AVID Pop presents the latest release in our Four Classic Albums Plus series with a remastered 2CD set from Shirley Bassey, complete with original artwork, liner notes, personnel details.
Born To Sing The Blues; The Fabulous; The Bewitching Miss Bassey and Shirley plus two bonus tracks.
Following the success of our recent release by Petula Clark, our latest AVID Pop release features yet another British National Treasure, Miss Shirley Bassey. Famously known as the girl from Tiger Bay, Shirley was indeed born in the Tiger Bay region of Cardiff, the Welsh capital, on January 8th 1937. The young Shirley began performing as a teenager in 1953 and a mere six years later she had her first number one hit single in the UK with As I Love You. Shirley spent the early years of her career performing in theatrical shows and night clubs like the Talk Of The Town and Londons Café De Paris and of course The London Palladium. She also crossed the pond to appear in Las Vegas in 1957 and on the Ed Sullivan show in 1960, a full four years before the Fab Four and at The Persian Room in New Yorks Plaza Hotel in 1961. Although she had made many appearances in the US, Shirley only ever had five hit singles and one hit album there, so in a similar way to Cliff, she never really made a big impact across the water with the honourable exception of her famed Goldfinger signature theme and her lovely cover of George Harrisons Something. Shirley Basseys career has had more ups and downs than a roller coaster ride at Coney Island, but through it all she has prevailed through career dips and great career come backs. Its truly stunning to think that Shirley has now been performing for 70 years over which time she has sold over 140 million records, had a TOP 40 hit across all seven decades in the UK and performed not one, not two but three James Bond themes! As with all AVID releases, we hope you enjoy this classic set and check out our extensive catalogue for more great music across Pop, Easy Listening, Rock n Roll, Jazz, and many other musical genres.
Check out:- Petula Clark (AMSC1451); Adam Faith (AMSC1323); Connie Francis (AMSC1374); Wanda Jackson (AMSC1429); Brenda Lee (AMSC1211); The Shadows (AMSC1358); Andy Williams (AMSC1247); Perry Como (AMSC1449); Dean Martin (AMSC1434); Tony Bennett (AMSC1399); Judy Garland (AMSC1405, 1336 & 1228); Julie Andrews (AMSC1007); Edith Piaf (AVC939); Frances Day (AMSC926); Frances Faye (AMSC1177); Lena Horne (AMSC1009); Eartha Kitt (AMSC970); Dinah Shore (AMSC1345 & 649); Doris Day (AVC858); Classic Girl Groups (AMSC1419).
CD1
1-8: Born To Sing The Blues
1. Born To Sing The Blues
2. Beale Street Blues
3. Wabash Blues
4. Basin Street Blues
5. The Birth Of The Blues
6. Careless Love Blues
7. Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Told Me)
8. The St. Louis Blues
9-20: The Fabulous
9. A Foggy Day In London Town
10. Ive Got You Under My Skin
11. Cry Me A River
12. April In Paris
13. Ive Never Been In Love Before
14. The Man That Got Away
15. S Wonderful
16. Ill Remember April
17. Easy To Love
18. No One Ever Tells You
19. They Cant Take That Away From Me
20. The Partys Over
21-24: The Bewitching Miss Bassey
21. Burn My Candle
22. Night And Day
23. Crazy Rhythm
24. The Wall
CD2
1-10: The Bewitching Miss Bassey
1. The Banana Boat Song
2. The Gypsy In My Soul
3. Love For Sale
4. From This Moment On
5. Kiss Me Honey Honey, Kiss Me
6. You, You Romeo
7. My Funny Valentine
8. How About You?
9. Fire Down Below
10. As I Love You
11-22: Shirley
11. In The Still Of The Night
12. Let There Be Love
13. All At Once (Deja)
14. For Every Man Theres A Woman
15. Im In The Mood For Love
16. So In Love
17. If I Were A Bell
18. There Will Never Be Another You
19. Hooray For Love
20. Too Late Now
21. Im Shooting High
22. Evry Time We Say Goodbye
23. Cant Help Lovin Dat Man (Bonus Track)
24. Bill (Bonus Track)