Promises, Promises is a Broadway musical comedy based on the film The Apartment by Billy Wilder. The music is by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David, and book by Neil Simon. Musical numbers were staged and choreographed by Michael Bennett.
The show was originally produced on Broadway in 1968, with a cast including Jerry Orbach, Jill O'Hara and Edward Winter. It played at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran until 1972, for a total of 1,281 performances. The show had a London production at the Prince of Wales Theatre in 1969, featuring Tony Roberts and Betty Buckley.
Songs include the title tune (a hit for Dionne Warwick, released before the show's December 1968 Broadway opening), "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (also a hit for Dionne Warwick), "Knowing When To Leave", "She Likes Basketball" and "Turkey Lurkey Time," the last a famous dance number featuring Donna McKechnie, Baayork Lee, and Margo Sappington.
"Promises, Promises" was the first single to be taken from The Cooper Temple Clause's second album, Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose.
"Promises, Promises" is the name of a Country song made famous by Country legend, Lynn Anderson in 1968.
"Promises, Promises" was Anderson's second major hit. Since breaking out into the Country market in 1966, she only had one major hit since then until "Promises, Promises". The song was specifically written for Anderson, co-written by her mother, legendary songwriter, Liz Anderson, who wrote a couple other Lynn Anderson hits for her during this time. The single was released in late 1967 under the small Chart Records label. "Promises, Promises" was Anderson's biggest hit up to that point, hitting No. 4 on the Billboard Country charts, and hitting No. 1 on the Cashbox Country charts. Because of the success of the song, an album of the same name was released, which was also a major seller.
The lyrics of this song, along with a few other Lynn Anderson hits from this time, had the same ambiguity of a woman's place in the modern world that was also being expressed by other female Country stars at the time, including Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette. This was around the time when female Country singers were beginning to gain respect in the Country music market.
