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From his classics, "BORN FOR YOU", "IT'S IN EVERY ONE OF US", "TRYIN' TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN", and "THE OLD SONGS" (the latter two both number one hits for Barry Manilow) to his recent chart success with Missy Elliott, David's music goes straight to the heart.

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Born in New York
City and raised
on Long Island,
David showed
signs of
"things to
come" by
conducting his
parent's
classical records
and mimicking
Frank Sinatra on
the playroom
table. An avid fan of
both Broadway and Rock 'n' Roll,
David could often
be found
entertaining his
neighbors by
putting on shows
for them in the
backyard. His
first public
performances
before large
audiences were
singing duets
with his father
in the Synagogue
choir and before
long, he learned
to play the piano
and taught
himself to play
guitar and drums.
By age 14, David
began writing and recording his
first songs.

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As
a teen, he was
the lead singer
with the
Cincinnati group,
"East
Orange Express",
whose members
went on to become
the band, "Pure
Prairie League".
At age 19, MCA
/Decca records
signed David to a
multi-album
contract during
which time he
recorded two
highly acclaimed
albums, "New
Blues",
and "Time
To Fly"
(the latter,
featuring jazz
greats Chick
Corea, Billy
Cobham,
Jan Hammer, Eddie
Gomez and Airto).
During that period he set out on
tour throughout
America as opening act for the likes of Rod
Stewart, Billy
Joel, Badfinger,
Three Dog
Night and The
Doors
(post-Jim
Morrison), and gained a devoted
following. In the
late 70's and
early '80s, David
released two more
albums, "It's
In Every One Of
Us" (Arista) and
"The
Truth Of Us" (Pacific/ WEA) - which David
co-produced with
legendary Paul
Simon producer, Roy
Halee - and
shared the stage
with Steely
Dan, George
Benson, Kenny
Loggins, Phoebe
Snow, Steve
Martin, Laura
Nyro, Melissa
Manchester, Randy
Newman, The
Carpenters
and Air Supply.
In the late 1980s, David developed a close friendship with Russian rock star, Alexander
Malinin, and out of this the
two artists
collaborated on a
powerful
"pre-glasnost"
duet recording
entitled "Faraway
Lands"
(Cypress/A&M),
one of the first
such
collaborations in
history. Recorded
in both Moscow
and L.A., David
and Alexander
premiered the
song live from
Moscow's Gorky
Park on an episode of the hit series, "Head Of The Class". The show was broadcast
to 40 million
viewers on U.S.
television and was the
first American
production to be shot in the
"new Russia."
The song was also
included in the
star-studded
Cypress/A&M
album
compilation,
"Critic's
Choice". Through the 1990's, aside from composing songs for Film, Television and Musical Theater (see upcoming sections), David toured extensively throughout the world in such distinguished concert venues as: The Hollywood Bowl, Kennedy Center, London's Hippodrome, Buddakan Hall in Tokyo, Olympic Stadium in Munich, Araneta Coliseum in the Philippines, The Universal Amphitheater, and The Kremlin. During this period, David and Oscar winner, David Shire, co-wrote the theme song for the
United Nations World Summit For Children entitled, "In Our Hands"; which the two performed both at The U.N. and at the Closing ceremonies for Ted Turner's Goodwill Games in Seattle.
In 1999, David
was approached by
MCA Universal
Records, Asia who
signed him to
record a new solo CD, "Born
For You -
His Best And
More" -
a collection of
his love songs,
past and present.At this
writing, "Born
For You"
has sold over 500,000 units in the
Philippines alone where it has become the best selling album of all time in the history of that country. His subsequent Universal recordings, "The Eyes
Of Christmas" and "On This Day", were released in 2000 and 2001 respectively.

