Marks and Spencer Commercial & Get the party started

In September 2006 Dame Shirley Bassey was the star of the Marks & Spencer Christmas TV commercial. The commercial was a huge hit with viewers and resulted in very successful sales for Marks & Spencer.

For the commercial, Shirley sang a reworked version of Pink’s ‘Get The Party Started’ which proved so popular that she went on to record it a few months later as the title track of her stunning new album.

Shirley opened with Get The Party Started at her appearance at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2007 accompanied by Catherine Feeney and Nikki Lamborn of Never The Bride, who produced the album and were undoubtedly responsible for the party’s success. The album went straight into the top ten and gave Shirley her highest charting album since the 1970s.

Here are some newspaper clips of the making of a great commercial.

Dame Shirley Bassey & Never The Bride

A special THANK YOU to Susan and Ed.

The way of love

Here is a great version of ‘The way of love’ by Cher. From her 1999 concert ‘Do You Believe’.

Unfortunately Shirley never sung the song live, so here’s the next best thing.

The song ‘The way of love’ is from the album ‘And I love you so’ and is one of my favourite albums because it was the first Shirley Bassey-album I bought when I was 15.

Here are the lyrics:

When you meet a boy
That you like a lot
And you fall in love
But he loves you not

If a flame should start
As you hold him near
Better keep your heart
Out of danger, dear

For the way of love
Is a way of woe
And the day may come
When you’ll see him go

Then what will you do
When he sets you free
Just the way that you
Said goodbye to me

That’s the way of love
The way of love.

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #30

For today is one of my all time favourite songs, requested by Steven Ray. The song is The Way Of Love and is another song from the superb album And I Love You So.

Disco La Passione Remix 2008

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Davitt-Re-Edit/Offer Nissim Remix