A MCRFB news brief:
POPULAR FILM SONG PLACES BACHARACH-DAVID COMPOSITION ON TOP, HOT RECORDING DEMAND
NEW YORK — Eddie Wolpin, vice-president of Famous Music, has lined up one of the biggest advance disk spreads on a film song in recent years. The song, title-tune of the British-made film “Alfie,” already has nine recorded versions on the market. The movie will have it’s U. S. premiere on Thursday, August 25.
Leading the list on recordings is Cher on Imperial Records, which is the No. 41 spot on Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart this week. Also getting spins are Jack Jones (Kapp), Cilla Black (Capitol), Dionne Warwick (Scepter), Joannie Summers (Columbia), Carmen McRae (Mainstream), Billy Vaughn (Dot), Tony Martin (Dot), and Vicki Carr (Liberty). Cher sings the song, which was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for the film’s soundtrack. END.
(Information and news source: Billboard; August 13, 1966).
