1964 - Shirley Bassey recorded this Columbia Single, 'Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me), in 1964. Subsequently, she included this song on an EP Album titled, 'The Dynamic Shirley Bassey'. This song was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for the 1964 musical, 'The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of The Crowd'. This song has been recorded by many artists over the decades. Although Shirley's single did not chart, it is a a beautiful recording with a mixture of lush smooth notes and dynamic highs.
ABOUT This Song:
"Who Can I Turn To?" (alternatively titled "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)") is a song written by English lyricists Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and first published in 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. In 1964 Shirley Bassey recorded the song and released it as a single, however it failed to chart. Recorded by Tony Bennett, "Who Can I Turn To?" became a hit, reaching number 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 the song as a duet with Queen Latifah in 2011 on Duets II and with Gloria Estefan for his 2012 album, Viva Duets.
LYRICS:
Who can i turn to
When nobody needs me?
My heart wants to know
And so i must go
Where destiny leads me
With no star to guide me
And no-one beside me
I'll go on my way
And after the day
The darkness will hide me
And maybe tomorrow
I'll find what i'm after
I'll throw off my sorrow
Beg, steal or borrow
My share of laughter
With you i could learn to
With you on a new day
But who can i turn to
If you turn away?
I'll throw off my sorrow
Beg, steal or borrow
My share of laughter
With you i could learn to
With you on a new day
But who can i turn to
If you turn away?
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