Today I’m responding to a request from Marie Esther, who asked that I
play a song from the album Shirley Bassey Sings The Songs of Andrew
Lloyd Webber.
I Don’t Know How To Love Him (from musical “Jesus Christ Superstar”)
I hope you enjoy my choice of song today.
I Don’t Know How To Love Him
You can now watch the third and last part of one of the 1979 BBC-shows. Special guest Freddy Cole. Songs: ‘When you wish upon a star’ (Louis Amstrong), ‘Nobody does it like me’ & and ‘Something’. Below also a newspaper article from 1979 from the Evening Standard that I hope you enjoy reading.
A special note about the beautiful, blue dress the Dame wears while singing ‘Something’. This is what she had to say about the dress in the 1994 BBC-documentary ‘The Slate’:
“Here’s another one but I’m terrified of the snake ’cause it wraps around my neck and I always think it’s going to bite me so that doesn’t get worn too much. You see it goes around my neck … it is practically touches my boob I think … you see what I mean? I don’t fancy being Cleopatra in this one. I don’t want to die that way you know. Well mind you if there was an ‘Anthony’ around I suppose I wouldn’t mind!”
To watch part 3 of the show please click the picture on the left or the right
Lyrics When you wish upon a star:
When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you
If your heart is in your dreams
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do
Fate is kind
She brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of their secret longings
Like a boat out of the blue
Fate steps in and see’s you through
When you wished upon a star
Your dream comes true
(Chorus): Fate is kind
She brings to those who love.
The sweet fulfillment of their secret longings
Like a boat out of the blue
Fate steps in and see’s you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dream comes true.
Dame Shirley is to sing the song ‘Goldfinger’ at the Classic Brit Awards next month. For the very first time a posthumous award will be made. John Barry will be honoured with an award for his outstanding contribution to music. The awards take place on 12th May at the Royal Albert Hall. The awards are usually recorded and then shown on TV.
Today part 2 of the 1979 BBC-show. Song: “If” (from the 1977 album “You take my heart away”). Special guest on the show magician Paul Daniels. (Special thanks to Carl from New Zealand for the scan)
Quotes from Shirley and Paul:
Shirley: ‘You’ve got lipstick on’. Paul: ‘Don’t wipe it off, it could make my reputation.’
Paul to Shirley: ‘Do you always shuffle them up there’?
Shirley: ‘They are truly shuffled’.
Shirley to Paul: ‘Watch it. This is my show!’ Paul: ‘Watch it? I can’t take my eyes off it!’
Paul to Shirley: ‘Do all your own cooking?’
And now to watch this hilarious part two of the show please click the picture on the left or the right