Known for penning
the Number One
hits "Tryin'
To Get The
Feeling Again"
and "The
Old Songs"
(both recorded by
Barry Manilow),
David's songs have been recorded and/or well performed by scores of artists including Bette Midler, Kenny Rogers, Phoebe Snow, Freddie Mercury, The Muppets, Kenny Loggins, Richie Sambora (of Bon Jovi), Dennis DeYoung (of Styx), Missy
Elliott, The Carpenters, The Hollies, Harry Belafonte, Hubert Laws, Lou Rawls, Andrea Marcovicci, John Denver, Mary Travers, Leo Sayer, Eddie Kendricks (of the Temptations), Donna Summer, Glen Campbell Lillias White, Kathie Lee Gifford and Cliff Richard (who has recorded three Pomeranz' songs including the Top Ten U.K. hit, David’s and Dean Pitchford’s stunning, "I Still Believe in You").
One of David's
most beloved
songs, "It's
In Every One Of
Us", has
been translated
into numerous
languages,
recorded time and
again and sung
all over the
world in
churches,
corporate
seminars,
schools,
synagogues,
political
rallies,
weddings,
fundraisers and
anywhere people
gather for an
uplifting
purpose. "It's
In Every One Of
Us" was
a major sponsor
theme song to the Summer
Olympic Games
in Seoul, Korea.
David's songwriting projects have earned him 22 platinum and 18 gold albums. His Oscar, Grammy and Tony Award -Winning collaborators include: Alan and Marilyn Berman, Richard Marx, David Zippel, John Barry, David Shire, Al Kasha, George Delarue, and Fred Karlin.

"It's
In Every One Of
Us" was
featured in one of the pivotal scenes of the
Twentieth-Century
Fox motion
picture, "Big",
starring Tom
Hanks. David
co-wrote and
produced, (with
Oscar-winning
composer, John
Barry) the
theme song to
Paramount's
feature film
re-make of "King
Kong"
starring Jeff
Bridges (and
recorded by Andy
Williams) and contributed
songs to
Paramount's
"Man,
Woman and Child",
starring Martin
Sheen,
Lorimar's "Americathon"
(in which David
made a guest
appearance) and Paul
Schrader's
"Patty
Hearst"
with Natasha
Richardson.
In 1997, David and film
star, Steven
Seagal
co-wrote the
song, "Long
Way Around"
which was
featured in
Seagal's
Warner Bros.
motion picture,
"Fire
Down Below"
(performed by Bon
Jovi's Richie
Sambora).
In the field of
Feature
Animation, David
has written song
scores for two
upcoming
projects: "The
Frog Prince"
(for which he
wrote music and
lyrics) produced
by Will Vinton
in "Claymation"
and "Princess
And The Pea"
(for which he
wrote lyrics for
seven brand new
songs with
composer, Alan
Willams),
scheduled for
release in
theaters, Christmas of 2006.
On Television,
from 1986-1992,
David was the
voice heard each
week singing the
theme to the hit
ABC series,
"Perfect
Strangers".
He was performer
of the title song for
the CBS TV movie,
"Two Of A
Kind"
starring George
Burns and was
nominated for a
"Best
Song" Emmy
Award for penning
lyrics to the CBS
TV movie, "Homeward
Bound".
Other notable
accomplishments
include writing
the score for the
Showtime special,
"Elvis
Presley's
Graceland"
and composing
songs for the
award-winning PBS
children's
series, "Zoobilee
Zoo"
starring Ben
Vereen.David's songs
and performances
have been
featured in
countless series'
and specials
including "American Idol" (Fox)", Will and Grace (NBC), Dark Angel" (Fox) "Midnight
Caller"
(ABC); "WKRP
in Cincinatti"
(ABC); "Fame"
(NBC), "Head
Of The Class"
(ABC); "Disney's
Darkwing Duck"
(ABC), "The Goodwill
Games (Closing
Ceremonies)"
(TBS), "Spies"
(starring George
Hamilton -
CBS); "The Miss America
Pageant"
(CBS), Kellogg's
1997 animated
special, "A
Toucan Can"
(songs co-written
by David and Oscar-winner,
Al Kasha
and starring Jason
Alexander and
Donna Summer),
the daytime
drama, "One
Life To Live"
(ABC) and in
1995, David was a
featured soloist
in the
award-winning CBS
holiday special,
"Disney's
Greatest Hits On
Ice",
directed by Steve
Binder.
David's lyrics
were recently heard (with
music by
composer, Alan
Williams), as
the main title
song to the CBS TV
movie, "Silk
Hope"
starring Farrah
Fawcett.

