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Share this on:FacebookTwitterDiggdeliciousredditMySpaceStumbleUponLinkedInViadeo Prolific songwriter Hal David dies at 91By the CNN Wire StaffSeptember 2, 2012 -- Updated 0054 GMT (0854 HKT)if (typeof cnnArticleGallery=="undefined"){var cnnArticleGallery={};if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=[];}}var expGalleryPT00=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGalleryPT00.setImageCount(12);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("Remembering Hal David", 1);.cnn_html_slideshow_metadata > .cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:'>>';font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px}.cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0}.captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1}.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:#004276;outline:medium none}.cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px}
Hal David presents the Johnny Mercer Award to Billy Joel in New York City on June 14, 2001. David wrote hit songs such as "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head," "This Guy's in Love With You," "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," and "What The World Needs Now is Love." He was chairman emeritus of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He died at 91.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"Remembering Hal David"}Hal David and his wife, Eunice David (right), pose with Joan Hotchkis at the opening night gala of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Los Angeles in March 2001.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"Remembering Hal David"}From left to right: David and singers Beverly Sills, Dionne Warwick and Marc Anthony pose with their statues at the 2002 NARAS Heroes Awards in December 2002 in New York City. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Remembering Hal David"}David attends the Celebration of the Song: A Grammy Week Songwriters' Luncheon at the home of Denise Rich in February 2003 in New York City. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Remembering Hal David"}From left to right: David, BMI President Francis Preston, songwriters Denise Rich and Eddie Holland attend Celebration of the Song in February 2003.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Remembering Hal David"}David, left, greets singer Tony Bennett after he was honored with the Towering Performance Award Tony at the Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards ceremony in June 2003 New York City. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"Remembering Hal David"}The Davids pose for photos at the 2005 Songwriters Hall Of Fame induction ceremony in New York City.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Remembering Hal David"}David speaks at the 40th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony in June 2009 in New York City. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Remembering Hal David"}
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Stevie Wonder, center, poses for a picture with the Davids in the green room during the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) annual "Songwriter Night" March 2007 in Washington. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"Remembering Hal David"}Eunice David gives her husband a kiss as the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce honors him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 14, 2011. It was his 90th birthday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"Remembering Hal David"}From left to right: Steve Tyrell, an unidentified guest, Paul Williams, and Leron Gubler pose with David after he was honored with his Hollywood star.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"Remembering Hal David"}David at his Hollywood star ceremony.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"Remembering Hal David"}HIDE CAPTIONRemembering Hal DavidRemembering Hal DavidRemembering Hal DavidRemembering Hal DavidRemembering Hal DavidRemembering Hal DavidRemembering Hal DavidRemembering Hal DavidRemembering Hal DavidRemembering Hal DavidRemembering Hal DavidRemembering Hal David<<<
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12>>>Event.observe(window,'load',function(){if(typeof(cnn_adbptrackpgalimg) == 'function' && typeof(cnnArticleGallery) != 'undefined'){cnn_adbptrackpgalimg(cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[0].image,"Remembering Hal David");}});STORY HIGHLIGHTSHe co-wrote dozens of hits with Burt BacharachHis songs include "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick recorded his songsHe was an Oscar and Grammy Award winnerLos Angeles (CNN) -- Hal David, the lyricist behind such standards as "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" and "What the World Needs Now is Love," has died at 91, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers said Saturday.
The Oscar- and Grammy-winning songwriter, who teamed with musician Burt Bacharach on dozens of hit songs, died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles from complications of a stroke, ASCAP said.David's greatest hitsDavid started working with Bacharach in the late 1950s on tunes recorded by artists including Perry Como, Gene Pitney, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra, the Carpenters, Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick. In May, President Barack Obama and the first lady hosted a concert honoring Bacharach and David as part of the "In Performance at the White House" series."As a lyric writer, Hal was simple, concise and poetic -- conveying volumes of meaning in fewest possible words and always in service to the music," ASCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams said. "It is no wonder that so many of his lyrics have become part of our everyday vocabulary and his songs ... the backdrop of our lives."Singer Smokey Robinson on Saturday said David was one of his songwriting idols when he was growing up."I hope that the music world will join together in celebrating the life of one of our greatest composers ever," Robinson said in a statement Saturday. "I will really miss my friend but I will celebrate his life and he will live on-and-on through his incredible musical contribution."Lyricist Carole Bayer Sager, who also worked extensively with then-husband Burt Bacharach, said David made Bacharach's melodies seem "effortless."David was president of ASCAP from 1980 till 1986.The Recording Academy called David an "exquisite lyricist" whose work has left a "lasting impact on our culture."He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents who had immigrated from Austria. He studied journalism at New York University before joining the military during World War II.Returning to New York after the war, he began working with songwriters he met at the famous Brill Building, which at the time was the center of the city's song industry, ASCAP said.It was his collaboration with Bacharach that proved the most fruitful. They were some of the first to work with Warwick when she was a young vocalist.They also helped Herb Alpert to No. 1 with "This Guy's in Love With You" and wrote The Carpenters' No. 1 hit "(They Long to Be) Close to You."British Invasion stars like Springfield and Sandie Shaw sought the pair's talents in the 1960s, and they got Tom Jones into the Top 10 with "What's New Pussycat."The pair's accomplishments extended to stage and screen as well. They wrote scores and themes for 1960s films including "Alfie" and "Casino Royale." Their "Raindrops" tune was written for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and reached No. 1.They wrote the score for the musical "Promises, Promises," which was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Grammy for best Cast Album of the Year in 1970.David parted ways with Bacharach in the early 1970s, but he went on to work with other composers, including Albert Hammond -- with whom he wrote "To All the Girls I've Loved Before."His first wife, Anne, died in 1987. He is survived by his wife, Eunice; two sons, three grandchildren, and two stepsons.David's older brother Mack, who died in 1991, was also a famous songwriter who wrote such hits as "La Vie en Rose," "Candy," and "Bibiddi-Bobbidi-Boo."Share this on:FacebookTwitterDiggdeliciousredditMySpaceStumbleUponLinkedInViadeo var OB_permalink='http://edition.cnn.com'+location.pathname;var OB_langJS='http://widgets.outbrain.com/lang_en.js';var OB_widgetId='AR_1';var OB_Template="cnnedition";if (typeof(OB_Script)!='undefined'){OutbrainStart();}else{var OB_Script=true;var str="cnnad_createAd("632805","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn_international&cnn_intl_pagetype=mmst&cnn_intl_position=607x95_adlinks&cnn_intl_rollup=entertainment&page.allowcompete=no¶ms.styles=fs","95","607");cnnad_registerSpace(632805,607,95);cnnad_createAd("416261","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn_international&cnn_intl_pagetype=mmst&cnn_intl_position=336x850_rgt&cnn_intl_rollup=entertainment&page.allowcompete=no¶ms.styles=fs","850","336");cnnad_registerSpace(416261,336,850);
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