Alfie (Burt Bacharach song) Alfie (Burt Bacharach song) "Alfie" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David to promote the 1966 film "Alfie". The song was a major hit for Cilla Black (UK) and Dionne Warwick (US). Although Bacharach has cited "Alfie" as his personal favorite of his compositions, he and Hal David were not eager to write a song to promote the film "Alfie" (a release from Paramount Pictures, which owned Famous Music) when approached by Ed Wolpin of the Composers' Guild. David thought the title character's name pedestrian: "Writing a song about a man called 'Alfie' didn't seem too exciting
Together (Michael Ball and Alfie Boe album) Together (Michael Ball and Alfie Boe album) Together is a collaborative album by English singers Michael Ball and Alfie Boe. It was released on 4 November 2016 through Decca Records. The album peaked at number one the UK Albums Chart, becoming Ball's second UK number one album and Boe's first. "Together" has been certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of 600,000 copies in the UK. Michael Ball and Alfie Boe first met in 2007 while both starring in "Kismet" at the London Coliseum. The pair first performed together in the summer of 2007 at two