<P> It was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and published in 1964 . The song was introduced in the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd, which struggled in the United Kingdom in 1964 and then made a tour of the United States later that year . In 1964 Shirley Bassey recorded the song and released it as a single, however it failed to chart . Recorded by Tony Bennett, "Who Can I Turn To?" became a hit, reaching number 33 on the US pop singles chart and the top 5 of the Adult Contemporary chart . So fuelled, the musical arrived on Broadway for a successful run, and the song became one of Bennett's staples . He later re-recorded the song as a duet with Queen Latifah in 2011 on Duets II and with Gloria Estefan for his 2012 album, Viva Duets . </P> <P> Astrud Gilberto recorded a version that was sampled in The Black Eyed Peas song "Like That" from their album Monkey Business . </P> <P> American tenor Jan Peerce recorded "Who Can I Turn To?" for his 1965 album Pop Goes Peerce . </P> <P> Dionne Warwick covered the song for her 1965 album, The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick . Her version reached No. 62 pop and No. 34 R&B . </P>

Who do i turn to when nobody needs me