Award-winning lyricist Hal David is dead at 91.. Here is one of his hits in remembrance, and the sentiment is one we could do with right about now.
Dionne Warwick sings Hal David and Burt Bacharach’s “What the World Needs Now is Love Sweet Love“:
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