(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls

(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls Theme from valley of the dolls US reissue Eric Records.png vinyl side label One of US reissues (Eric Records) 1968 1 22 by Twentieth Century Music Corp. (original copyright 1967 4 7)Library of Congress. Copyright Office. http://archive.org/details/catalogofco1968322512libr Catalog of Copyright Entries 3D Ser Vol 22 Pt 5 Secs 1-2 1968 U.S. Govt. Print. Off. United States Copyright Office english single Dionne Warwick Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls I Say a Little Prayer October 1967 1967 A&R Recording Studios, New York City Soul, pop 3:40 Scepter André Previn, Dory Previn Burt Bacharach, Hal David The Windows of the World 1967 Do You Know the Way to San Jose 1968 "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" is a 1967 song by André and Dory Previn, composed for the film version of the Jacqueline Susann novel Valley of the Dolls, and recorded by Dionne Warwick. Background Actress Barbara Parkins, who starred in the motion picture, suggested that Warwick be considered to sing the film's theme song. The song was to be given to Judy Garland, who had been fired from the film. A recording by Warwick appeared on the B-side of her (original) single of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "I Say a Little Prayer", a big hit which peaked at no. 4 on Billboard's Hot 100 in the chart dated 9 December 1967 and which was RIAA-certified gold in February 1968. Warwick re-recorded a Pat Williams-arranged and Burt Bacharach-produced version of the theme at A&R Studios in New York because contractual restrictions from her home label, Scepter Records, would not allow her version from the film to be included on the 20th Century-Fox soundtrack album. In April 1968, the RIAA-certified gold Scepter LP that contained the hit version of the song, Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls, peaked at no. 6 on the Billboard album chart, and would remain on the chart for more than a year. Charlie Blaum states ""Valley" had all the ingredients of a huge hit: a great singer at the top of her game, a gorgeous melody, an inviting arrangement, and most of all the haunting, soulful lyric by Dory Previn — look her up. She had a rough life; she wrote of vulnerability and uncertainty bordering on despair from a fragile place deep within".www.chasblaum.net https://chasblaum.net/2019/01/26/dionne-warwick-theme-from-valley-of-the-dolls-1968/ chasblaum.com December 25, 2023 Charts In January 1968, when the film Valley of the Dolls dominated the US box office, B-side "Valley of the Dolls" entered the Hot 100 in its own right. It reached no. 2, where in February and March it remained for four weeks. It also reached no. 2 on the Easy Listening chart,Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 669. Joel Whitburn Joel Whitburn 1993 Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 Record Research 251 no. 2 on the Cash Box Top 100 and number one on the Record World chart. "Valley of the Dolls" got to number one on many radio stations across America, among them WLS in Chicago.http://www.las-solanas.com/surveys/WLS/WLS_1968-03-04_1.jpg Radio89 Hit Parade WLS 1968-03-04 2021-02-05 In the UK, "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" was released in February 1968, with "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" as the B-side. The single peaked at no. 28 – the singer's first UK chart hit since 1965. Weekly charts Chart (1967–68)PeakpositionUK Singles (OCC)https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10966/dionne-warwick/ UK Charts > Dionne Warwick Official Charts Company June 17, 202028Billboardhot100 2 Dionne Warwick true July 8, 2020Billboardrandbhiphop 13 Dionne Warwick true July 8, 2020Billboardadultcontemporary 2 Dionne Warwick true June 8, 2020US Cash Box Top 1002US Record World Top 1001 Certifications United States single Dionne Warwick Valley of the Dolls Gold 1968 1970 July 7, 2020 true Other recorded versions Tony Bennett - album I've Gotta Be Me (1969) Patty Duke – album Patty Duke Sings Songs from Valley of the Dolls and other Selections (1967) Gladys Knight & the Pips – album Silk N' Soul (1968)www.allmusic.com https://www.allmusic.com/album/silk-soul-mw0000207415 allmusic.com December 25, 2023 Andy Williams – album Honey (1968)www.allmusic.com https://www.allmusic.com/album/honey-mw0000853556 allmusic.com December 26, 2023 Jack Jones – album Where is Love? (1968, RCA) John Davidson - album Goin' Places (1968) Dorothy Ashby – album Afro-Harping (1968)www.allmusic.com https://www.allmusic.com/album/afro-harping-mw0000312845 allmusic.com December 29, 2023 Gábor Szabó – album Bacchanal (1968, Skye Records)www.allmusic.com https://www.allmusic.com/album/bacchanal-mw0000124008 allmusic.com December 28, 2023 The Chopsticks – album Some Day (1970) Eruption – album Leave a Light (1979)www.allmusic.com https://www.allmusic.com/album/leave-a-light-mw0000842489 allmusic.com December 28, 2023 k.d. lang – album Drag (1997)www.allmusic.com https://www.allmusic.com/album/drag-mw0000023375 allmusic.com December 27, 2023 Marcia Hines – album Time of Our Lives (1999)www.allmusic.com https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-of-our-lives-mw0000365351 allmusic.com December 26, 2023 Ana Gasteyer – album I'm Hip (2014) References Category:1967 songs Category:1968 singles Category:Dionne Warwick songs Category:K.d. lang songs Category:Andy Williams songs Category:Songs with music by André Previn Category:Songs with lyrics by Dory Previn Category:Film theme songs Category:Scepter Records singles Category:Adaptations of works by Jacqueline Susann