What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David

Mar 1, 2019

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

John Paulson Productions

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Cast

Host

Bette Midler

Self

Burt Bacharach

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Dionne Warwick

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Valerie Simpson

Himself

B. J. Thomas

Herself

Terry Gross

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What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David

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