What The World Needs Now!
Words By Hal David

A Television Tribute

​​The great HAL DAVID wrote lyrics for some of the most enduring songs in American popular music. Working primarily with composer Burt Bacharach, and dominating the pop-music charts of the Sixties, David and Bacharach crafted dozens of Top 40 hits which are now timeless.

Hal David, Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach

THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE BY

Craig and Annette David
Herb and Lani Alpert (The Herb Alpert Foundation)
ASCAP (American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers)
The Berry Gordy Family Foundation
Bob Doyle
Gordon D. Sondland and Katherine J. Durant Foundation
The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Joan and Irwin Robinson
Peter Primont
Jamie deRoy
Benjamin and Madge Palumbo

The DVD

​The 60-minute DVD overflows with the brilliant chart-topping songs  of lyricist Hal David and celebrates his long career in music.  Hosted by Bette Midler, the program includes interviews with Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Valerie Simpson, music writer Francis Davis and National Public Radio star Terry Gross (host of Fresh Air), with memorable performances by Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Dusty Springfield, The Carpenters, B. J. Thomas, Tom Jones, Jackie DeShannon, Glen Campbell and, of course, the fabulous Dionne Warwick, an inspirational muse for so much of the Bacharach-David songbook.  Also included are thirty minutes of DVD Bonus Features.

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The Music CD

​This companion CD is a musical celebration of Hal David and includes many of David's Top-40 hits, many in original versions by the original artists.  The nineteen tracks featured here Hal David wrote with Burt Bacharach and other composers, and together they span the career and illustrate the genius of one of America's greatest lyricists.

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CD TRACK LIST:
​American Beauty Rose
​The Story of My Life 
Make It Easy on Yourself 
Don't Make Me Over 
Wishin’ and Hopin’ 
Walk On By 
What the World Needs Now Is Love 
The Look of Love 
Do You Know the Way to San Jose? 
What’s New, Pussycat? 
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head 
99 Miles from LA 
Alfie 
I Say a Little Prayer 
I'll Never Fall in Love Again 
(They Long to Be) Close to You 
One Less Bell to Answer/A House Is Not A Home 
It Was Almost Like a Song 
To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before 

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