Musical
Theater
In the mid-80s,
David was asked
to contribute
several of his
songs to be featured in a new
London musical produced by Dave
Clark (yes,
of The Dave Clark
Five). The show
became the West End musical hit, "Time",
which ran at the Dominion Theatre for 2 years and
starred Cliff
Richard and Sir
Laurence Olivier.
Lord Olivier
recited the
lyrics to David's
"It's In
Every One Of Us"
in what was to be
his farewell stage
appearance.
A celebrity
"concept"
recording of
"Time"
featuring, among
others,
Stevie
Wonder, Julian
Lennon, Dionne
Warwick and Freddie
Mercury,
was released on
EMI Records.
One of David's
artistic heroes, Charlie
Chaplin, was
the inspiration
for his creating "Little
Tramp",
an ambitious
stage musical of Chaplin's life
story - for which
David wrote both
music and lyrics
(and co-book with
Steven David
Horwich.) The
response of critics and
audiences to the World-Premiere British production of
"Little
Tramp" was so
strong, that
Warner Bros.
Records produced an
"all-star"
cast album of the
featured songs.
Released in 1993,
the album stars Richard
Harris, Mel
Brooks, Petula
Clark, Tim
Curry, Treat
Willams, Peter
Duncan, Lea
Salonga and
David, himself.
"Little
Tramp"
was the selected
production for
the 1995 summer
season at the
prestigious Eugene
O'Neill Theater
Festival in
Waterford,
Connecticut and
in 1996 a concert
version of the
show was
presented in St.
Petersburg,
Russia, to
inaugurate the
world's first East/West
Musical Theater
Conference.
David's next stage
musical project, was an adaptation of the classic Charles
Dickens
novel, "A
Tale Of Two
Cities". "Two Cities" had its World Premiere in England in 1998 at the Theatre Royale in Windsor and in 1999 at the Alexandria Theatre in Birmingham (both productions produced by Tony-Award winning producer, Bill Kenwright).
With music
composed by David, lyrics by Steven
David Horwich and book by Horwich
and "Time" book writer David
Soames, "A Tale
Of Two Cities"
is being readied for a ground breaking new production in 2007.
Most recently, David is the composer of two exciting new musicals written with Lyricist/Bookwriter Kathie Lee Gifford. The first, “Under The Bridge” (based on the Newbury Award-winning book “The Family Under The Bridge”), had its New York premiere Off-Broadway at the Zipper Theatre in January 2005. The second, “Saving Aimee” (based on the life of Evangelist, Aimee Semple Macpherson) had its World Premiere at the White Plains Performing Arts Center in October, 2005 and is being
readied for a new production at the Signature Theatre in Virginia in Spring of 2007.
Presently, David is composing the score in collaboration with book writers Joseph Stein (“Fiddler On The Roof”) and Jenny Lynn Bader and lyricist Susan Birkenhead for a new musical comedy.

Benefit
Performances
David's
performances have
helped raise
funds for:
- Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation
- Philippine
National
Red Cross;
- The March
Of Dimes;
- Easter
Seals;
- The NAACP
(Human
Rights Award
Tribute To
Frank Sinatra);
- The
Presidential
End Hunger
Awards at
The Kennedy
Center;
- The
United Nations
World Summit
For Children
(for which
David performed
his anthem,
"In Our
Hands",
co-written with
Oscar-winner,
David Shire).;
- Citizen's
Commission On
Human Rights;
- The Mary
Fisher Family
AIDS Foundation;
- Drums
Across America
(concert for
Native American
Rights);
- The
Police Athletic
League (for
which David has
performed
annually in the
"Christmas
Stories"
benefit
concerts at Celebrity
Centre
International
with such
artists as John
Travolta, Kirstie
Alley, Charles
Durning, Edgar
Winter, Anne
Archer, Jermaine
Jackson, Jonathan
Winters and
Jenna Elfman.
...a long way
from the playroom
table!
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