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THE SINGLES # 16 -1961-

Another EP from 1961 from the UK. with four more fabulous songs from the LP ‘Shirley’  with the songs: In The Still Of The Night, Let There Be Love, I’m In The Mood For Love, Too Late Now. As a bonus a hilarious live version of In The Still Of The Night from the 1991 Bruce Fortsyth’s Easter Show.

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Merry Christmas from Dame Shirley

The Dame Shirley Bassey Blog Team wishes Dame Shirley, her great team and all viewers of the Blog a merry Christmas While Dame Shirley has not (yet) recorded a Christmas album, she has recorded a Christmas song, 2015’s The Christmas Song with Blake. Here’s the Strictly version. And how we can forget it was a Christmas advert for Marks and Spencer that led us to ‘Get the party started’? She has…

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FROM THE ARCHIVE 640 -2022-

Today we go back to the year 2022. Not much happened that year but Dame Shirley Bassey performed at the Bafta’s, there was James Bond 60th Anniversary and Geri Halliwel’s 50th birthday party.For the articles from that year I have two from Germany and Holland. No need to translate as they say nothing new.

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THE SINGLES # 15 -1961-

Another EP from 1961 on the Colombia label. Songs: Goodbye Lover Hello Friend, Where Or When, A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening, This Love Of Mine.

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Programme 1962 -Talk Of The Town-

Today another programme from 1962. This time from The Talk Of The Town (Special thanks to David)

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FROM THE ARCHIVE 639 -2021-

Today we go back to the year 2021 with an interesting article from a magazine called Discover Scotland and some photos from that year from the Monaca Boat show and 60 years of James Bond, simultaneously held in London and in Monte Carlo.

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'The Singer' - 3 CD Set

In 2011 there was a project to release a 3 CD set to be released to coincide with Dame Shirley’s 75th Birthday in January 2013. It was decided for there to be two CDs of recordings from her EMI/UA days and a CD of her 1973 Royal Albert Hall concert which had been shown on BBC television. The recordings chosen were not her hits but songs not normally included on CD compilations and also…

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THE SINGLES # 14 -1961-

Today an EP from 1961 from the Colombia label.The songs on it are All At One, I’m Shooting high, For Every Man There’s A Woman & So In Love.

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For All We Know -From the 1979 BBC Show-

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Dame Shirley Bassey becomes the new President of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

  Latest news from Dame Shirley Bassey’s Instagram page. At the end of our celebratory 75th birthday year, we’re delighted to announce Dame Shirley Bassey CH DBE as our new President. She succeeds HM King Charles who, when Prince of Wales, was President of the College, and now continues as our Patron. ‘I am thrilled and honoured to have been invited to become the next President of the Royal…

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FROM THE ARCHIVE 638 -2020-

The year 2020 was the year Dame Shirley Bassey recorded her last album called I Owe It All To you. Here are some interesting newspaper clippings from the Daily Mail and the Daily Express from that year. The Daily Express The Daily Mail

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Programme 1962 -Nelson Riddle-

Today a concert programme from 1962. (with special thanks to Jill)

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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…