Born in New York City; older brother of lyricist Hal David. Composer, songwriter ("Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White", "Bimbombey", "Blue and Sentimental") and author, educated at Cornell University and St. John's University Law School. He wrote many themes for television and films. Joining ASCAP in 1934, his chief musical collaborators included Jerry Livingston, Al Hoffman, Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney, Frankie Carle, Count Basie, Burt Bachrach, Ernest Gold, Elmer Bernstein, Frank DeVol, and Henry Mancini. Some of other popular-song compositions include "Oh, Oh, What Do You Know About Love?", "Just a Kid Named Joe", "Moon Love", "On the Isle of May", "Bermuda Buggyride", "Falling Leaves", "A Sinner Kissed an Angel", "It's Love, Love, Love", "Lili Marlene", "I'm Just a Lucky So-And-So", "Candy", "Spellbound", "Chi-Baba Chi-Baba", "At a Candlelight Cafe", "Sunflower", "La Vie en Rose", "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", "I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine", "It Only Hurts for a Little While", "I Like It, I Like It", "The Call of the Faraway Hills", "My Own True Love", "Baby, It's You", "So This Is Love", "The Unbirthday Song", "The Willow", "Room for One More", "Take Me", and "Young Emotions". His film credits began in 1934 with the musical short SOFT DRINKS AND SWEET MUSIC at Vitaphone. His songs were used in such notable (non-nominated) films as ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951), THE BIRDS AND THE BEES (1956), THE BLOB (1958), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962), TOM JONES (1963), THE SILENCERS (1966), ENTER LAUGHING (1967), KRAKATOA, EAST OF JAVA (1969) and DIRTY DINGUS MAGEE (1970). David was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.  Nominated for Music Best Song 1950: CINDERELLA "Bibbidy-Bobbidi-Boo" - Music & Lyric (w. Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston)  Nominated for Music Best Song 1959: THE HANGING TREE "The Hanging Tree" - Lyric  Nominated for Music Best Song 1961: BACHELOR IN PARADISE "Bachelor in Paradise" - Lyric  Nominated for Music Best Song 1962: WALK ON THE WILD SIDE "Walk on the Wild Side" - Lyric  Nominated for Music Best Song 1963: IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" - Lyric  Nominated for Music Best Song 1964: HUSH... HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE "Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte" - Lyric  Nominated for Music Best Song 1965: CAT BALLOU "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" - Lyric  Nominated for Music Best Song 1966: HAWAII "My Wishing Doll" - Lyric 8 nominations