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What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David
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What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David

2019
Directed byJohn Paulson
1h 30m

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.

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