British songwriter Tony Macaulay wrote his chart-topping hit "Don't Give Up on Us" in an unorthodox process. The song was recorded by an actor and went to no. 1 just days after it was written.

David Soul, who starred alongside Paul Michael Glaser on the 1970s’ ABC buddy cop show Starsky and Hutch and had a No. 1 hit with the song “Don’t Give Up on Us,” has died. He was 80.

2. “I Wish I Was…” (1977) Written by David Soul and Rick Edelstein. For his second album, Playing to an Audience of One, produced by Tony Macaulay, Soul contributed three more tracks ...

David Soul, half of crime-fighting duo ‘Starsky & Hutch,’ dies at 80. While starring with Paul Michael Glaser in the 1970s action series, he scored a No. 1 hit with the pop ballad ‘Don’t ...