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BASSEY Shirley
(voc)

Personal Data:

Born:

08.01.1937

(Cardiff, Wales, GB, as Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Born To Sing The Blues with Wally Stott and his Orchestra	1957	Philips
2.	The Bewitching Miss Bassey	1959	Philips
3.	The Fabulous Shirley Bassey with Geoff Love and His Orchestra	1959	Columbia/EMI		12
4.	Shirley with Geoff Love and His Orchestra	2/1961	Columbia/EMI		9
5.	Shirley Bassey with The Rita William Singers and Geoff Love and his Orchestra	2/1962	Columbia/EMI		14
6.	Let's Face The Music with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	12/1962	Columbia/EMI		12
7.	Let's Face The Music And Dance	12/1962			14
8.	Shirley Stops The Shows (in the USA "Shirley Bassey Belts The Best!")	1965	Columbia/EMI
9.	Shirley Bassey At The Pigalle with Alyn Ainsworth and his Orchestra	11/1965	Columbia		15
10.	I've Got A Song For You! (in the USA "Shirley Means Bassey")	7/1966	United Artists		26
11.	And We Were Lovers	1967	United Artists
12.	12 Of Those Songs	2/1968	Columbia/EMI		38
13.	La Vita	1968	United Artists
14.	This Is My Life	1968	United Artists
15.	Golden Hits Of Shirley Bassey	11/1968			28
16.	Does Anybody Miss Me?	1969	United Artists
17.	Live At Talk Of The Town with The Burt Rhodes Orchestra	7/1970	United Artists		38
18.	Something	8/1970	United Artists		5
19.	Something Else	5/1971	United Artists		7
20.	Big Spender	9/1971			27
21.	It's Magic	10/1971			32
22.	The Fabulous Shirley Bassey	10/1971			48
23.	What Now My Love	11/1971			17
24.	The Shirley Bassey Collection	12/1971			37
25.	I Capricorn	2/1972	United Artists		13
26.	And I Love You So	11/1972	United Artists		24
27.	Shirley Bassey Live At Carnegie Hall	1973	United Artists
28.	Never Never Never produced by: Noel Rodgers	5/1973	United Artists		10
29.	Live In Japan	1974	United Artists
30.	Nobody Does It Like Me	11/1974	United Artists
31.	The Shirley Bassey Singles Album	28.02.1975	United Artists		2
32.	Spotlight On Shirley Bassey (2LP)	4/1975	Philips
33.	Shirley Bassey Collection Volume 2 (2LP)	13.06.1975	United Artists
34.	Good, Bad But Beautiful produced by: Martin Davis	17.10.1975	United Artists		13
35.	Love, Life And Feelings	23.04.1976	United Artists		13
36.	Thoughts Of Love	05.11.1976	United Artists		15
37.	You Take My Heart Away	01.07.1977	United Artists		34
38.	My Way	12/1977	Sunset
39.	Live In Japan 1977	1978	United Artists
40.	Yesterdays	1978	United Artists
41.	25th Anniversary Album	10/1978	United Artists		3
42.	The Magic Is You	5/1979	United Artists		40
43.	Love Songs / All By Myself	7/1982	Applause		48
44.	I Am What I Am with the London Symphony Orchestra	10/1984	Towerbell		25
45.	La Mujer - Canta en Espanol	1989	Polygram Latino
46.	Keep The Music Playing	5/1991	Freestyle		25
47.	Shirley Bassey Sings The Bond Collection	1992
48.	The Best Of Shirley Bassey	11/1992			27
49.	Shirley Bassey Sings The Songs Of Andrew Lloyd Webber	11/1993	EMI Premier		34
50.	Bassey - The EMI/UA Years 1959 - 1979	1994	EMI
51.	Shirley Bassey Sings The Movies	10/1995	PolyGram TV		24
52.	Four Decades Of Song	1996
53.	Showtime	4/1996
54.	The Show Must Go On	11/1996	Polygram		47
55.	Shirley	14.07.1997	EMI
56.	The Birthday Concert	15.09.1997	Artful/Rough Trade
57.	The Diamond Collection	28.09.1998	Artful/Rough Trade
58.	That's What Friends Are For	19.10.1998
59.	Goldfinger: 20 Greatest Songs	02.03.1999
60.	Great Shirley Bassey	09.03.1999
61.	Original Gold	11.05.1999
62.	Diamond Collection	18.05.1999
63.	With Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra	24.05.1999
64.	Legendary Performer	13.09.1999
65.	Diamonds Are Forever (The Remix Album)	28.08.2000	EMI Electrola		62
66.	This Is My Life - The Greatest Hits	13.11.2000	EMI		54
67.	Greatest Hits	13.02.2001	EMD
68.	Thank You For The Years	5/2003	Citrus		19
69.	All By Myself	2003
70.	Shirley / Let's Face the Music	07.09.2004	EMI
71.	Live at Carnegie Hall	21.06.2005	Beat Goes On
72.	Diamonds Are Forever	19.07.2005	Disky
73.	Her Golden Voice	19.07.2005	Disky
74.	Greatest Hits	27.09.2005	Zyx
75.	Platinum Collection	11.10.2005
76.	I've Got a Song for You: And We Were Lovers	15.11.2005	Beat Goes On
77.	Complete EMI Columbia Singles Collection	16.05.2006	EMI
78.	Introduction to Shirley Bassey	27.06.2006	Fuel 2000
79.	Superstar Series	28.11.2006	Pel
80.	Get The Party Started (in the USA 4.3.2008, Decca)	11.06.2007	Lock Stock & Barrel		6
81.	Power of Love	02.10.2007
82.	Take My Heart. Yesterday	12.02.2008	Beat Goes On
83.	How Do You Keep the Music Playing	10.06.2008	El Dorado
84.	The Collection (3CD)	08.12.2008	EMI
85.	Legend Begins Plus	24.02.2009	Golden Stars
86.	As I Love You 1956-1958	06.10.2009	Jasmine
87.	The Performance produced by: David Arnold	09.11.2009	Geffen		20
88.	Bassey: The EMI / UA Years 1959-1979 (5CD)	26.02.2010	EMI
89.	Hits	02.03.2010	BR Music
90.	Icons	15.02.2011	EMI
91.	Five Classic Albums Plus	26.06.2012	Universal
92.	Long Play Collection	27.11.2012	Goldies
93.	All The Best: Shirley Bassey (2CD)	21.02.2013	EMI
94.	Show Boat	07.05.2013	Varese Sarabande
95.	We Got Music & Dario G	18.02.2014	Transmission
96.	Hello Like Before	17.11.2014	RCA Victor		24
97.	Original Album Series (5CD box set)	19.11.2014	Parlophone
98.	The Early Recordings (2CD)	29.07.2015	Primo
99.	Reaching For The Stars: The Singles Collection 1956-1962 (2CD)	26.08.2015	Jasmine
100.	What Now My Love: 15 Greatest Hits	20.11.2015	Vinyl Passion
101.	The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)	18.12.2015	Blake
102.	The Great Shirley Bassey, Vol. 1	30.04.2017	Old Europe
103.	I Owe It All To You	11/2020	Decca		5

