Alfie (1966 film) Frankie Dunlop – drums The title song, "Alfie", written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, was sung by Cher over the film's closing credits in the US release reaching #32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It became a hit for British singer Cilla Black (Millicent Martin sang Alfie on its British release) and for Madeline Eastman and Dionne Warwick. Numerous jazz musicians have covered it and it has become a jazz standard. "Alfie" garnered critical acclaim. It currently holds a 96% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 26 reviews with an average rating of 7.9/10. Academy
Alfie (Burt Bacharach song) a track on the December 1967 album release "Mr Dream Merchant". Also in the spring of 1966 Dee Dee Warwick, while on a promotional junket to the UK, made a recording of "Alfie" at the Philips Studio in Marble Arch with Johnny Franz producing the session and Peter Knight arranging and conducting the orchestra; this version was first issued over a year later as the B-side of Dee Dee Warwick's 1967 single "Locked in Your Love". At the time the film "Alfie" premiered in New York City August 25, 1966 at least eight recorded versions of the song "Alfie" were