CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: The Making of "Alfie" (Part 2)

Soon after English pop star Cilla Black and Burt Bacharach recorded Alfie in London in late 1965, the single was released by Parlophone in Britain in January 1966. Paramount's English marketers intended for the single to stir up interest for the movie prior to the film's release in London in March. But Black's single exceeded expectations, inching up the U.K. charts for three months, topping out at No. 9 shortly before the film opened at month's end. The contrast between Black's impassioned cres...

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