‘Shirley’ Review.

Last night BBC2 screened the much-anticipated biopic ‘Shirley’.  I was really looking forward to watching it as it looked great from the trailers I’d seen but I have to admit when it had finished I was very disappointed and started to think of anything positive I could say about it. I will say that I did [...]

Shirley

Hot off the press. Tonight saw the broadcast of the “Shirley” TV drama on BBC-2. A review from DavidB will follow soon, in the meantime the full episode is here for you to enjoy: CLICK HERE for part 1 or CLICK HERE CLICK HERE for part 2 or CLICK HERE CLICK HERE for part 3 or CLICK HERE [...]

Concert for the Ronald McDonald Foundation

In 1992 Dame Shirley Bassey did a charity concert for the Ronald McDonald Foundation at the Kurhaus in Scheveningen (The Netherlands). Here you can listen to that superb concert that was broadcasted on Dutch radio only. Songs:  1. Medley of Goldfinger/Diamonds are forever;  2. New York medley;  3. Something;  4. Kiss me honey, honey kiss me; [...]

New Release + Blog Competition

The Bassey Blog are delighted to announce the forthcoming release Shirley Bassey – BBC Archive Voices and we are holding a free prize draw for fans to win one of 6 downloads worth £5.49 each! This new series is a fascinating collection of archive radio interviews from programmes such as Woman’s Hour, Parkinson, Desert Island [...]

‘Shirley’ Biopic on BBC2

BBC2 are to screen the biopic ‘Shirley’ at 9pm on Thursday 29th September.  Ruth Negga has been cast as the young Shirley, Lesley Sharp is playing the role of her mother and Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Kenneth Hume.  Dame Shirley herself has had nothing at all to do with the biopic but I understand her voice [...]

There’s no business like show business

Today another request by Eddie from Brazil. He wants to see the performance of ‘There’s no business like show business’. Dame Shirley Bassey sang the song at the 1990 concert she gave in Atlantic City. The concert was released on a DVD entitled  ‘Standing room only’  in 2004. More requests are very welcome. Please let [...]