"It Was Almost Like a Song" is a song written by #HalDavid and Archie Jordan, and recorded by American #countryMusic singer #RonnieMilsap. It was released in May 1977 as the first #single and title track from the album #ItWasAlmostLikeASong. It became one of the greatest hits of his recording career upon its release in 1977.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJa1yJ6i6qk

In my #blog
Film themes getting a second life in #TV commercials

https://jackyan.com/blog/2025/11/film-themes-getting-a-second-life-in-tv-commercials/ #music #film #ThemeTune #ThemeSong #movie #TVC #advertising #advertisement #JohnBarry #LaloSchifrin #ElmerBernstein #DonBlack #MattMonro #LouisArmstrong #HalDavid

"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" is a song written by American songwriting duo #BurtBacharach and #HalDavid. Originally recorded as a #demonstrationTape by #DionneWarwick in 1963, "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" first charted for #LouJohnson, whose version reached number 49 on the #Billboard #Hot100 in mid-1964. #SandieShaw took the song to number one in the UK that same year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEoIh8N7PLs

"What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 song with lyrics by #HalDavid and music composed by #BurtBacharach. First recorded and made popular by #JackieDeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled. It peaked at number seven on the US #Hot100 in July of that year. In Canada, the song reached number one. In 2008.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcS018Rzs8s

"You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" is a song composed by #BurtBacharach, with lyrics by #HalDavid. It was originally recorded by #DionneWarwick in 1964, who charted at number 34 in the US Billboard Hot 100 with her version. It was covered by #theStylistics in 1973, who reached number 23 in the US with their cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s91DltUQvC4

"My Heart Is an Open Book" is a song written by #HalDavid and #LeePockriss and performed by #CarlDobkinsJr It reached #3 on the #USPopChart and #11 on the #USRAndBChart in 1959. It was featured on his 1959 album Carl Dobkins, Jr. The #single ranked #19 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5I25VnsjgU

"One Less Bell to Answer" is a song written by #BurtBacharach and #HalDavid. Originally written in 1967 for #KeelySmith, the song was rediscovered in late 1969 by #BonesHowe, the producer for #the5thDimension, and the song was included on the group's 1970 debut album for #BellRecords, #Portrait. Lead vocals on the single were sung by #MarilynMcCoo. "One Less Bell to Answer" was a #platinumRecord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jft060DznuU

"Wishin' and Hopin'" is a #song, written by #HalDavid and #BurtBacharach, which was a US #Top10 hit for #DustySpringfield in 1964.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R4jzf-oxlE

"My Heart Is an Open Book" is a song written by #HalDavid and #LeePockriss and performed by #CarlDobkinsJr It reached #3 on the #USPopChart and #11 on the #USRAndBChart in 1959. It was featured on his 1959 album Carl Dobkins, Jr. The #single ranked #19 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJjEpwPsSGE

"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" is a song written by American songwriting duo #BurtBacharach and #HalDavid. Originally recorded as a #demonstrationTape by #DionneWarwick in 1963, "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" first charted for #LouJohnson, whose version reached number 49 on the #Billboard #Hot100 in mid-1964. #SandieShaw took the song to number one in the UK that same year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVrELhxOFnM

#OnThisDay in 2012, #HalDavid, American lyricist ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"; "What The World Needs Now Is Love"; "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"), died at 91.
#RIP 🕯️

"Wishin' and Hopin'" is a #song, written by #HalDavid and #BurtBacharach, which was a US #Top10 hit for #DustySpringfield in 1964.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R4jzf-oxlE

"You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" is a song composed by #BurtBacharach, with lyrics by #HalDavid. It was originally recorded by #DionneWarwick in 1964, who charted at number 34 in the US Billboard Hot 100 with her version. It was covered by #theStylistics in 1973, who reached number 23 in the US with their cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_36Z6O8_wWs

"Baby Elephant Walk" is a song composed in 1961 by #HenryMancini for the 1962 film #Hatari Lyrics by #HalDavid were not used in the film version. The instrumental earned Mancini a #GrammyAward for Best Instrumental Arrangement in 1963.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIMTMb4iJ1I

"My Heart Is an Open Book" is a song written by #HalDavid and #LeePockriss and performed by #CarlDobkinsJr It reached #3 on the #USPopChart and #11 on the #USRAndBChart in 1959. It was featured on his 1959 album Carl Dobkins, Jr. The #single ranked #19 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pVhtvOhPlI

"Wishin' and Hopin'" is a #song, written by #HalDavid and #BurtBacharach, which was a US #Top10 hit for #DustySpringfield in 1964.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAdTsAKvVTU

"Message to Michael" is a song written by #BurtBacharach and #HalDavid, that has been a hit for several different artists under several different titles. The song was first recorded as "Message to Martha" by #JerryButler in 1962. In 1964, singer #LouJohnson had a minor US hit with the song, with the title "#Kentucky Bluebird". British singer #AdamFaith also recorded the song as "A Message to Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)" in 1965.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4Grkp6MuRc

Ended yesterday and greeted today after my swim with What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David an album by saxophonist Stan Getz which was released on the Verve label in 1968.

Stan does Burt and Hal with an all star cast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mfOOr2eiQY&list=OLAK5uy_kUxboxkTH9CctVTDjKubpGBu_Kz6aJctU

#StanGetz #JeromeRichardson
#ChickCorea #HerbieHancock
#KennyBurrell #JimHall #PhilUpchurch #RonCarter
#RoyHaynes #RichardEvans
#CharlesMcCracken #burtbacharach #haldavid #1968inmusic #ververecords #jazz

#OnThisDay in 1921, #HalDavid, American lyricist ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"; "What The World Needs Now Is Love"; "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012).
#RIP 🕊️

"Alfie" is a song written by #BurtBacharach and #HalDavid to promote the 1966 film #Alfie. The song was a major hit for #CillaBlack (UK) and #DionneWarwick (US). At the 10th Annual Grammy Awards in 1968, Burt Bacharach won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glpIgnmKrZc