Astrid’s Simply Bassey #61

For today another very beautiful Italian song. Pronto Sono Io. This was released in 1968 on the album La Vita and also as the B-side for the single Domani Domani. I hope you enjoy it. Single Cover Lyrics (with English translation)   (man’s voice:) Pronto Hello Pronto… sono io Hello… this is me Sono io, [...]

Zandra Rhodes

British designer Zandra Rhodes made several dresses for Dame Shirley. Shirley in the yellow Zandra Rhodes dress is from Fashion Aid  at the Royal Albert Hall on November 5th. in 1985. Photos of her with Grace Jones and also Mick Jagger. They were at the same event and the photos appeared in one of her tour programmes! (With [...]

New Album Recorded

It seems as though the new album has actually been recorded and it is being mixed ready for release later this year.  I have seen information about this on a couple of sites.  There was an article in Variety about it and David Arnold, the producer of the album was being quoted.  The article is copied [...]

Cliff Richard’s 60th. birthday cruise

OK! magazine in the UK produced a sovereign video and magazine to celebrate Cliff’s 60th birthday. The video featured footage from Cliff’s Mediterranean birthday cruise along with interviews with his guests and family. The video sold with the special edition Cliff Richard magazine was available in European newsagents for a limited time only. Total running [...]

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #60

Today, from Shirley’s often overlooked Italian recordings, E’Giorno   Transcribed and translated with thanks to Carol Single Cover Il sole si è svegliato The sun has arisen E il giorno che è tornato And day has returned E il buio della notte And the darkness of night È sparito lo sai, solo per noi Has [...]

Born to lose

For Alan from Frankfurt (Germany) his favourite song, these wonderful versions of “Born to lose”.   Written by Sergio Bardotti / Dario Baldan Bembo. English lyrics penned by Norman Newell. Released on the 1976 album “Love, life and feelings” and  on a single with “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” on the A-side. Available on CD on [...]