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"Do you know the Way to Monterey? Santa Fe? Whitley Bay?"

Bill DeMain, MOJO, March 1996

Thankfully, Messrs. Bacharach and David got there in the end, polishing yet another pop gem and putting an unremarkable California city on the map forever. Bill DeMain tracks down the great men, revisits their golden years together and discovers how they created the songs that resonate to this day.

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