Editing Hal David

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{{Short description|American lyricist (1921–2012)}}
{{distinguish|Hal Davis}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Hal David
| image           = Hal David, ASCAP concert, 2011.jpg
| caption         = David at the 2011 [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP]] concert<ref>{{cite news|last=Padua|first=Pat|title=Pic(s) of the Week: They Write the Songs Edition|url=http://blogs.loc.gov/music/2011/05/ascap/|access-date=December 4, 2013|newspaper=Library of Congress - In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog|date=May 12, 2011}}</ref>
| background      = non_performing_personnel
| birth_name      = Harold Lane David
| birth_date      = {{birth date|mf=yes|1921|5|25}}
| birth_place     = New York City, U.S.
| death_date      = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2012|9|1|1921|5|25}}
| death_place     = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| genre           = Pop
| occupation      = Lyricist
| years_active    = 1940s–2012
| associated_acts = {{plainlist|
*[[Burt Bacharach]]
*[[Dionne Warwick]]
}}
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Alice <!-- David -->||1987|end=died}}
* Eunice <!-- David -->
}}
}}

'''Harold Lane David''' (May 25, 1921&nbsp;– September 1, 2012) was an American lyricist.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=343}}</ref> He was best known for his collaborations with composer [[Burt Bacharach]] and his association with [[Dionne Warwick]].

==Early life==
David was born and raised in New York City, a son of Austrian [[Jew]]ish immigrants Lina (née Goldberg) and Gedalier David, who owned a delicatessen in New York. He is the younger brother of American lyricist and songwriter [[Mack David]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/78/Hal-David.html |title=Hal David Biography (1921-) |website=Filmreference.com |access-date=September 3, 2012}}</ref><ref name=nytobit/> David attended [[Thomas Jefferson High School (Brooklyn)|Thomas Jefferson High School]] in [[Brooklyn]] and studied Journalism at [[New York University]].

==Career==
David is credited with popular music lyrics, beginning in the 1940s with material written for bandleader [[Sammy Kaye]] and for [[Guy Lombardo]]. He worked with Morty Nevins of [[The Three Suns]] on four songs for the feature film ''[[Two Gals and a Guy]]'' (1951), starring [[Janis Paige]] and [[Robert Alda]]. They also wrote the classic Christmas song I Believe in Santa Claus which was recorded by [[The Stargazers (vocal ensemble)| The Stargazers ]] in 1950.

In 1956, David began working with composer Burt Bacharach at [[Famous Music]] in the [[Brill Building]] in New York. That year, the two published several songs, including "I Cry More" (featured in the motion picture ''[[Don't Knock the Rock]]''), "The Morning Mail", and "Peggy's In The Pantry". The next year, their song "[[The Story of My Life (Burt Bacharach and Hal David song)|The Story of My Life]]" became a country hit for singer [[Marty Robbins]]. 

In the UK, a version of "The Story of My Life" recorded by [[Michael Holliday]] reached No. 1 in 1958 before being replaced by [[Perry Como]]'s "[[Magic Moments]]", the first time any songwriter had consecutive #1 hits in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. 

Subsequently, in the 1960s and early 1970s Bacharach and David wrote some of the most enduring songs in American popular music, many for [[Dionne Warwick]] and also for [[The Carpenters|Carpenters]], [[Dusty Springfield]], [[B. J. Thomas]], [[Gene Pitney]], [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], [[Jackie DeShannon]] and others.<ref name="Larkin"/>

Bacharach and David hits included "[[Alfie (Burt Bacharach song)|Alfie]]", "[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head]]", "[[This Guy's in Love with You]]", "[[I'll Never Fall in Love Again]]", "[[Do You Know the Way to San Jose]]", "[[Walk On By (song)|Walk On By]]", "[[What the World Needs Now Is Love]]", "[[I Say a Little Prayer]]", "[[(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me]]", "[[One Less Bell to Answer]]" and "[[Anyone Who Had a Heart (song)|Anyone Who Had a Heart]]".<ref name="Larkin"/>

The duo's film work includes the Oscar-nominated title songs for "[[What's New Pussycat? (song)|What's New Pussycat?]]" and "[[Alfie (Burt Bacharach song)|Alfie]]", "[[The Look of Love (1967 song)|The Look of Love]]", from ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]''; and the Oscar-winning "[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head]]" from ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''. In addition, the songs "[[Don't Make Me Over (song)|Don't Make Me Over]]", "[[(They Long to Be) Close to You]]" and "[[Walk On By (song)|Walk On By]]" have been inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame Award|Grammy Hall of Fame]].

