Who Can I Turn To ? - Wikipedia Who Can I Turn To ? For the Tony Bennett album ), see Who Can I Turn To ( album ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2009 ) `` Who Can I Turn To ? '' is a popular song. It may be alternatively titled `` Who Can I Turn To ( When Nobody Needs Me ) ''. It was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and 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. Other versions Astrud Gilberto recorded a version that was sampled in The Black Eyed Peas song `` Like That '' from their album Monkey Business. American tenor Jan Peerce recorded `` Who Can I Turn To ? '' for his 1965 album Pop Goes Peerce. Dionne Warwick covered the song for her 1965 album, The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick. Her version reached No. 62 pop and No. 34 R&B. Wynton Marsalis covered it on his first, eponymous album ( 1981 ). Dusty Springfield recorded the song and included it on her 1965 album Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty. Andy Williams released a version of the song on his 1965 album, Andy Williams ' Dear Heart. Jazz pianist Bill Evans recorded the song, both with his trio and with Tony Bennett. Nancy Wilson recorded the song on her 1965 album, Gentle Is My Love. The Temptations recorded the song on their album In a Mellow Mood. The Main Ingredient recorded the song for their 1972 album Bitter Sweet ; the single was also the B - side of the R&B group 's biggest hit `` Everybody Plays the Fool ''. Australian baritone Anthony Warlow recorded the song on his 1994 album Midnight Dreaming. Van Morrison recorded the song on his 1995 album How Long Has This Been Going On. Harry Connick, Jr. included the song on his 2009 album, Your Songs. Mark Vincent covered the song for his 2010 album Compass Della Reese recorded the song on her album Della Reese Live In Hollywood In 1966. Barbra Streisand recorded the song for her 2016 album, Encore : Movie Partners Sing Broadway as a posthumous duet with original singer and co-songwriter, Anthony Newley. Miles Davis second great quintet ( sans Ron Carter 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. References Jump up ^ `` Song of the Day : Who Can I Turn To ( When Nobody Needs Me ) The Year of Tony Bennett ''. Bloggingtonybennett.com. 2012 - 10 - 09. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 27. Dionne Warwick Studio albums Presenting Dionne Warwick ( 1963 ) Anyone Who Had a Heart ( 1964 ) Make Way for Dionne Warwick ( 1964 ) The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick ( 1965 ) Here I Am ( 1965 ) Here Where There Is Love ( 1966 ) On Stage and in the Movies ( 1967 ) The Windows of the World ( 1967 ) The Magic of Believing ( 1968 ) Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls ( 1968 ) Promises, Promises ( 1968 ) Soulful ( 1969 ) I 'll Never Fall in Love Again ( 1970 ) Very Dionne ( 1970 ) Dionne ( 1972 ) Just Being Myself ( 1973 ) Then Came You ( 1975 ) Track of the Cat ( 1975 ) Love at First Sight ( 1977 ) Dionne ( 1979 ) No Night So Long ( 1980 ) Friends in Love ( 1982 ) Heartbreaker ( 1982 ) How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye ( 1983 ) Finder of Lost Loves ( 1985 ) Friends ( 1985 ) Reservations for Two ( 1987 ) Dionne Sings Cole Porter ( 1990 ) Friends Can Be Lovers ( 1993 ) Aquarela do Brazil ( 1994 ) Dionne Sings Dionne ( 1998 ) Dionne Sings Dionne, Vol. 2 ( 2000 ) My Favorite Time of the Year ( 2004 ) My Friends & Me ( 2006 ) Why We Sing ( 2008 ) Only Trust Your Heart ( 2011 ) Live albums Dionne Warwick in Paris ( 1966 ) Hot ! Live and Otherwise ( 1981 ) Christmas in Vienna II ( 1993 ) Compilation albums The Love Collection ( 2008 ) Singles `` Do n't Make Me Over '' `` Wishin ' and Hopin ' '' `` Anyone Who Had a Heart '' `` Walk On By '' `` You 'll Never Get to Heaven ( If You Break My Heart ) '' `` A House Is Not a Home '' `` Reach Out for Me '' `` Who Can I Turn To ? '' `` Are You There ( With Another Girl ) '' `` Message to Michael '' `` I Just Do n't Know What to Do with Myself '' `` Alfie '' `` The Windows of the World '' `` I Say a Little Prayer '' `` ( Theme from ) Valley of the Dolls '' `` Do You Know the Way to San Jose '' `` ( There 's ) Always Something There to Remind Me '' `` This Girl 's in Love with You '' `` You 've Lost That Lovin ' Feeling '' `` I 'll Never Fall in Love Again '' `` Make It Easy on Yourself '' `` The Good Life '' `` Then Came You '' ( with Spinners ) `` By the Time I Get to Phoenix / I Say a Little Prayer '' ( with Isaac Hayes ) `` Only Love Can Break a Heart '' `` I 'll Never Love This Way Again '' `` Déjà Vu '' `` After You '' `` No Night So Long '' `` Easy Love '' `` Heartbreaker '' `` All the Love in the World '' `` Run to Me '' ( with Barry Manilow ) `` That 's What Friends Are For '' ( with Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder ) `` Love Power '' ( with Jeffrey Osborne ) `` It 's All Over '' ( with Dieter Bohlen as Blue System ) `` What the World Needs Now Is Love '' ( with TheHipHopNationUnited ) Record labels Arista Concord Rhino River North Scepter Warner Bros. 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Question: who wrote the song who can i turn to
Answer: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley