Who Can I Turn To?

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Who Can I Turn To?
When Nobody Needs Me
Occasion The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd
Written Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse
Published1964
Vocaloriginally Norman Wisdom
Premiere
DateAugust 3, 1964

"Who Can I Turn To?" (alternatively titled "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)") is a song written by English composer-lyricists Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and first published in 1964.

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Background

The song was introduced in the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd , which struggled in the United Kingdom in 1964 and then made a tour of the United States later that year.

Tony Bennett recordings

"Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)"
Single by Tony Bennett
from the album Who Can I Turn To
B-side "Till The End Of Time"
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1964
Recorded1964
Genre Easy listening
Length2:55
Label Columbia
Composer(s) Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse
Tony Bennettsingles chronology
"It's a Sin to Tell a Lie"
(1964)
"Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)"
(1964)
"If I Ruled the World"
(1964)

The song was most successfully recorded by Tony Bennett. "Who Can I Turn To?" became a hit, reaching #33 on the US pop singles chart and the top 5 of the Adult Contemporary chart. So fuelled, the musical arrived on Broadway for a successful run, and the song became one of Bennett's staples. He later re-recorded it as a duet with Queen Latifah in 2011 on Duets II, and with Gloria Estefan for his 2012 album, Viva Duets. [1] Bennett continued to perform the song in concert until his retirement in 2021 at the age of 95.

Chart performance

Chart (1964)Peak
position
US Billboard Pop-Standard Singles [2] 3
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 33

Other versions

Samples

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