John Barry has died.

It is with great sadness that we have heard that John Barry has passed away.  He was 77 years old.  He was a terrific composer and wrote the score music to many great films.  I do feel however that he will always be associated with writing the music and theme songs for a number of the James [...]

DSB 70th. birthday party

For today’s blog we are happy to present the video footage of Dame Shirley Bassey’s seventieth birthday party which was held on December 16th. 2007 at Cliveden House  Berkshire near London. Thanks to the persistence of David and Ed who looked for the video footage and with special thanks to Alan from London who provided the video [...]

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #131

Today I’m playing a request for John who wrote to me from Ireland. The 1970s version of Don’t Cry For Me Argentina from the album The Magic Is You. Unfortunately I’m not aware of any live recording of this song John. Don’t Cry For Me Argentina  

Never never never

Today we have a request from Michael in Toronto and Michael wrote: Hi Pieter! My favourite DSB song is “Never, Never, Never”.  While I know it is probably one of the most played DSB songs, I would love to see some articles about the song, etc. Perhaps you could also include the finest version of [...]

Danke schön

For today’s blog I have for you the video I made a few years ago for YouTube of the song ‘Danke schön’. I lost the clip after my YouTube account was suspended last year but I got it back from my good friend Rien who saved it from YouTube at the time. The song was [...]

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #130

 This week I’m playing the second of two requests for Teigan.   The Shadow of Your Smile is a lovely sixties recording from Shirley Bassey.   I agree with you Teigan that Barbra Streisand’s version doesn’t compare to Shirley’s and I do hope that you enjoy hearing it today.     The Shadow of Your Smile [...]