Golden Dame in Wales!

Last night Dame Shirley appeared in ‘Welcome To Wales’ concert for the Ryder Cup 2010.  Dressed in a stunning gold gown she enthralled the audience with 3 songs and received a standing ovation.  She did however stick to the familiar – ‘Goldfinger’, ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ and ‘Big Spender’ – although fans were hoping she would [...]

Mensch Meier

Today a request by Jonas from Germany. He asked for this performance of Shirley at the 1985 German TV-show called “Mensch Meier” with host Alfed Biolek. I found some background information about the show from German magazines. (With special thanks to Rien) When Shirley arrived in Cologne for the recording of the show the press was [...]

Shirley Bassey DBE

Today a request from Jill. She wanted to see the video again of Shirley’s DBE. from 2000. I have a few clips from several British TV.stations but also found a clip from the Welsh TV. where the people from Cardiff tell how proud they are of Dame Shirley! The video starts with a clip from [...]

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #117

This week I’m responding to a lovely kind message from Lydia.  ”Hello there, I love this blog so much. Thank you for all of your efforts. You do Dame Shirley proud I am sure. I  have fallen in love with a beautiful song named I’m not Anyone by Dame Shirley. I wonder if you could post it Astrid for all to hear. It has such a lovely sentiment and she sings it from her heart.  From what I can tell in [...]

The 1979 BBC. show -Part 4 (Last part)

Today the final part of one of the 1979 BBC-shows. This part is all about one song: “If I never sing another song”. Shirley performed this song also on one of the 1976 BBC-shows. To watch this previous post CLICK HERE please. To watch part 4 CLICK HERE or CLICK HERE (Special thanks to Rien [...]

The 1979 BBC. show -Part 3-

Today the third part of the 1979 BBC-show. Songs: The John Paul Young song “Love is in the air” , filmed on location in Montego Bay in Jamaica, the Captain and Tennille song “You never done it like that” and special guest stars The Three Degrees. With the Three Degrees Shirley does a great sketch where [...]