What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David

What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David (2019)

March 1st, 20191h 30min

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Hosted by Bette Midler, enjoy a musical tribute to the man who wrote some of the most enduring songs in American popular music. Lyricist Hal David and composer Burt Bacharach dominated the pop-music charts in the 1960s and early ’70s, crafting dozens of timeless Top 40 hits.


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