Today a few newspaper articles from the year 2008. In May 2008 Dame Shirley Bassey had an emergency operation on her stomach. She wanted to perform for Nelson Mandela’s 90th. birthday but her doctors advised against it. Also that year Eartha Kitt past away on Christmas.
For this blog the duet of Dame Shirley Bassey with Dickie Henderson from his 1971 Show. From the DVD ‘On TV Shirley Bassey’. Song: ‘Flattery Will Get You Everywhere’.
In 1971 Shirley Bassey sang With A Little Help From My Friends as a duet with Tom Jones on The Tom Jones Show
Lyrics:
What would you think if I sang out of tune?
Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Well lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a song
And I’ll try not to sing out of key.
I’ll get by with a little help from my friends
I get high with a little help from my friends
I’m gonna try with a little help from my friends
What do I do when my love is away?
Does it worry you to be alone?
How do I feel by the end of the day?
Are you sad because you’re on your own?
No I get by with a little help from my friends
I get high with a little help from my friends
I’m gonna try with a little help from my friends
Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love
Now would you believe in a love at first sight?
Yes I’m certain that it happens all the time
Now what do you see when you turn out the light?
I can’t tell you, but I know it’s mine
I get by with a little help from my friends
I get high with a little help from my friends
I’m gonna try with a little help from my friends
Do you need anybody?
I need someone to love
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love
I get by with a little help from my friends
I get by with a little help from my friends
With a little help from my friends
With a little help from my friends.
Today a duet from 1970. Shirley Bassey on the Engelbert Humperdinck show. They are performing a medley of songs. Video from the DVD ‘Bassey on TV’. On the DVD it says the duet is from 1971 but a newspaperarticle from 1970 (below) states that it is from 1970.
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