The Royal Variety Performance 1987 Part 1

    23rd November, 1987 The Palladium Theatre, London ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II and HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH K.G., K.T. Presented by: London Weekend Television Musical Director: Alyn Ainsworth Producer: David Bell ANTHONY NEWLEY AND THE ALAN HARDING DANCERS JESSICA MARTIN GARY WILMOT [...]

4 Part Interview on Radio 2

Listen to the commercial for the BBC interview on Friday here! Dame Shirley has been interviewed by the BBC and the interview will be aired in 4 weekly 30 mins slots starting on October 9th.  The press release  is as follows: Bassey! Friday 9 October 7.00-7.30pm BBC RADIO 2 Dame Shirley Bassey reveals some of the [...]

The Royal Variety Performance 1976

The Palladium Theatre, London 15th November, 1976 The Palladium Theatre, London ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE After sixteen years of recorded television broadcasts, in 1976, the Royal Variety Performance was broadcast live on television for the first time. Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH & THE QUEEN MOTHER Presented by: Bernard Delfont Musical Director: [...]

Sold Out!

The BBC Electric Prom concert by Dame Shirley is sold out.  This standing only concert sold out on the day tickets were released for sale.  It is to be held at the Roundhouse in London and it’s a small venue so there were limited tickets. It has also been announced that Richard Hawley will be [...]

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #67

For today’s blog and continuing the Italian theme is one of the lesser known Italian recordings, Ora Che Sei Qui. It was released only in Italy as the b-side to the Something single. I hope you enjoy it. Ora che sei qui Now that you are here Il mondo è grande come non è stato [...]

He lives in a world of his own

This is a demo of a song Shirley Bassey recorded in 1966 from the musical “Oliver” for the album “I’ve got a song for you” but this song was not included on the actual album. This album has been re-released on CD along with the album “And we were lovers”. To order your copy of [...]

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