Hal David

Carole King has been named the 2013 recipient of the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to receive the distinction given to songwriters for a body of work. The former Brill Building writer co-wrote hits in the...

It's that time in our program to stop and remember the folks we lost this year. •Actors: Peggy Ahern, 95, and Jack Hanlon, 96 ("Our Gang" kids); Dimitra Arliss ("The Sting"), 79; R.G. Armstrong, 95; Luke Askew, 80; Zina Bethune, 66; Turhan Bey, 90;...

Hal David, who partnered with Burt Bacharach to write some of the best-known songs in pop music, has died. He was 91....

Hal David, the renowned pop music lyricist whose prolific collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach produced a wealth of memorable hits in the 1960s and early ’70s, including “Walk on By,” “What the World Needs Now Is Love”...

Hal David was a renowned pop music lyricist whose prolific collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach produced a wealth of enduringly memorable hits in the 1960s and early ’70s. Here's a look at 10 of David's pop music hits. Don't see your favorite?...

The Taste: The Times' Taste food festival got started Saturday at the Paramount movie lot in Hollywood. It had the feel of a block party....

Motown Records was a hit factory for black musicians in the early 1960s, churning out smash after smash R&B song. So hoping to follow that same path to success, the fledgling vocal group that singer Florence LaRue joined in 1965......

Hal David, the renowned pop music lyricist whose prolific collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach produced a wealth of enduringly memorable hits in the 1960s and early '70s, including "Walk On By," "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and the Oscar-...

Steve Forbert w/Becky Kessler Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m., $20, Arch Street Tavern, 85 Arch St., Hartford, (860) 246-7610, archstreettavern.com.   It's less than three minutes into a conversation with Mississippi songwriter Steve Forbert, and I've already...

PBS offers another concert from the White House at 9. Songwriters Bacharach and David receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Song. They are saluted by Lyle Lovett and Sheryl Crow on "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"; Diana Krall on "The Look...

The Library of Congress has named 25 new entries for its National Recording Registry, honoring historically significant sound recordings. Recordings by Donna Summer, Dolly Parton, Leonard Bernstein and others are joining the registry....

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