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"If I Ruled the World" is a #popularSong, composed by #LeslieBricusse and #CyrilOrnadel, which was originally from the 1963 #WestEnd #musical Pickwick (based on #CharlesDickens's #ThePickwickPapers).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dKYOeeif7c
"Who Can I Turn To?" (alternatively titled "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)") is a song written by English composer-lyricists #LeslieBricusse and #AnthonyNewley and first published in 1964.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95dANDYwcms
"What Kind of Fool Am I?" is a #popular song written by #LeslieBricusse and #AnthonyNewley and published in 1962. It was introduced by Anthony Newley in the musical #StopTheWorldIWantToGetOff. It comes at the end of Act Two to close the show. Bricusse and Newley received the 1961 #IvorNovelloAward for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. At the #1963GrammyAwards, it won the award for #SongOfTheYear and was the first by #Britons to do so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxFpVW7ALvc
"Pure Imagination" is a song from the 1971 film #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory. It was written by British composers #LeslieBricusse and #AnthonyNewley specifically for the movie. It was sung by #GeneWilder who played the character of Willy Wonka. Bricusse has stated that the song was written over the phone in one day. The song has a spoken introduction. Since its release, the song has been covered and remixed hundreds of times by a wide variety of artists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y8aYd9uqFY
#OnThisDay in 1931, #LeslieBricusse, British stage and film composer and lyricist (Doctor Dolittle; Goodbye, Mr. Chips; "Goldfinger"; Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - "The Candy Man"; "Pure Imagination"), born in Pinner, Middlesex, England (d. 2021). 
#RIP
