As Long as He Needs Me is aBritishsong byGeorgia Brown, written and composed byLionel Bart, from themusical Oliver! , and released in1960. This version does not fit into thechartsbut was followed a few weeks later a recoveryShirley Basseyremaining 57 weeks at theUK Singles Chart, reaching theren o 3 1 . Following the creation onBroadwayof Oliver! in1963, the musical receives three Tony Awards and As Long as He Needs Me is named the same year Grammy Award song of the year , still in the version of Brown. As Long as He Needs Me has since become a standard .
Versions
Recorded by 2 , 3 :
- Ann-Margret
- Lionel Bart (instrumental)
- Josephine Barstow
- Shirley Bassey
- Georgia Brown
- Anita Bryant
- Alma Cogan
- Kim Criswell
- Sammy Davis Jr. ( As Long as She Needs Me )
- Doris Day
- Sally Dexter
- Bob Dorough
- The Drifters ( As Long as She Needs Me )
- Maureen Evans
- Percy Faith (instrumental)
- Michael Feinstein ( As Long as She Needs Me )
- Maynard Ferguson (instrumental)
- Ferrante & Teicher
- Micky Finn (instrumental)
- Connie Fisher
- Judy Garland
- Eydie Gormé
- Buddy Greco ( As Long as She Needs Me )
- Bobby Hackett (instrumental)
- Gene Harris (instrumental)
- Houston
- Joni James
- Anita Kerr
- Bonnie Langford
- Steve Lawrence (en) ( As Long as She Needs Me )
- Liberace ( As Long as She Needs Me )
- Patti LuPone
- Mantovani (instrumental)
- Andrea McArdle ( As Long as She Needs Me )
- Matt Monro ( As Long as She Needs Me )
- Vaughn Monroe ( As Long as She Needs Me )
- Peter Nero ( As Long as She Needs Me )
- Dave Pike (instrumental)
- Pitney Gene ( As Long as She Needs Me )
- Jodie Prenger
- Frankie Randall ( As Long as She Needs Me )
- Lea Salonga
- Kate Smith
- Sonia Swaby
- Sally Ann Triplett
- Sarah Vaughan
- Shani Wallis
- Dionne Warwick
- Marti Webb
- Nancy Wilson
- Barbara Windsor
Notes and references
- ( In ) This article is partially or entirely from the article in English entitled ” As Long as He Needs Me ” ( see the list of authors ) .
- ↑ ( in ) Neil Warwick , Jon Kutner and Tony Brown , The complete book of the British charts: singles & albums , London, Music Sales Ltd ( . Reprinted 2004), 1521 p. ( ISBN 978-1844490585 , read online [ archive ] ) , p. 112
- ↑ ( in ) ” As Long as He Needs Me ” [ archive ] , on allmusic.com , All Music (accessed on 1 st December 2009 )
- ↑ ( in ) ” As Long as He Needs Me ” [ archive ] , Billboard (accessed on 1 st December 2009 )