— -- That's what friends are for? President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama next week will celebrate the legendary songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David with a star-studded concert ...

Anyone casting their eyes over the biggest-selling US singles in the summer of 1968 would have spotted a few songs that reflected the incendiary atmosphere of the times: Steppenwolf’s Born To Be Wild ...

This weekend, the Tony Awards will open with a medley of songs from Broadway musicals, including a tune from the Burt Bacharach-Hal David classic, Promises, Promises. The musical has also been ...

In the early 1960s, pop radio and music charts were dominated by the British Invasion and Motown. “But every now and then, these great, catchy songs would sneak in there, and invariably, they were ...

Music lovers fall into three camps when they measure the legacy of chart-topping pop music composer Burt Bacharach, who died in 2023 at age 94. First: Those who hum along with his curvy, seductive ...

The songwriting duo of Hal David and Burt Bacharach is responsible for some of the biggest name collaborations in musical history, as evidenced by the tracks and artists below. Best known for working ...

Lyricist Hal David and composer Burt Bacharach began their collaboration together in 1957 after meeting in New York City's legendary Brill Building -- the home of dozens of music publishers, as well ...

At the Brill Building, the legendary songwriters’ mecca on Broadway in New York City, composer Burt Bacharach first teamed with lyricist Hal David in 1956. Over the next decade, the two helped define ...

Hal David, who along with partner Burt Bacharach penned dozens of timeless songs for movies, television and a variety of recording artists in the 1960s and beyond, has died. He was 91. David died of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ‘Walk On By,’ is one of the many hits from ...