The Beatles Philharmonic Tribute

Dame Shirley Bassey performed at the Royal Albert Hall on the 28th. of October for the 50th. anniversary concert of the Beatles Philharmonic Tribute. Here are a few clips from YouTube for there was no official tv. recording. Dame Shirley looked very relaxed and looked and sounded great. She took time for the fans and received [...]

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #120

This week I’m fulfilling a request for Philip. “Can I make a request please for a song which I think is very rarely requested, if at all, and one which has been lost in the mist of time. It’s on her 1961 album Shirley Bassey. This album, along with Garland’s Carnegie Hall live concert recording was voted the best album of the year. The song is “Goodbye Lover, Hello Friend” Thank you so much Philip for your request and for your [...]

DSB at Fashion For The Brave

Dame Shirley attended Fashion For The Brave at The Dorchester last night.  Below are some photos of Shirley arriving at the event.

Welcome to Wales -The Ryder Cup-

Dear viewers of the blog. We are the delighted that we are finally able to show you the wonderful performance Dame Shirley gave in Cardiff some weeks ago for the opening of the Ryder Cup. We owe a very special THANKS to Neil for providing us with the HQ video. Unfortunately “Big spender” was edited out. [...]

DSB on the Bing Crosby show

This is one of the oldest videos we have. It is from the 11th. of December 1961 and Shirley sings “I’m shooting high & As I love you” on the Bing Crosby Christmas show. The recordings took place in London. I found out that this has been released on DVD. To order a copy of the DVD [...]

DSB on V Graham Norton -Part 3 (Last part)-

V Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown on Channel 4 in the UK starring Graham Norton, broadcast every weeknight as a successor to the weekly So Graham Norton. It aired from 6 May 2002 to 26 December 2003. It featured celebrities who chatted with Graham and became involved in studio games which were usually [...]