Alfie (Burt Bacharach song) featured on the October 1966 album release entitled "Chér". Despite the relative failure of the version of "Alfie" cut for the US film release, Cilla Black's UK success with the song had attracted sufficient attention in the US for several American singers besides Cher to cover the song by the time the film "Alfie" opened in the US in August 1966. Two of these covers actually predate the Cher recording although neither was released prior to Cher's, the first evident recording of "Alfie" by an American singer being that cut by Jerry Butler in May 1966 which first appeared as
Michael Caine filmography Michael Caine filmography Michael Caine is an English actor who has appeared in over 125 films and has had multiple television appearances. Caine's acting career began in the 1950s, when he was cast in many small, often uncredited roles in British films. Caine gained recognition as one of the most famous actors of the 1960s through his breakthrough role in the film "Zulu" (1964). He then portrayed spy Harry Palmer in the films "The Ipcress File" (1965), "Funeral in Berlin" (1966) and "Billion Dollar Brain" (1967). His role in "Sleuth" (1972) led him to an Academy Award for Best Actor