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"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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Who Can I Turn To? | |
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When Nobody Needs Me | |
Occasion | The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd |
Written | Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse |
Published | 1964 |
Vocal | originally Norman Wisdom |
Premiere | |
Date | August 3, 1964 |
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.
"Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" | ||||
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Single by Tony Bennett | ||||
from the album Who Can I Turn To | ||||
B-side | "Till The End Of Time" | |||
Released | September 15, 1964 | |||
Recorded | 1964 | |||
Genre | Easy listening | |||
Length | 2:55 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Composer(s) | Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse | |||
Tony Bennett singles chronology | ||||
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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 (1964) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Pop-Standard Singles[2] | 3 |
US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 33 |
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