DSB in Yokohama and Chile -Part 1-

Dear blog viewers: Last Monday I came back from my trip to Chile. I came back four days prior to the terrible earth quake you probably all heard of. I was there for three weeks and visited also the city of Viña del Mar where Shirley performed in 1989 at the Viña del Mar Festival. I met [...]

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #94

Today I am playing one of my all time favourite Shirley Bassey songs. From 1964 the song “Now”, often overlooked and such a wonderful and uplifting song that I regularly play as it lifts my mood. I hope you enjoy it. This is my final Astrid’s Simply Bassey for a month as I am moving [...]

Dame Shirley takes to the catwalk!

Astrid has once again come to our rescue and below is a small clip showing Dame Shirley on the catwalk.  Very special thanks Astrid.  Dame Shirley took part in ‘Fashion For Relief Haiti’, an event organised by model Naomi Campbell.  She joined a host of celebrities at Somerset House on Thursday evening (18th February) and [...]

Dame Shirley at the Brits.

Here is a small clip of Dame Shirley presenting Lily Allen with her award last night.  It is taken from German TV and special thanks to Astrid for this.  Shirley looks as stunning as ever.  Pieter has also added a video clip of Shirley giving an interview after the event.  I think she found it all [...]

Legion d’honneur

Today a wonderful video appeared on YouTube of Dame Shirley Bassey receiving her Legion d’Honneur. This is a blog post from one year ago about this occasion and I have updated it now with the video. In 2003 Dame Shirley Bassey received the Legion d’honneur organized by Liz Brewer (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) The [...]

You’ll see & Interview with FHM Magazine

You’ll See Written by Madonna / David W. Foster. Released on the 1996 album The Show Must Go On.  Madonna reached No. 6 on the US Billboard with this song in 1995.  I heard that a reviewer of Shirley’s opening night at The Royal Festival Hall 1998 shall have written about this song: “Several thousand [...]