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From The Stage, by Peter Hepple |
BRAVO BASSEY! There are few artists who are capable of hypnotizing
a sophisticated night club audience. Usually the chatter of table companions
and the clinking of champagne glasses are inevitable background noises
to most cabaret acts.
SHIRLEY BASSEY, however, who opened on Sunday for an
eight weeks' season at the Pigalle, is one of those artists who cuts through
the fidgeting like a knife and compels attention...
She had her audience
completely under her spell from the moment she opened her act singing Wonderful
Day Like Today ... here was the late Edith Piaf, the fabulous Lena
Horne, Garland, plus all the greats of yesterday rolled into one...
Singing in different moods, from the pathos of The Other Woman
to the hip shaking Lady Is A Tramp she had the crowded
Pigalle room screaming for more...
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The Stage
Review
From Musical Express, by John Wells |
SHIRLEY SHINES ... Shirley shines in cabaret. I look forward to seeing
if this time a record can do her justice.
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Musical Express
Review
From Record Mirror, by T. G. |
SHIRLEY'S TRIUMPH - Triumphant - that's the only word to describe
Shirley Bassey's cabaret opening at the Pigalle, Piccadilly Circus, on
Sunday...
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Record Mirror
Review
From Melody Maker, by J. H. |
SHIRLEY ... For she was sensational. Today, she must be Britain's
number one cabaret attraction. Her singing is more assured, her performance
more polished, her delivery timed to perfection, her appearance - wow!
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Melody Maker
Review
From Evening Standard, by R. K. W |
BASSEY TURNS THE POWER ON ... Hers is a voice in the great tradition
of song belters. Here in London this week is an artist of international
class, willing and able to sing her heart out...
Fingers snapping, arms thrust heavenwards, her whole body responding to the music
like a dancer, she is now showing that in this line of country
she has few equals either in Europe or America.
Last night's Pigalle audience were lucky to catch her making a "live"
LP record accompanied by a splendid orchestra directed by Alyn Ainsworth.
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Evening Standard
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From Variety, by Myro |
... Miss Bassey's 45-minute solo performance is immaculately conceived
and expertly executed. Fronting the Alyn Ainsworth orchestra on stage, she
exudes personality and vivacity...
Stunningly attired in a black sheath gown, she uses her voice and her hands
to give maximum dramatic effect to her well chosen ballads...
...The massive Alyn Ainsworth orchestra gives Miss Bassey superb backing,
handling the intricate arrangements with apparent ease.
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Variety
Alyn Ainsworth
Biography from Vinylvulture |
One of Bolton's most beloved sons, Alyn
Ainsworth made his reputation with the big show bands of the 1950's, and in
particular with the Northern Dance Orchestra, who he was musical director of up
until 1960. In this time the NDO were ubiquitous on BBC radio and became
something of a household name when the show 'Make Way For Music' switched to TV.
Having shown the ease with which he could both arrange and conduct for TV
broadcasts, Ainsworth was in big demand from then on, doing the honours on the
likes of the Morecambe and Wise Show and for all of the other top turns at the
start of the light entertainment era. As the '60's progressed, so did Alyn's
profile, with TV dates for both the BBC and his own London Weekend Television
Orchestra for such luminaries of light entertainment as Benny Hill, Bruce
Forsyth and even, ahem 'talents' such as Paul Daniels and Michael 'heck of a
party' Barrymore during the 1980's…oh well-a gig is a gig! Perhaps Ainsworth's
profile was often at its highest as a result of his work on pop hits such as
'Big Spender' for Shirley Bassey and a string of chart toppers for The
Brotherhood of Man, but throughout all this he kept returning to television work
right up until his death in 1990.
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Vinylvulture
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