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Burn My Candle (At Both Ends) / Stormy Weather	1956
2.	The Wayward Wind / Born To Sing The Blues	1956
3.	After The Lights Go Down Low / If You Don't Love Me	1956
4.	The Banana Boat Song / Tra La La	2/1957		8
5.	If I Had A Needle And Thread / Tonight My Heart She Is Crying	1957
6.	Fire Down Below / You You Romeo	8/1957		29
7.	Puh-Leeze! Mister Brown / Take My Love, Take My Love	1957
8.	Shirley Bassey At The Cafe De Paris EP (Born To Sing The Blues / Somebody Loves Me / My Body's More Important Than My Mind / Sex / I've Got You Under My Skin)	1957	Philips
9.	Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me / There's Never Been A Night	11/1958	Philips	3
10.	As I Love You / Hands Across The Sea	12/1958	Philips	1
11.	Love For Sale / Crazy Rhythm	1959
12.	My Funny Valentine / How About You?	1959
13.	Night And Day / The Gypsy In My Soul	1959
14.	If You Love Me (I Won't Care) / Count On Me	1959
15.	The Fabulous Shirley Bassey EP	1960	Columbia
16.	With These Hands / The Party's Over	3/1960		38
17.	The Birth Of The Blues / The Careless Love Blues	1960
18.	As Long As He Needs Me	8/1960	Columbia	2
19.	The Fabulous Shirley Bassey No 2 EP	2/1961	Columbia
20.	You'll Never Know / Hold Me Tight	4/1961	Columbia	4
21.	Reach For The Stars / Climb Every Mountain	7/1961	Columbia	1	120
22.	I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) / Who Are We?	10/1961	Columbia	6
23.	Till And Other Great Songs EP (Till / Angel D'amore / Where Shall I Find Him / It Might As Well Be Spring)	1962	Columbia/EMI
24.	Tonight / Let's Start All Over Again	2/1962		21
25.	Ave Maria / You'll Never Walk Alone	4/1962		31
26.	Far Away / My Faith	5/1962		24
27.	What Now My Love / Above All Others / Till	8/1962		5
28.	In Other Words... EP (In Other Words (Fly Me To The Moon) / Just One Of Those Things / It's Magic / The Song Is You) (With Geoff Love and his Orchestra)	1963	Columbia/EMI
29.	What Kind Of Fool Am I / Till	2/1963		47
30.	Puh-Leeze! Mister Brown / The Wayward Wind	1963
31.	I Who Have Nothing / How Can You Tell?	9/1963	Columbia	6
32.	My Special Dream / You	12/1963		32
33.	Gone / Your Love	3/1964		36
34.	Who Can I Turn To? / To Be Loved By A Man	1964
35.	Now / How Can You Believe?	1964
36.	Goldfinger / Strange How Love Can Be	10/1964	United Artists	21	8
37.	No Regrets / Seesaw Of Dreams	5/1965		39
38.	It's Yourself / Secrets	05.11.1965	Columbia
39.	The Liquidator / Sunshine	07.01.1966	Columbia
40.	Don't Take The Lovers From The World / Take Away	27.05.1966	United Artists
41.	Whou Could Love Me? / Give Him Your Love	26.08.1966	United Artists
42.	Shirley / Who Could Love Me?	1966
43.	The Impossible Dream / Do I Look Like A Fool	1967
44.	If You Go Away / Give Him Your Love	1967
45.	Big Spender / Dangerous Games	10/1967		21
46.	This Is My Life / Without A Word	1968
47.	To Give / My Love Has Two Faces	1968
48.	Does Anybody Miss Me? / Fa Fa Fa (Live For Today)	1968
49.	This Is My Life / Funny Girl	1968
50.	Chi Si Vuol Bene Come Noi... Canzonissima '68 / Epirops (v Itálii)	1968
51.	Domani, Domani / Pronto...Sono Io (v Itálii)	1968
52.	Yes / To Give (v Itálii)	1968
53.	La Vita / Without A Word (v Itálii)	1968
54.	Does Anybody Miss Me? / Now You Want To Be Loved	1969
55.	Com'e Piccolo Il Mondo / Piano (Softly As I Leave You) (v Itálii)	1969