Bacharach and David also collaborated on two musicals with their first work in this genre being the 1966 [[television musical]] ''[[On the Flip Side]]'' which was created as a starring vehicle for [[Ricky Nelson]] and [[Joanie Sommers]].<ref>{{cite book| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BUvTYfLP624C&dq=%22On+The+Flip+Side%22+%22Ricky+nelson%22&pg=PA286|chapter=On the Flip Side|page=286|title=Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012, 2d Ed.|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|isbn=9780786474448|author=Vincent Terrace|date=June 19, 2013 }}</ref> Their second musical, ''[[Promises, Promises (musical)|Promises, Promises]]'', was nominated for the 1969 [[Tony Award for Best Musical]] at the [[23rd Tony Awards]]. The original cast recording won the 1969 [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album]] at the [[12th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1969 GRAMMY Winners {{!}} 12th Annual GRAMMY Awards |date=1970-03-11 |publisher=[[The Recording Academy]] |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/12th-annual-grammy-awards |access-date=2023-06-01}}</ref>

The Bacharach-David partnership, which had been long and both critically and financially successful, was effectively terminated by their experiences working on the score of the 1973 film ''[[Lost Horizon (1973 film)|Lost Horizons]]'', a critical and commercial disappointment.<ref>Bacharach, Burt (2012) ''Anyone Who Had A Heart'', HarperCollins {{ISBN|978-0857898012}}, p. 156</ref> Increasing tensions between the two with regard to the work led to an exchange of lawsuits, destroying their professional relationship.<ref>Dominic, Serene (2003) ''Burt Bacharach: Song by Song'', Music Sales Group, pp.242-3</ref>

David worked successfully as a lyricist with other composers before, during and after his time with Bacharach.  Perhaps his best known non-Bacharach song was "[[To All the Girls I've Loved Before]]", with music by [[Albert Hammond]], which was a hit for [[Willie Nelson]] and [[Julio Iglesias]].<ref name="Larkin"/> He also wrote [[Sarah Vaughan]]'s "[[Broken Hearted Melody]]", with [[Sherman Edwards]]; the 1962 [[Joanie Sommers]] hit "[[Johnny Get Angry]]" also with Edwards; and "[[99 Miles From L.A.]]" with [[Albert Hammond]], recorded by Hammond and later [[Art Garfunkel]]. With [[Paul Hampton]], David co-wrote the country standard "[[Sea of Heartbreak]]", a hit for [[Don Gibson]] and others, and, with Archie Jordan, the top 20 Ronnie Milsap hit, "[[It Was Almost Like a Song]]".

David contributed lyrics to three [[James Bond film]] themes—in addition to "The Look of Love" from ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1967) with Bacharach, he wrote "[[We Have All the Time in the World]]", with [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] and sung by [[Louis Armstrong]] for the 1969 film ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'', and in 1979, "[[Moonraker (soundtrack)|Moonraker]]", also with Barry, sung by Bond regular [[Shirley Bassey]] for the [[Moonraker (film)|film of the same name]].

David and Bacharach were awarded the 2011 [[Gershwin Prize]] for Popular Song, bestowed by the [[Library of Congress]], the first time a songwriting team was given the honor. David was recuperating from an illness and was unable to attend the Washington D.C. presentation ceremony in May 2012.<ref name="GrshnPrz">{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/05/hal-david-burt-bacharach-gershwin-prize-library-of-congress.html |title=Hal David, Burt Bacharach honored in D.C. with Gershwin Prize |date=May 9, 2012 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

