C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.500141
Composed by Lionel Bart. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #113324. Published by John Fries (A0.500141).
Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer. As Long as He Needs Me is a torch song sung by the character of Nancy in the 1960 musical Oliver! and written by Lionel Bart. Georgia Brown, who was the first actress to play Nancy, introduced the song. I t is a love ballad expressing Nancy's love for her criminal boyfriend Bill Sikes despite his mistreatment of her. Its popularity grew by virtue of renditions by several popular singers, including Shirley Bassey who reached number two for 5 weeks on the United Kingdom charts with the song. Bassey's recording became one of the highest sellers of 1960 staying on the UK charts for 30 weeks.
