DSB at the Classic Brit Awards 2011

DAME SHIRLEY BASSEY took to the stage at the Classic Brit  Awards on Thursday (12May11) to pay tribute to late JAMES BOND composer JOHN  BARRY. Barry, who wrote theme tunes for 11 Bond films including From Russia with  Love and You Only Live Twice, suffered a fatal heart attack in January (11) -  and he [...]

Concert from Thailand -Part 5-

This is part 5 of the concert from Thailand. Songs: “You never done it like that”, “Big spender” & “Hey Jude”. “You never done it like that” is a song from the 1978 album “The magic is you” and will be re-leased on CD on June 28th. together with the compilation album “Thoughts of love”. [...]

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #146

Today I’m playing a request for Maria Esther, a loyal fan of Dame Sirley Bassey who would like to know if I can post  ”You’ll Never Walk Alone” It is my pleasure to play this song for you today. You’ll Never Walk Alone There is also a TV commercial which uses Shirley’s version of the [...]

Concert from Thailand -Part 4-

Today we have part 4 of this great concert. Songs: ‘Dio come ti amo’, ’How do you keep the music playing?’ & ‘I (Who have nothing)’. I also have a newspaper clip from the year 1992. There was only one I could find though and  probably the tabloids came up with this one because there was not much going [...]

Dame Shirley names the Adonia.

Dame Shirley has named the Adonia in a ceremony in Southampton.  She said that she was delighted to be asked to do the naming ceremony when it was first reported a little while ago.  This is a ‘first’ for Dame Shirley and judging by the photo above she looked really happy.  To read a report [...]

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #145

For the blog this week I’d like to share with you a question received from Paul and my response in song. “I would like to request a song Dame Shirley sang called “Champion” I once saw a rare clip in which she said it was her new single and it was from the film called [...]