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"One Less Bell to Answer" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Originally written in 1967 for Keely Smith, the song was rediscovered in late 1969 by Bones Howe, the producer for The 5th Dimension, and the song was included on the group's 1970 debut album for Bell Records, Portrait. Lead vocals on the single were sung by Marilyn McCoo, and the song reached the #2 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970. It also went to #1 on the adult contemporary chart that same year.
This version of the song was prominently featured at the same time in an episode of the Robert Wagner TV series, It Takes a Thief.
Rosemary Clooney had a national Easy Listening chart record of this song in 1968. Barbra Streisand partially covered the song in the medley One Less Bell to Answer/A House is Not a Home on her 1971 album Barbra Joan Streisand. Dionne Warwick recorded a version of the song on her 1972 Warner Bros. album, Dionne; Bacharach and David produced their track for Warwick. Another 1972 cover was by Shirley Bassey on her album I Capricorn. Recent covers include those of Michael Ball, Vanessa Williams, and Trijntje Oosterhuis.
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In last night's GLEE, they copied Peter Matz's original arrangement for the Streisand medley "One Less Bell/A House is Not A Home". Ryan Murphy, the creator of GLEE, is a self-professed Streisand fan, and it's not surprising that they copied Barbra's original version from 1971.
Barbra's version is the ultimate best.
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