New DVD!

Shirley Bassey : On TV DVD

Exciting news!  There is to be a new DVD released on 12th July entitled ‘Shirley Bassey: On TV’.  This DVD will comprise of some of her past TV appearances including the Royal Variety Performance.  This DVD is not being released by the BBC so I doubt there will be any clips from her TV series (either of them) on it.  It is still great news for fans who have been asking for something new on DVD for ages.  The following is what Play.com have to say about it on their site:

This DVD brings together some of Dame Shirley Bassey’s finest performances, taken from various shows including the Royal Variety Performance and An Audience With.

Dame Shirley Bassey Britain’s biggest female singer performs her greatest hits on this DVD, including Goldfinger, Music, Love Story, Diamonds Are Forever, Kiss Me Honey, Honey, Something, Big Spender, Send In The Clowns and many more.

Featuring Special Guests – Rolf Harris, Englebert Humperdinck and Les Dawson.

It is available to order from HMV (cheapest at the moment), Play.com, Zavvi and lovefilm.com.  The catalogue number is ITNDVD017.

I’m sure if this DVD sells well then it may encourage the BBC to release some of the shows they have of Shirley.  Let’s hope so.

Butterfly Ball.

Dame Shirley attended the Caudwell Children Butterfly Ball on the 20th May.  It was held at the Battersea Evolution in London.  As you can see from the photos below she looked absolutely stunning.

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #100

For today I’m fulfilling a request for John. He has requested If Love
Were All, written by Noel Coward and sung perfectly by Shirley Bassey.
This recording was made in 1965/1966 and released in 1968 on the album
12 Of Those Songs. It was produced by Norman Newell and arranged and conducted by Johnnie Spence.

I hope you enjoy it John and many thanks for your kind wishes and compliments.

And thanks too to Peter who also requested this great song!

If Love Were All

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