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This Is My Life back in the charts
After This Is My Life was performed on Strictly Come Dancing it is back in the charts. 56 years after being released This Is My Life charted in the UK at number 29 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart and at number 32 in the Official Singles Sales chart. The album The Greatest Hits – This Is My Life sneaked back into the Official Albums download chart at number 51, 24 years after release.…
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THE SINGLES # 13 -1960-
Now an extended single from 1960: As Long As He Needs Me, Count On Me, With These Hands & If You Love Me.
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The Gown Exhibition
Last Friday I visited the DIVA Exhibition at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, where two of Dame Shirley Bassey’s gowns are on display along with her customised Glastonbury wellies and her 1977 Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist. Dame Shirley was the first person to receive a Brit in that category. On display are the pink Julien MacDonald Glastonbury gown and the silver Electric Proms gown.…
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FROM THE ARCHIVE 637 -2019-
The most important event in 2019 was Dame Shirley Bassey receiving the Freedom of Cardiff Award.
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Black On The Box 2024
The programme TV’s Greatest: Black on the Box aired Saturday 12th October at 10:30pm on Channel 5. (with very special thanks to Terry) A look at how some of Britain’s best loved stars changed the face of British television forever when they became the first black faces to take their place on the small screen. Shirley Bassey was the first to have her own primetime music series. Lenny Henry did the…
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Jack Jones passes away at the age of 86
Yesterday we heard the sad news about the passing of Jack Jones at the age of 86. Shirley Bassey was on the Jack Jones show in 1977 They did a duet of ‘If’ which is a song from her 1977 Album ‘You take my heart away’. Jack Jones was born in Hollywood in 1928 on January 14 and best known for the opening theme song for the television series The Love Boat.
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THE SINGLES # 12 -1959-
Now an EP from 1959 with 6 songs. How About You?, My Funny Valentine, Take My Love Take My Love, As I Love You, If You Don’t Love Me & You You Romeo.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE 636 -2018-
In 2018 Dame Shirley Bassey looked stunning as she posed in regal Dolce & Gabbana silk pyjamas for British Vogue August 2018 edition on the grounds of ‘Chiswick House & Gardens’ in London.Also that year she sang at the Bruce Forsyth memorial at the Royal Albert Hall where she sang his favourite song Almost Like Being In Love.
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Dame Shirley Bassey breaks record for jewellery auction on October 10 2024
Jewellery sees world record price Dame Shirley Bassey’s jewellery collection has smashed a world record in a Paris auction with all of the lots belonging to the singer selling for a collective price of 2.2 million euros (£1.8m). Bassey, who grew up in Cardiff’s Tiger Bay, famously sang about diamonds in the title track of the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, starring Sir Sean…
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Programme 1960 & Flyer -UK-
Today we have a concert programme AND a flyer from 1960 (with very special thanks to David) Programme Flyer
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THE SINGLES # 11 -1959-
Today, the second of two EPs from the 1959 studio recording of the musical ‘Showboat’, where Shirley Bassey sang two songs by the character Julie – ‘Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man’ and ‘Bill’. This EP features ‘Bill’.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE 635 -2017-
Today we go back to the year 2017 with some random magazine articles plus a short video of Dame Shirley Bassey attending the London Standard Theater Awards. The featured image is also from the London Standard Theater Award and shows Dame Shirley with Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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Programme 1958 -UK-
For today’s blog a concert programme from December 1958 that I bought last week at an auction. It is not very spectacular but it is a nice reflection of those early years.
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Dame Shirley Bassey attends the 2024 Monaco Yacht Show S.A.M.
Dame Shirley Bassey attended the 2024 Monaco Yacht Show S.A.M. on September 25 with Liz Brewer.
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THE SINGLES # 10 -1959-
Today the first of two EP’s from the 1959 version of Showboat where Shirley Bassey played the role Of Julie and sang 2 songs. Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man & Bill. Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber’s best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock…
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FROM THE ARCHIVE 634 -2016-
In November 2016 the birthday show as recorded in London for Dame Shirley Bassey’s 80thbirthday on January 8 in 2017. The show was broadcast on Christmas eve 2016. The recording was also a lovely reunion where a lot of all time fans met again. Below articles from TV Times and What’s On TV.
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George Webb
Shirley and George George, Jean and Shirley I would like to dedicate today’s blog to super Dame Shirley fan George Webb. He was the provider of many of the newspaper scans I used for the blog. I met George in 1980 for the first time at the Amsterdam concert. Here you can watch the last song of this concert: This Is My Life where Shirley greets George. I remember we had to prevent him from being…
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