New BGO release at last!

The latest CD from BGO was scheduled for release on October 4th but never appeared.  I had pre-ordered a copy from BGO’s main site and was hoping I might have got it a few days earlier.  I’m always impatient when a ‘new’ CD is to be issued.  As two weeks had passed after the release date and [...]

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #124

Today I’m playing a request for Calkum, which is also a great favourite of mine. Calkum wrote: “Think Of Me from the Does Anybody Miss Me album has always been one of my very favourite DSB numbers,  it is dramatic, the orchestration is wonderful and really is a great example of the records The Dame was [...]

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #123

For this week’s blog, I’m playing a song for Lydia who kindly wrote to me.   “Hello there dear friends. I love this site so much. I am so grateful for the years of love and efforts that are represented here. Astrid I wonder if you havea  version of Dame Shirley singing For Once in [...]

The Bing Crosby show DVD

Here is a review of the DVD I mentioned on an previous post on the blog. It is the DVD from the Bing Crosby show from 1961. I ordered the DVD and last week it arrived. The quality is not very good and to me it looks like a bootleg. In the previous post I wrote [...]

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #122

Today, I’m playing for my dear friend Dieter in Hamburg the beautiful song “This Time”. He wrote to me “It’s time to contact this blog personally. After nearly 40 years as one of the greatest fans of this special lady i like to thank you very much for all the informations and the wonderful pictures [...]

Batley Variety club

Today an item about the Batley Variety Club in West Yorkshire where Dame Shirley performed many times. Audrey sent us a videotape, from her late sister Jean’s collection, with an interesting programme (from 1982) about the Batley Variety Club. It also has interviews with Dame Shirley and other stars that performed there over the years like: Eartha Kitt, [...]