The music world has lost one of the greatest and most celebrated lyricists of all time with the pasing of Hal David.

The man who wrote dozens of classic songs with Burt Bacharach, including Walk On By, (They Long To Be) Close To You and I Say A Little Prayer, passed away aged 91 at the weekend in Los Angeles from complications from a stroke.

A lengthy career for David began back in the 1940s when he wrote lyrics for ...