in the 1960s ...
Sep 1, 2012 · Hal David, the longtime songwriting partner of Burt Bacharach, died on Saturday morning at the age of 91, the Associated Press reports. His wife, Eunice David, said that he died at Cedar Sinai ...
Sep 2, 2012 · Hal David, a man who crafted the lyrics to such hits as "Walk On By" and "What the World Needs Now," died yesterday at the age of 91 from complications from a stroke yesterday morning.
Hal David. Soundtrack: My Best Friend's Wedding. Songwriter ("Magic Moments", "Baby Elephant Walk", "What the World Needs Now is Love") and author, educated at New York University. Joining ASCAP in 1943, he collaborated musically with Burt Bacharach, Sherman Edwards, Lee Pockriss, [error], Redd Evans, Don Rodney, John Barry and Henry Mancini. His other popular-song compositions include "Four ...
