Led by John Clark, this lecture on the songwriting partnerships of Hal David and Burt Bacharach, as well as Bacharach and singer/songwriter Neil Diamond, will take place on Tuesday, May 19 from 10:30 to 11:30AM at the Cooper Center for Active Living (345 Walnut Street, Newtonville) .
Lyricist Hal David and Bacharach began collaborating in the late 1950s. They wrote smash hits for Dionne Warwick, Tom Jones, and the Carpenters. In 1970, they won an Oscar for Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head. The duo split in 1973, and Bacharach went on to collaborate with others including Neil Diamond. Neil’s big breakthrough year was 1966, when the Monkees took his I’m a Believer to the top of the charts. Lecturer John Clark will cover this musical history, as well as Neil’s successes from the 1970s through the 2025 biographical film Song Sung Blue.
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