Out next Sunday, Dame Shirley’s latest single “We Got Music” by Dario G entered the UK Commercial Club Chart at number 20 last week (one place above Kylie Minogue!) Click below to pre-order on iTunes.
Today a newspaper article from 1983 plus some photos from performances that year in The Hague and Amsterdam.
Photo by John den Outer
Today an article from 1985 about Dame Shirley Bassey’s performance in the St. David’s Hall in Cardiff. The concert was recorded for TV. Below a picture from that year of Dame Shirley with a fan. I hope she reads the blog and let us know who she is!
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(Special thanks to Susan for the video)
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Lyrics
You know that my tears, have kept me awake
The longer you’re gone, I’ll hunger and shake
From Warsaw to Rome, I’ll wait out of time
With you in my heart
The Rhythm Divine
So won’t you come close, bring this to an end
With each winter rose, my love I will send
So tender the night, when you hold me tight
With you in my heart
The Rhythm Divine
With you in my heart
The Rhythm Divine
You know that these tears, have kept me awake
The longer you’re gone, I’ll hunger and shake
From Warsaw to Rome, I’ll wait out of time
With you in my heart
The Rhythm Divine
The Rhythm Divine
The Rhythm Divine
With you in my heart
The Rhythm Divine
Dame Shirley Bassey’s divine rhythm continues, her latest single We Got Music by Dario G is now available from Amazon, 7-Digital and iTunes!! ‘From The Archive’ will be taking a short break as we concentrate on new Bassey history being made with this exciting new record.
As Philip kindly summarised here on the message board, this week has potential to break both Bassey and UK Chart records. Even if you are not a fan of electronic music, please download the single everywhere you can to show your support.
Today, appropriately, we are also playing Get The Party Started Soundscape Remix, on a sad note though as we mark two years since the premature death of Danae Jacovidis, who remixed this track for the USA audience.
Originally posted on Diva Knows Best:
Did You know that Dame Shirley Bassey had a new single in the works?!? We didn’t! And we are furious as naturally we love DSB, her killer vocals and unique performance stylings. Our Shirl’ is one fabulous Dame and so this news of a new single is a BIG DEAL!
But hold onto your hats. Before you start mentally listing the pop standards you’d love the UK’s highest selling female solo artist of all time to cover on a new album, stop! And prepare.
Remember that last album of originals: The Performance? And remember how fabulous and off-beat and avant-garde it was? Well with this new single release, Dame Shirley has just gone and reinvented herself on a scale so staggering that it frankly makes Madonna look kind of quaint by comparison.
Well into the sixth decade of her career – replete with ups and downs – Dame Shirley Bassey has brought her legendary voice back into the studio to record a pop song with Dario G.
For those of you unaware, Dario G is a Dance/House/Trance musician – formerly a group of three DJ’s/producers – real name Paul Spencer. He has been working with the Dame seriously under the radar this last few months and, completely unheralded, their first collaborative single dropped on iTunes yesterday with more soon to follow!
Whether you like the new song or not, everyone in the UK with access to the internet can help make history this week by downloading ‘We Got Music’ and giving our beloved Dame Shirley Bassey her first hit of the 2010s and a record breaking 57 year span of singles chart hits.
In February 1957, Bassey had her first hit with ‘The Banana Boat Song’ and the last one was ‘The Living Tree‘ in 2007. Fellow WordPress blog Chart Chat UK have some great analysis of this week’s UK chart contenders/the competition!
The WGM download single is available from Amazon, 7-Digital, iTunes and other legal sites too. If outside UK use the following link to download from your local iTunes store: smarturl.it/WeGotMusic
Today I am playing a song for Howard who wrote us this message:
HELLO PIETER AND FRIENDS
I JUST WANTED TO SAY AS I HAVE DONE BEFORE YOU DO A GREAT JOB AND I ALWAYS ENJOY READING THE BLOG I ALWAYS CLASS THIS AS THE OFFICAL DSB SITE.THERE IS A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT GOES IN TO DOING THIS SORT OF THING AND PEGGY WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY PROUD OF YOU ALL FOR KEEPING IT GOING,MY BEST WISHES TO YOU ALL AS ALWAYS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND IT WOULD BE LOVELY IF YOU COULD PLAY FOR ME SOMETIME DSB SINGING DOES ANYBODY MISS ME.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
HOWARD XXX
So this is for you Howard. Thanks for your message and enjoy the song Does Anybody Miss Me.
A great way to start the weekend!!!!! Thanks to Chris Jenner for creating what they describe as “A quick and dirty mix of some of Shirley Bassey’s best dance tunes.” Let’s get this party started!!
Today a newspaper article from 1992 and a leaflet from the same year. The picture for the leaflet was made by a fan and Dame Shirley Bassey liked it so much that it was used for promotional purposes.
Today I am playing the first of four sides from the 1977 Shirley Bassey LP Live In Japan, which sadly has never been released on CD. This is one of The Bassey Blog’s most requested and asked about records.
With special thanks to Debra Skinner for sharing this with us.
Today we continue with the Live in Japan LP. This second side features a noteworthy breathtaking performance of “Born To Lose” demonstrating that Bassey is simply born to win when her vocals are combined with the song-writing genius of the late and great Norman Newell.
With special thanks to Debra Skinner for sharing this with us.
Today is the third side from this great LP.
With special thanks to Debra Skinner for sharing this with us.