The television tribute, ''What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David'' was aired on public television stations and released on home video in 2019. The program was hosted by [[Bette Midler]] and contained archival interviews with Hal David, and commentary, tributes, and archival performances with [[Burt Bacharach]], [[Dionne Warwick]], [[Ashford & Simpson|Valerie Simpson]], [[Barbra Streisand]], [[Cher]], [[Dusty Springfield]], [[B. J. Thomas|B.J. Thomas]], and [[Glen Campbell]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=HAL DAVID MOVIE|url=https://www.haldavidmovie.com/|access-date=August 25, 2020|website=HAL DAVID MOVIE|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
David had two sons with his first wife Anne. He married his second wife Eunice and had three grandchildren.<ref name=nytobit/> David lived for many years in [[East Hills, New York]], in the historic [[Mackay Estate Dairyman's Cottage]] of the [[Harbor Hill]] estate.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.roslynlandmarks.org/profiles/mackay-estate-dairymans-cottage | title=Mackay Estate Dairyman's Cottage &#124; Profiles &#124; Roslyn Landmark Society }}</ref>

On September 1, 2012, David died from a stroke at [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles, at the age of 91.<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news|last=Hoerburger|first=Rob|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/arts/music/hal-david-oscar-and-grammy-winning-songwriter-is-dead-at-91.html|title=Hal David, Songwriter, Is Dead at 91|access-date=September 1, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 1, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/iconic-songwriter-hal-david-dies-at-91-in-los-angeles/|title=Iconic songwriter Hal David dies at 91 in Los Angeles|work=[[Fox News]]|access-date=September 22, 2014}}</ref> 

He is interred in the [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]] beside his first wife, Anne, who died in 1987.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

==Awards and nominations==
===[[Academy Awards]]===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| [[38th Academy Awards|1965]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]]
| "[[What's New Pussycat? (song)|What's New Pussycat?]]" {{small|(from ''[[What's New Pussycat]]'')}} <br> {{small|(shared with [[Burt Bacharach]])}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |title=The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 24, 2011 |work=oscars.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[39th Academy Awards|1966]]
| "[[Alfie (Burt Bacharach song)|Alfie]]" {{small|(from ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]'')}} <br> {{small|(shared with Burt Bacharach)}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1967 |title=The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners |access-date=September 4, 2011 |work=oscars.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[40th Academy Awards|1967]]
| "[[The Look of Love (1967 song)|The Look of Love]]" {{small|(from ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'')}} <br> {{small|(shared with Burt Bacharach)}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968 |title=The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 10, 2011 |work=oscars.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[42nd Academy Awards|1969]]
| "[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head]]" {{small|(from ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'')}} <br> {{small|(shared with Burt Bacharach)}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1970 |title=The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 26, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
|}

===[[Academy of Country Music Awards]]===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1984
| Single Record of the Year
| rowspan="2"| "[[To All the Girls I've Loved Before]]" <br> {{small|(shared with [[Albert Hammond]])}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.acmcountry.com/winners?awardTitle=To+All+the+Girls+I%27ve+Loved+Before&awardCategory=&awardYear=1984&actionButton=Submit |title=Academy of Country Music – Search Winners |website=[[Academy of Country Music Awards]] |access-date=February 28, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| Song of the Year
| {{nom}}
|}

===[[Country Music Association Awards]]===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| 1977
| rowspan="3"| [[Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]
| rowspan="2"| "[[It Was Almost Like a Song]]" <br> {{small|(shared with Archie Jordan)}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cmaawards.com/past-winners-and-nominees/?appSession=3YX1VS6362GF663UUD715C74IPV5159D435OEF8W169NSP2WNT3A1K2TJ9SAU36FWJ94L8168XWVM183O3H5E7C9S4Q87FN6JN23E7G12GE6IIN8KAX056H8J74A4LM1 |title=CMA Awards Past Winners & Nominees |website=[[Country Music Association Awards]] |access-date=February 28, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[1978 Country Music Association Awards|1978]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[1984 Country Music Association Awards|1984]]
| "[[To All the Girls I've Loved Before]]" <br> {{small|(shared with [[Albert Hammond]])}}
| {{nom}}
|}

