"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 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
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for his 2012 album, ''Viva Duets''. Bennett continued to perform the song in concert until his retirement in 2021 at the age of 95.
Chart performance
Other versions
*In 1964,
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recorded "Who Can I Turn To?" for his 1965 album ''Pop Goes Peerce''.
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Dionne Warwick
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Andy Williams
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Bob Neloms
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Neloms won a scholarship contest run by ''Downbea ...
recorded a solo-piano version on his 1982 album, ''Pretty Music''.
* The Main Ingredient, for their 1972 album '' Bitter Sweet''; it was also the B-side of the R&B group's biggest hit " Everybody Plays the Fool".
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, on his 1994 album ''Midnight Dreaming''.
* Van Morrison included the song on his 1995 album ''
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History
According to Ira Gershwin in his book ''Lyrics on Several Occasions'', after the premiere of ...
'', and a live version at his 1997 Montreux Festival appearance has appeared on the deluxe edition of '' The Healing Game'' in 2019.
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, on his 2005 jazz trio album, ''
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, on his 2009 album, ''
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* Della Reese, on her album ''Della Reese Live In Hollywood In 1966''.
* Barbra Streisand, for her 2016 album, '' Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway'' as a posthumous duet with original singer and co-songwriter, Anthony Newley.
* Miles Davis
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(sans
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with bass duties handled by Richard Davis played the song live at the Oriental Theatre in May, 1966. This is the only existing version of the song as played by the quintet and is captured on "Miles Davis Quintet - Live at the Oriental Theatre 1966," released in June, 2014.
* David Whitfield included the song on the album ''The Return of David Whitfield'' (David Whitfield with Roland Shaw and his Orchestra) London Records PS477, released in 1966.