Alfie (Burt Bacharach song) in release in the US: besides the Cher version from the film and the Cilla Black original which had been issued in the US that July to peak at No.95 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, "Alfie" had been recorded by Vikki Carr, Jack Jones, Tony Martin, Carmen McRae, Joanie Sommers and Billy Vaughn. The five last-named singers had recorded "Alfie" in hopes of taking the song into the "Billboard" Easy Listening chart rather than scoring a mainstream Pop hit and both Joanie Sommers and Carmen McRae did score an Easy Listening hit with their respective versions of "Alfie" (Sommers -
Michael Klinger (producer) ended, and reverting the auditorium into its earlier use as a cinema, and using it as a setting for "Secrets of a Windmill Girl" (1966). It was Klinger though who persuaded Tenser to back the first English language feature films of Polish director Roman Polanski. Despite the success of "Repulsion" (1965) and "Cul-de-Sac" (1966), Klinger and Tenser ended their business connection in 1967. Klinger sent the Ted Lewis novel "Jack's Return Home" to director Mike Hodges, asking whether he would be interested in adapting and directing a film version. Hodges agreed. The result, starring Michael Caine, "Get Carter", was released