Cilla Black - Alfie - 1966 1st RECORDED HIT

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From "The Best of Cilla Black" 1966.

Alfie (Burt Bacharach-Hal David) by Cilla Black, conducted by Burt Bacharach, produced by George Martin, recorded February 22, 1966

Composed to promote interest in the upcoming new Michael Caine film “Alfie,” the Bacharach-David song was recorded by a number of artists in 1966. Cilla’s version made the UK top-10, the Cher recording (which was heard over the movie’s closing credits in the U.S.) reached the Billboard Top 40 (listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFpNYt1_l3k), and the most successful version in America didn’t come until Dionne Warwick’s #15 hit in mid-1967 (listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdMkcXej-TA