Astrid’s Simply Bassey #172

Today I’m playing a special song for Hilary, she asked me to play “You’ll Never Know” which was a favourite of her late and dearly missed husband. You’ll never know just how much I miss you You’ll never know just how much I care And if I tried, I still couldn’t hide My love for [...]

Yesterday when I was young

Today we are playing ‘Yesterday when I was young’ one of the favourite songs of our dear fellow Dame Shirley fan Jean who we sadly lost 3 years ago. She will be remembered by us forever and we still miss her very much. Lots of material we use for this blog comes from her and [...]

[REMIX] Where Is The Love (Bruno E Urubu Jazz Remix)

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Astrid’s Simply Bassey #171

This week Adam has requested Shirley’s recording of What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life. I agree that this song “has such simple but meaningful lyrics, full of hope and memory, and when you add Shirley’s voice and delivery it becomes perfect.” Thank you for the request. LP Image Lyrics What are you [...]

And I love you so

And I Love You So Written by Don McLean. Today a review of ‘And I love you so’. Along with a video from the French 1988 TV-program ‘Le Grand Echiquier’ where Shirley featured this song live. She souds a bit nasal because of a cold she had. I also found the sheet music of this [...]

[REMIX] I Will Survive (NorthXNWest Mix)

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