Thursday, July 6, 2017

"Alfie" (Dionne Warwick) #15 7/1/1967

A rarity here - a Burt Bacharach/Hal David song not recorded first by Dionne Warwick. It's from a year-old movie starring Michael Caine and had been done dozens of times, notably by Cher in the US and Cilla Black in the UK. However, there's no doubt Ms. Warwick made it hers. Both Bacharach and David said this was one of the favorite songs they'd ever written - and that's saying something.


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