This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Produced by David Arnold who, like Bassey, is responsible for some of the most impressive James Bond themes, The Performance successfully modernizes her iconic, sweeping, orchestral sound without ever resorting to unnecessary studio trickery or inappropriate attempts at "getting down with the kids". Please choose a different delivery location. Given Bassey’s three Bond themes, it is fitting that the current 007 soundtracker, David Arnold, is producer/arranger here. The recording took place during 2009 with the orchestral arrangements taking place sometime before the vocals were laid down - a process Bassey was unfamiliar with. I would love her to tour again especially so I could see/hear her perform the songs from the 'Performance'. Go directly to shout page.

And while her performance of the James Bond theme at the Oscars last night was truly grand, it was really Dame Shirley Bassey who stole the effing show with ‘Goldfinger’.” Music Executive Paul Carey came up with the concept for The Performance. This collection is also contemporary, but instead of resorting to Mark Ronson or other remixers du-jour, she mines the talents of a collection of disparate, yet established songwriters.

Yes, there were the odd moments of something new and exciting, like the 1997 collaboration with The Propellerheads on "History Repeating", and, from a couple of years ago, "Get The Party Started". The album was executive produced by music executive Paul Carey and English film composer David Arnold co-produced the entire album with Mike Dixon. Dame Shirley Bassey, 83, has announced plans for the release of a new album. Hats off to the song writers as some of the lyrics to certain songs are so lovely, but it is Miss Bassey who brings them to life in her own unique way.

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The only female writer, KT Tunstall revealed that her song "Nice Men" was originally titled "Nice Boys", but thought that a 72-year-old woman referring to 'boys' was perhaps distasteful. Try again. Everyone should have a copy of this - whatever your age, you certainly won't be disappointed. After 2007’s patchy, Grandma-with-a-ringtone album Get the Party Started, The Performance is a return to what Bassey does best: sweeping, orchestral overstatement. Do you know any background info about this album? March 2018 Performing at The London Palladium for Sir Bruce Forsyth’s Memorial Show for what would have been his 90th Birthday Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. During the 1980s and 1990s, Shirley Bassey seemed to coast, content to waltz from one triumphant show to the next self-glorifying TV special. Another highlight is Rufus Wainwright’s flamenco-esque Apartment, where Bassey finds the skip of a woman half her age.

It absolutely knocked me out and after buying it for my mother I then bought it for myself. 2009's The Performance was her last to include new songs. She is the only singer to have recorded more than one James Bond theme song. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. flies straight to Number 1 on the Official Film Chart.

The Rufus Wainwright-penned "Apartment" is a glorious slice of flamenco, full of Spanish guitars, jazz horns, and gypsy rhythms, which instantly transports you to the streets of Andalusia; fellow countrymen Manic Street Preachers' autobiographical tale "The Girl from Tiger Bay" echoes the Phil Spector-influenced symphonic rock of their 1996 classic Everything Must Go; while the closing track, "The Performance of My Life," a fragile, show-stopping torch song which apparently reduced Bassey to tears while recording it, continues the Pet Shop Boys' impressive track record of writing for female icons, following their work with Dusty Springfield and Liza Minnelli. What can you say about Dame Shirley that hasn't been said before ? The recording of the album became the subject of a BBC documentary titled The Girl from Tiger Bay named after the song written for the project by James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

To mark the occasion, the Official Charts Company can today reveal DSB's Top 5 most streamed songs in the UK. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2010. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2009 CD release of The In 2006, UK retailer Marks and Spencer hired Bassey f…, Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, (born January 8, 1937), is a Welsh singer, perhaps best-known for performing the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger(1964), Diamonds Are Forever(197…, Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, (born January 8, 1937), is a Welsh singer, perhaps best-known for performing the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger(1964), Diamonds Are Forever(1971), and Moonraker(1979). Shirley Bassey, in full Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, (born January 8, 1937, Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales), glamorous Welsh singer who was renowned for her strident sultry voice, sequined gowns, and lavish jewelry.She was a forerunner of the score of pop music divas who emerged in the last decades of the 20th century. In fact, Shirley is one of just 14 Welsh acts to have a chart-topping single.