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Shirley Stops The Shows
 1965 Album: EMI/Columbia, Stereo, SCX 3543, Mono: 33SX 1691


With the Orchestras of Johnnie Spence, Johnny Scott, Tony Osborne, and Kenny Clayton
 

Also Released As

Shirley Bassey Belts The Best! United Artists USA, Stereo: UAS 6419, Mono: UAL 3419
 
Chart Positions
USA Billboard   Entered: May 15 1965
Highest: Pop Albums: #85  Run: 6 weeks
 
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Track Listing

Side A
01. 3:24 - Everything's Coming Up Roses
02. 2:44 - The Sweetest Sounds
03. 2:12 - He Loves Me
04. 2:19 - I Believe In You
05. 2:50 - People
06. 2:56 - The Lady Is A Tramp

Side B
01. 2:23 - Once In A Lifetime
02. 2:39 - Something Wonderful
03. 2:01 - A Lot Of Livin' To Do
04. 2:50 - If Ever I Would Leave You
05. 2:56 - Somewhere
06. 1:53 - I Could Have Danced All Night
 
Note

On the US release, Shirley Bassey Belts The Best! The Lady Is A Tramp does not appear but Side A instead starts with Goldfinger.

On the cover of Shirley Bassey Belts The Best! there seems to be an error with the track lengths for two songs: People is stated as 2:25, though the track is indeed 2:50. I Could Have Danced All Night is stated as 1:07, though the track is indeed 1:53. As a result of these errors, some people assume that they are different/new recordings, but the tracks are the same as on the UK release, Shirley Stops The Shows.
 
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Sleeve Note
 From Shirley Bassey Belts The Best!

One of the world's foremost entertainers is that dynamic vocalist, SHIRLEY BASSEY, a devastatingly beautiful woman who has completely enthralled audiences in her British homeland and all throughout Europe. Miss Bassey can truly boast of a style all her own and there are few singers, if any, who throw themselves so completely into a song. It is not an uncommon sight to see tears rolling down Shirley's lovely face during the performance of a tender ballad, while the reckless abandon which she bestows to an up-tempo selection more often than not creates an electricity which sets audiences tingling with excitement.

Miss Bassey is certainly no stranger to America. She has appeared in many of the better cafes from coast to coast, has been on major television programs and even was seen in a memorable recital at New York City's famed Carnegie Hall recently, a concert at which a packed audience rose to their feet as one at the conclusion and cheered Shirley to the rafters for a full ten minutes.

Now more than ever is the United States ready for this Shirley Bassey collection. Just recently, Shirley performed the title tune from the action-packed James Bond thriller, "Goldfinger", beneath the actual film credits, and the selection was issued as a single. It became a runaway success despite the fact that it was not rock and roll, so that now, after being the darling of those "in the know", Shirley Bassey is now enthusiastically being accepted by both our public and the sophisticates alike. "SHIRLEY BASSEY BELTS THE BEST!" is living proof of whys and wherefores of this great and well-deserved popularity. In the album, the songstress has hand-picked a dozen superb examples of Broadway and Hollywood tunes and gives them a lustre which they have never had before and a feeling which will rarely, if ever, be equalled. Here then is "SHIRLEY BASSEY BELTS THE BEST!", a magnificent blending of some of the best songs ever to emanate from the stage or screen, magnificently rendered by a lady of incomparable talent.
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