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Track Listing

Side A
01. Born To Sing The Blues
02. Basin Street Blues

Side B
01. Careless Love Blues
02. The Birth Of The Blues

Sleeve Note  By John Franz

The daughter of a West African seaman, Shirley Bassey first saw the light of day in Cardiff in 1937. Whilst very young she commenced her stage career as a chorus girl in touring revues but it was soon evident that this young girl possessed great talent. Before long, she was booked  to go on a variety tour as a solo artist and also appear in Cabaret. Whilst carrying out a West End engagement in this latter sphere, she had the good fortune to be spotted by Jack Hylton, who gave her her biggest break so far by including her in his production "Such Is Life" at the Adelphi Theatre. Her great talent was immediately recognised by the audience and it is no exaggeration to say that she literally "stopped the show". The following day the press unanimously declared that a great new star had appeared on the show business horizon.

Since then, in the short matter of three years this artist has stopped shows literally half way around the world including Las Vegas, Hollywood, New York, Stockholm, Monte Carlo and even as far afield as Sydney and Melbourne in Australia.

One of the first numbers she ever featured on television was a blues number and from this came the idea to present her in an album of all the famous blues songs (BBR 8130). It is from this album that these four tracks are taken. We feel sure that the combination of Miss Bassey's consummate artistry and the world-famous songs contained herein will make this a record to be enjoyed for many years to come.