56.	Concerto D'autunno Canzonissima '69 / (You Are) My Way Of Life (v Itálii)	1969
57.	As I Love You / Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me	1969
58.	The Bus That Never Comes / Fa Fa Fa (Live For Today)	1969
59.	The Sea And Sand / What About Today?	1970
60.	Something / Easy To Be Hard	6/1970	United Artists	4	55
61.	The Fool On The Hill / What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?	12/1970		48
62.	(Where Do I Begin) Love Story / For The Love Of Him	3/1971		34
63.	For All We Know / What's Done Is Done	7/1971	United Artists	4
64.	Diamonds Are Forever / Pieces Of Dreams	1/1972	United Artists	38	57
65.	I've Never Been A Woman Before / The Greatest Performance Of My Life	1972
	I've Never Been A Woman Before / Breakfast In Bed	1972
66.	And I Love You So / Don't Know How To Love Him	1972
67.	The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men / If I Should Find Love Again	1972
68.	Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande) / Day By Day produced by: Noel Rodgers	2/1973	United Artists	8	48
69.	Make The World A Little Younger / The Old Fashioned Way	1973
70.	Jezahel / Day By Day	1973
	Jezahel / Never, Never, Never	1973
71.	When You Smile / The Trouble With Hello Is Goodbye	1974
72.	Yesterday, When I Was Young (live) / Goldfinger (live)	1974
73.	Good, Bad But Beautiful / I'm Nothing Without You	09.05.1975	United Artists
74.	Living / Everything That Touches You	05.09.1975	United Artists
75.	Natali / Runaway	16.04.1976	United Artists
76.	Can't Take My Eyes Off You / Born To Lose	10.12.1976	United Artists
77.	I Let You Let Me Down Again / Razzle Dazzle	1977
78.	You Take My Heart Away / I Let You Let Me Down Again	03.06.1977	United Artists
79.	This Is My Life / The Magic Is You	7/1979
80.	I (Who Have Nothing) / Goldfinger	1980
81.	All By Myself / Only When I Laugh	1982
	All By Myself / We Don't Cry Out Loud	1982
82.	Thought I'd Ring You & Alain Delon	5/1983
83.	Sometimes / He Needs Me	3/1984		86
84.	Natali / As I Love You	1984
85.	I Am What I Am / This Is My Life	1984
86.	Remember / Thought I'd Ring You & Al Corley	1984
87.	If You Don't Understand / To All The Men I've Loved Before	1984
88.	That's Right (Love Is No Game) / Memory	1984
89.	To All The Men I've Loved Before / I Am What I Am	4/1986		86
90.	There's No Place Like London / Born To Sing (I Was Born To Sing Forever)	1986
91.	The Rhythm Divine / Dr. Van Steiner 12" + Tool In Rose & Yello	8/1987	Mercury	54
92.	Love Is No Game / Memory	1988
93.	Sin Ti (Without You) / Hoy No Tengo Nada (I Who Have Nothing)	1989
94.	How Do You Keep The Music Playing? / The Greatest Love Of All	1990
95.	Disco La Passione & Chris Rea	04.11.1996	east west	41
96.	He Kills Everything You Love	16.12.1996	Polydor
97.	History Repeating & Propellerheads	08.12.1997	Wall Of Sound	19
98.	Light My Fire (Booster remixes, edit & original)	27.09.1999	Blue Note
99.	World In Union & Bryn Terfel	10/1999		35
100.	Remixes Sampler EP (Light My Fire (Kenny Dope remix) / Spinning Wheel (DJ Spinna remix) / Where Do I Begin (Away Team remix))	03.07.2000	EMI
101.	Where Do I Begin / Light My Fire (Kenny Dope remix)	21.08.2000	EMI
102.	The Living Tree	16.04.2007	Lock Stock & Barrel	37
103.	Get The Party Started	23.07.2007		47
104.	Diamonds Are Forever / Today Won't Come Again & Donal Leace	12.11.2007	KW

