Hal David

Hal David

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Songwriter Birth date: May 25, 1921 Death date: September 1, 2012 (aged 91) Status: One time Movie: The Simpsons Movie

Harold Lane "Hal" David (May 25, 1921 – September 1, 2012) was an American lyricist. He was credited as writing the song "(They Long to Be) Close to You" in the closing credits of the film The Simpsons Movie.

Credits

Written by

• – The Simpsons Movie ("(They Long to Be) Close to You")

External links

• Hal David at the Internet Movie Database
• Hal David at Wikipedia

[show] Music crew

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Rubinstein • Allen Simpson • Stephen Sondheim • Jon Spurney • Matthew Sweet • Asa Taccone • Kara Talve • Kingsley Thurber • Jeffrey Townsend • Christopher Tyng • Patrick Williams • Davin Wood • Hans Zimmer [show] Music editors Bob Beecher • Stan Jones • Chris Ledesma • Daniel Pinder • Ryan Rubin • Jake Schaefer • Erich Stratmann • Derek Syverud • Tom Trafalski [show] Music engineers Bryant Arnett • Thomas Broderick • Mark Chalecki • Richard Cottrell • Guy DeFazio • Robert Gatley • Paul Grupp • Mick Guzauski • Richard Joseph • Jesse Kanner • Acar S. Key • Judy Kirschner • Tod Lemkuhl • Bryan Loren • Scott Mabuchi • Tony Maserati • John Moyer • Ernie Rose • Pete Oso Snell • Geoff Sykes • Greg Vines • Matt Ward [show] Music producers Bob Beecher • John Boylan • James L. Brooks • George Clinton • Robert Clivillés • David Cole • Oliver Davis • David Dorn • Derek Dressler • Russell Emanuel • Robert L. Emmer • Alan Friedman • Greg Haver • DJ Jazzy Jeff • Steve Kofsky • Chris Ledesma • Bryan Loren • Mickey Petralia • Steven Schnur • Gary Stewart • Jai Winding • Hans Zimmer [show] Orchestrators Steve Bartek • Alf Clausen • Scott Clausen • Tim Davies • Brad Dechter • Elizabeth Finch • Bruce Fowler • Walt Fowler • Dell Hake • Andrew Kinney • Ken Kugler • Suzette Moriarty • Dana Niu • Gregory Prechel • Larry Rench • Brandon Roberts • Geoff Stradling • Marcus Trumpp [show] Singers and vocalists Lisa Angelle • Kaylee Arellano • Baha Men • George Balmeseda • Tony Battaglia • Peter Beckett • Gerry Beckley • Josh Bedlion • Karen Bernod • Ben Bledsoe • Eric Bradley • Alexandra Brown • Jackson Browne • Rosemary Butler • Amick Byram • David Byrne • Marie Cain • James Campbell • Mark Campbell • Elin Carlson • Carmen Carter • Dawn Halloran Charouhas • Emily Charouhas • Patty Chayefsky • Alvin Chea • Alf Clausen • John Coggins • Deborah Cooper • Randy Crenshaw • J.C. 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Lapidus • Annie Lennox • Bobby Lopez • Bryan Loren • Jeff Martin • Mike McKnight • Willie Nelson • Randy Newman • Laurence O'Keefe • Curt Ousley • Mickey Petralia • Cole Porter • Rex Promise • Duran Ramos • Mike Reiss • Boots Riley • Sam Simon • Allen Simpson • Jill Sobule • Dave Stewart • Richard Strauss • Matthew Sweet • Eric Wareheim • Paul Webster • Jai Winding • Wallace Wolodarsky [show] Other Murray Adler • Shahid "Quality Notch" Ahmad • Slamm Andrews • Richard Bishop • Claudius Bruese • Cary Butler • John Chamberlin • John Witt Chapman • Chuck Choi • Al Clay • Victor Cooke • Sandy De Crescent • Carol Farhat • Nick Glennie-Smith • Kevin Globerman • Leslie Ann Jones • Juliani Music • Chris King • Paul Klingberg • Mike Knobloch • Robert Kraft • Julie Last • Dan Light • Mike Long • Matthew Margeson • George Massenburg • Alan Meyerson • Michael John Mollo • Rebecca Morellato • Blake Neely • Christina Paakkari • Francesco Perlangeli • Jacquie Perryman • Rick Riccio • Peter Rotter • Mike Rubin • Czarina Russell • Jacob Shea • Scott Michael Smith • Sonic Fuel Studios • Noah Sorota • Brian Sperber • Tom Steel • Armin Steiner • Patricia Sullivan • Brett Swain • Dolph Taylor • Mark Wherry • Booker White • Andrew Zack

[show] Deceased crew and guest stars

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Michael Mendel • Marsha Kramer • Maureen Mlynarczyk • Cullen Blaine • Tuck Tucker • Alan Decker • Brenda Banks • Dale Baer • David Richardson • Marc Wilmore • Rick Bowman • Edwin E. Aguilar • Marko Barrows • Frank Mula • Mike Camarillo • David Schwartz • Ian Wilcox • Trixie Flynn • Terry Harrington • Ron Zimmerman • Laurie Hanson • Jeff Howard • Ralph Eggleston • Jennifer Dolce • Chris Ledesma • Susan Burke • Anne Luiting • Bike Kinzle • Craig Armstrong • Istvan Majoros • John Bush • Sue Bielenberg • Brian McConnachie • Reid Harrison • Shigeko Doyle • Michael Swanigan • William Wright [show] Comic crew Ed Roth • Dan DeCarlo • Al Williamson • Gene Colan • Earl Kress • John Severin • George Gladir • Stan Goldberg • Murphy Anderson • Lemmy • Gary Glasberg • Dan Spiegle • Bernie Wrightson • Carolyn Kelly • Len Wein • Batton Lash • Dan Nakrosis • Oscar González Loyo • Chris Yambar • Ramona Fradon [show] Video game crew Tom D. Heidt • Bill Williams • W. 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Warren • Alan Gordon • Daryl Gates • Robert Reno • Hal David • Rusty Nails • Csaba Varga • Louis Castellaneta • András Erkel • Herb Trimpe • David Kavner • George H. W. Bush • Double K • Dusty Hill • David Davis • Burt Bacharach • Morgan Spurlock • Ruth Westheimer • Bob Uecker