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Albums Overview An overview of albums by Shirley Bassey |
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Shirley Bassey
At The Cafe De Paris On hearing the artistry displayed in this live recording, taken during her act at the Cafe de Paris, it will be obvious that Shirley Bassey is no lucky amateur but a star who is here to stay and one of whom we, in Britain, can be truly proud... |
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Born To Sing The Blues with Wally Stott and his Orchestra One of the first numbers she sang on television was a blues number and from this came the idea to present her in an album of all the famous blues songs. We feel sure that the combination... |
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| 1959 |
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The Bewitching Miss Bassey We just couldn't resist entitling this album The Bewitching Miss Bassey, as for all her countless fans throughout the world know, she is indeed bewitching not only on discs but also in the personal appearances in theatres and cabarets which invariably break house records... |
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The Fabulous Shirley Bassey
With Geoff Love and his Orchestra The word fabulous is probably the most over-worked and misused adjective in present-day show business. Many are called fabulous but few can really live up to the reputation. We do not hesitate... |
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Shirley
with Geoff Love and his Orchestra Shirley Bassey has now reached the stage of her career where she is firmly established as an assured international star. There are few performers who are immediately recognisable... |
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Shirley Bassey
With The Rita William Singers and Geoff Love and his Orchestra She possesses provocative beauty, intelligence, and abundant personal magnetism, and discharges it all with cross shots of fire and casual elegance which make her an electrifying stage presence... |
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| 1962 |
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Till And Other Great
Songs The captivating and intoxicating Shirley Bassey has achieved an astonishing feat in the present era of popular music. For, at a time when beat music is predominant and girl singers have been largely ousted from the hit parade by an overwhelming male majority... |
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Let's Face The Music With Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra Also released as: What Now My Love Running out of superlatives about Shirley for eight years and the press have been talking about the 'new' Shirley Bassey - there is no new... |
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| 1963 |
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In Other Words....
With Geoff Love and his Orchestra Once again that indefinable certain something has been captured. Days of careful planning and meticulous rehearsing, years of experience have been caught and crystallised here on this record. IT'S MAGIC... |
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| 1965 |
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Shirley Stops The Shows With the Orchestras of Johnnie Spence, Johnny Scott, Tony Osborne, and Kenny Clayton In USA released as: Shirley Bassey Belts The Best! Miss Bassey can truly boast a style all her own... few singers who throw themselves completely into a song...tears rolling down Shirley's lovely... |
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Shirley Bassey At The Pigalle With Alyn Ainsworth and his Orchestra In USA released as: Shirley Bassey - In Person There are few artists capable of hypnotizing a sophisticated night club audience. Usually the chatter of table companions and the clinking... |
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| 1966 |
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I've Got A Song For You
In USA released as: Shirley Means Bassey There are very few who throw the emotion into a song that Shirley does. There are even fewer who offer the animal-like vitality that she presents. There may be nobody who possesses a golden set of pipes.... |
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| 1967 |
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And We Were Lovers Also released as: Big Spender ..unwinding and next to me is that probing, prying voice of yours - now warm, now cold as an iceberg, coaxing out a brilliant programme of tunes... ..thank you for being beautiful always and in all ways... |
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| 1968 |
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12 Of Those Songs Every time I hear Shirley Bassey sing - and that includes the playing and re-playing of the same record - I am always thrilled and surprised by her extraordinary vocal range. There are notes on these tracks which catch at your heart by the very ease with which she reaches them... |
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La Vita In the spring of 1968 Shirley Bassey sang La Vita live at the San Remo Festival in Italy. Shirley Bassey had selected this song to win the festival with. Shirley Bassey received the greatest crowd ovation of any performer with her impassioned rendition of La Vita... |
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This Is My Life She steps on stage and glides to the microphone the audience is immediately drawn to her... She is dressed in a gown so dazzling that it seems to illuminate the entire room. In the background a group of musicians blend their collective talents into a song introduction... |
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| 1969 |
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Does Anybody Miss Me? For what seems like only a moment in time and space she gives all that she is/cooing...revealing...demanding...pleading...attacking ...loving/ soaring to the pinnacle of reciprocal emotion and plunging to the abyss of the unaccepted gift of herself / warring against the denial... |
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| 1970 |
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Live at Talk of the Town With The Burt Rhodes Orchestra Thank you and may I say a very good evening to you ladies and gentlemen and how rather super it is to be back again after two years in exile. I came back for many reasons, but one reason in particular, because I heard Danny Larue was trying to take my place!! |
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Something In USA released as: Shirley Bassey Is Really Something Shirley Bassey is something else. When she sings you can sense the titillation of an exotic touch. Her voice gently scratches your back, raising bumper crops of erotic imaginings. Then her gusto and enthusiasms... |
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| 1971 |
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Something Else In France released as: Love Story If Shirley Bassey's 1970 landmark album Something had marked a new adventurous turning point in her recording career thus far, then her 1971 follow-up album Something Else continued the musical tradition... |
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| 1972 |
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I Capricorn
In Spain also released as: Yo, Capricornio Shirley Bassey gives her all on this 1972 album... Lush orchestrations enhance the show numbers and For All We Know had been a huge hit the year before. Ms Bassey chills out with purring versions.... |
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And I Love You So Shirley Bassey's fourth studio album of the Seventies for United Artists and indeed, her second album release of 1972, following hot on the heels of I Capricorn - proved to be yet another potent and satisfying blend of big ballads and contemporary pop songs... |
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| 1973 |
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Never, Never, Never Her recording of Never, Never, Never was an international hit reaching the number one position in several countries of the world. With the release of her hit album Never, Never, Never Shirley Bassey has reached the pinnacle of an ever growing popularity, both as a recording artist... |