Videos:

1. Shirley Bassey Live In Cardiff - 1994, live
2. An Audience With Shirley Bassey - 1995
3. Shirley Bassey - A Special Lady - 2003
4. Standing Room Only - 2004, live

Awards:

1977 Brit Awards - Best British Female Artist
2008 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "Goldfinger", 1964)

WWW Links:

http://www.dameshirleybassey.com
http://www.songsofshirleybassey.co.uk/shirley_bassey.html

Various:

Compilation Appearances:

"Goldfinger" on compilation "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: The Album" (1.8.00, Buena Vista)
"Goldfinger" on live Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee LP "Party At The Palace" (24.6.02, EMI)
"Goldfinger" / "Diamonds Are Forever" / "Moonraker" on compilation "The Best Of Bond...James Bond" (28.10.08)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1971	0	18.09.1971	17		interview
1974	41	12.10.1974	30	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	51	20.12.1975	29	Albums	album review
1976	20	15.05.1976	23	Caught In The Act	gig review
1977	24	11.06.1977	18	Singles	single review
1977	38	17.09.1977	20	Albums - Short Takes	album review
1977	50	10.12.1977	22	Albums - Short Takes	album review
1996	45	09.11.1996	52	Singles	single review
1997	48	29.11.1997	25	Orbit - Stone Free	single review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1960	0	28.10.1960	6	News
1960	0	28.10.1960	14	About Fans
1965	0	17.09.1965	6	news
1965	0	12.11.1965	4	Singles	single review
1965	0	26.11.1965	11	LPs	album review
1966	0	27.05.1966	4	Singles	single review
1966	0	22.07.1966	9
1972	0	23.12.1972	12	Albums	album review
1975	0	05.04.1975	22	Platters	album review
1976	0	15.05.1976	36	On The Town	gig review
1976	0	18.12.1976	15	Singles	single review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1998	3		112	Singly	single review
2001	4		99	Recenze - Novinky	album review