<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Alfie" (1968) </Td> <Td> "For Once in My Life" (1968) </Td> <Td> "I Don't Know Why" (1969) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Alfie" (1968) </Td> <Td> "For Once in My Life" (1968) </Td> <Td> "I Don't Know Why" (1969) </Td> </Tr> <P> "For Once in My Life" is a swing song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Stein & Van Stock publishing company, and first recorded in 1966 . </P> <P> It was written and first recorded as a slow ballad . There are differing accounts of its earliest versions, although it seems that it was first recorded by Barbara McNair, but first released in 1966 by Jean DuShon . Other early versions of the ballad were issued by The Four Tops, The Temptations, Diana Ross and Tony Bennett, whose recording was the first to reach the pop charts . </P>

Who wrote the song for once in my life