"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.

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

Background

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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

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"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
GenreEasy listening
Length2:55
LabelColumbia
Composer(s)Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse
Tony Bennett singles 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

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

Other versions

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Samples

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References

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  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 31.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 74.
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  15. ^ "David Whitfield - The Return Of David Whitfield". Discogs.com. 1966. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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