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Live At Carnegie Hall Sell out evenings at the renowned Carnegie Hall during which this exciting album was recorded. Here the reception at both shows was phenomenal with standing ovations even before she sang a note and the atmosphere has been faithfully captured here... |
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| 1974 |
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Nobody Does It Like Me Nobody Does It Like Me is an appropriate album title for the queen diva, Shirley Bassey, this 1974 release being another in-the-pocket delight. Producer Martin Rushent is here in an engineering capacity and the sound is somewhat different from her '60s albums... |
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Live In Japan (1974) Recorded July 1974 at Kosei-Nenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo. This fabulous live album boasts a selection of powerfully delivered tracks under the great orchestration of the Nobuo Hara Orchestra and his Sharps & Flats and the musical director Arthur Greenslade... |
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| 1975 |
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Good, Bad But Beautiful Usual booming Bassey vocals applied to up-tempo and ballad material. The lady has one of the most instantly recognizable and beautiful voices in pop, and this set of show tunes, contemporary classics and fine arrangements from Arthur Greenslade... |
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| 1976 |
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Love, Life And Feelings These three words good be said to epitomize Shirley Bassey's moving renditions featured on this album. The listener is taken on an emotional rollercoaster of stunning and powerful performances, which quite simply will take the breath from even the coldest listener... |
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| 1977 |
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You Take My Heart Away One of the queens of contemporary mainstream easy listening music returns with her usual entertaining, well-sung packages of covers of recent-vintage soft-rock hits, which Shirley never fails to make her own. An up-beat album, but doesn't fail to take the heart away... |
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| 1978 |
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Live In Japan
(1977) A stunning and powerful live album recorded in November 1977 at Kosei- Nenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo. Whilst retaining everything Bassey, being later in the United Artists years, it gives listeners the chance to enjoy offerings from the mid-seventies' repertoire, as well as the Bassey staples... |
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Yesterdays Bassey has received just about all the plaudits a singer can receive and here she proves yet again why they are so well deserved. She glides effortlessly through 13 standards with soulfully mellow vocals. Music director Arthur Greenslade adds strings and horns for a full orchestral effect... |
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The Magic Is You In an era of female singers with whispery little-girl voices, it's a treat to hear a lady who can belt out a tune with conviction and dynamics. The songs here allow her to use this power, and this great selection of tracks is beautifully complemented by excellent brassy orchestral backdrops... |
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| 1982 |
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All By Myself Also released as: Love Songs Shirley Bassey is in a class of her own. Her distinctive style, which so successfully expresses her varied experiences in so surprisingly rich lyrical terms, has won this outstanding artist a following all over... |
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| 1984 |
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I Am What I Am With the London Symphony Orchestra I am thrilled to have been able to re-record the most important songs in my life, with some of the most talented people that I ever worked with. I hope my new album gives you many hours of listening pleasure... |
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La Mujer This album was not easy for me to make for the simple reason that I do not speak Spanish. I also have to tell you that I am very proud of my first effort! No matter what language you speak the language of love is universal. I dedicate this album with all my love to you... |
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| 1991 |
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Keep The Music Playing This intimate set, finds the voice in finest fettle again. The mixture of contemporary ballads with standards from the fields of jazz and pop ushered in by a title track seems to sum up Shirley Bassey: assured of her status as one of Britain's greatest-ever singers and entertainers... |
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| 1992 |
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Sings The Bond Collection Also released as: Bassey Sings Bond These are all re-recordings of Bond songs, also including the tracks Shirley had performed on the original soundtracks previously. But disappointment prevailed and the album was then withdrawn following court action... |
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| 1993 |
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Sings The Songs Of
Andrew Lloyd Webber This is a unique recording indeed and represented for me a musical challenge I could not resist. It is the first time I have sung the works of one composer on a complete album. The songs were marvellous to record and I hope they bring you as much pleasure as they have brought to me... |
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| 1994 |
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Bassey - The EMI/UA Years 1959 - 1979
Including previously unreleased songs and a live concert from 1964 A vocal style that is always instantly recognisable - combining as it does emotional intensity and joie-de-vivre - has put her head and shoulders above the majority of her female counterparts. The evidence... |
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| 1995 |
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Shirley Bassey Sings The Movies
Also released as: Showtime The glitz and glamour of the cinema world is larger than life, movies allow you to lose yourself completely in a two hour excursion to a world of fantasy. These tracks are a selection of my favourite compositions from... |
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| 1996 |
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The Show Must Go On The show truly does go on for Shirley Bassey, this selection of tracks gives the Shirley Bassey treatment to some of the greatest pop and rock ballads. Masterfully produced by Mike Smith with fabulously exciting arrangements, you will want this exciting show to go on forever... |
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| 1997 |
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The Birthday Concert Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, this album is a collection mixed together from the two live concerts in England in 1997. Shirley Bassey celebrated her 60th birthday with a series of live concerts, which has created a live album of contemporary classics... |
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| 1998 |
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The Diamond Collection Also released as: Classics Also released as: Contemporary Classics On record and in performance alike, Shirley Bassey's uncompromising vocal style - always straight from the heart and straight from the hip continues... |
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| 2003 |
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Thank You For The Years A celebration of my 50 years in the music business. I'm still here - making music in a business which has changed so much. It tracks a long and wonderful journey starting with six brand new songs recorded only this year. I hope you like them as much as I do... |
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| UPDATE 2007 |
Shirley Bassey stormed back into the charts in 2007 with two incredible new singles, The Living Tree and Get The Party Started plus an acclaimed Top 10 album, Get The Party Started. For details of these releases and to order, click the banner below:
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