What The World Needs Now Is Love

Today’s song is the 1965 Hal David and Burt Bacharach song What The World Needs Now Is Love. It has been recorded by over 100 artists, notably Dionne Warwick, the Supremes and Cilla Black. I think my favourite version is by American jazz singer Stacey Kent – here’s a link.

To hear more August songs, click here. If it’s your first time on the site, find out more about why I’m trying to record a piano tune every day here.