The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" is a song recorded by the British rhythm and blues singer Georgie Fame. Released as a single, the song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 24 January 1968, remaining for one week. The song reached number seven in the United States later the same year. The song was written by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander. Fame recorded the song after seeing the then controversial gangster film "Bonnie and Clyde", now considered a classic, starring Warren Beatty (as Clyde Barrow) and Faye Dunaway (as Bonnie Parker).
Faye Dunaway Dunaway portrayed Blanche DuBois in a Los Angeles stage adaptation of Tennessee Williams's "A Streetcar Named Desire". "It was a fun performance for me, but hard, very draining. At the height of the madness each night, I would go from standing straight up to falling to my knees, in one swift move." Williams himself praised Dunaway for her performance, "He told me later that he thought I was brave and adorable and reminded him of a precocious child, and that my performance ranked with the very best. It was high praise indeed coming from him." Also in 1973, Dunaway appeared