===[[Golden Globe Awards]]===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| [[24th Golden Globe Awards|1966]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]]
| "[[Alfie (Burt Bacharach song)|Alfie]]" {{small|(from ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]'')}} <br> {{small|(shared with [[Burt Bacharach]])}}
| {{nom}} 
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/hal-david |title=Hal David – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=February 28, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[27th Golden Globe Awards|1969]]
| "[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head]]" {{small|(from ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'')}} <br> {{small|(shared with Burt Bacharach)}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[29th Golden Globe Awards|1971]]
| "[[Long Ago Tomorrow]]" {{small|(from ''[[The Raging Moon]]'')}} <br> {{small|(shared with Burt Bacharach)}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[31st Golden Globe Awards|1973]]
| "[[Send a Little Love My Way]]" {{small|(from ''[[Oklahoma Crude (film)|Oklahoma Crude]]'')}} <br> {{small|(shared with [[Henry Mancini]])}}
| {{nom}}
|}

===[[Grammy Awards]]===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| [[6th Annual Grammy Awards|1964]]
| [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]
| "[[Wives and Lovers]]" <br> {{small|(shared with [[Burt Bacharach]])}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/hal-david/1908 |title=Hal David |website=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=February 28, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[10th Annual Grammy Awards|1968]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition|Best Instrumental Theme]]
| "Casino Royale" <br> {{small|(shared with Burt Bacharach)}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[12th Annual Grammy Awards|1970]]
| rowspan="2"| Song of the Year
| "[[I'll Never Fall in Love Again]]" <br> {{small|(shared with Burt Bacharach)}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| "[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head]]" <br> {{small|(shared with Burt Bacharach)}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song|Best Contemporary Song]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album]]
| ''[[Promises, Promises (musical)|Promises, Promises]]'' <br> {{small|(shared with Burt Bacharach, [[Henry Jerome]], and [[Phil Ramone]])}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[20th Annual Grammy Awards|1978]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Country Song|Best Country Song]]
| "[[It Was Almost Like a Song]]" <br> {{small|(shared with Archie Jordan)}}
| {{nom}} 
|}

===[[Tony Awards]]===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| [[23rd Tony Awards|1969]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]]
| ''[[Promises, Promises (musical)|Promises, Promises]]'' <br> {{small|(shared with [[Neil Simon]], [[Burt Bacharach]], and [[David Merrick]])}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1969/category/musical/show/any/ |title=1969 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=February 28, 2023}}</ref>
|}

===Honors===
* 1972: inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]]
* 1984: elected to the [[Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame]]
* 1991: received a [[Doctor of Music]] degree from [[Lincoln College, Illinois]], for his major contribution to American music
* 1997: [[Grammy Trustees Award]] (with Burt Bacharach)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/trustee-awards |title=Trustees Grammy Award |website=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=February 28, 2023}}</ref>
* 2000: received an honorary doctorate of humane letters degree from [[Claremont Graduate University]]
* 2009: Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref>
* 2011: The Songwriters Hall of Fame presented him their newest award, the Visionary Leadership Award, for his decades of service<ref>{{Citation|title=Songwriters Hall of Fame presents first ever Visionary Leadership Award to Chairman Emeritus Hal David|url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/90049024|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523102713/http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/90049024|archive-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref>
* 2011: received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
* 2012: Gershwin prize recipient

===Achievements===
* Founder of the [[Los Angeles Music Center]]
* Member of the board of governors of [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]]
* Member of the board of directors of [[ASCAP]], having served as its president, and later worked on reform of intellectual property rights
* Served on the advisory board of the Society of Singers
* Member of the board of visitors of [[Claremont Graduate University]] in California
* Chairman of the board of the [[National Academy of Popular Music]] and its [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]]

==Work on Broadway==
*''[[Promises, Promises (musical)|Promises, Promises]]'' (1968)&nbsp;– [[Musical theater|musical]]&nbsp;– lyricist&nbsp;
*''André DeShields' Haarlem Nocturne'' (1984)&nbsp;– [[revue]]&nbsp;– featured songwriter
*''[[The Look of Love (musical)|The Look of Love]]'' (2003)&nbsp;– [[revue]]&nbsp;– lyricist

==See also==
*[[List of songwriter tandems]]
*[[List of songs written by Burt Bacharach]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikiquote}}
* {{imdb name|id=0202911|name=Hal David}}
* {{Shof|id=7|name=Hal David}}
* [http://www.haldavid.com/ Official Hal David website]
*{{Find a Grave|96357457}}

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