Today the review of a song recorded in 1965 that is one of the very favourites of the blog team. It’s Yourself was recorded by Dame Shirley in 1965 and released as a single. The B-side was Secrets. Here you can watch a live performance of the song now from the Mayfair Club in London.

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Shirley Bassey – At The Mayfair Club London – Shindig #83 (1966)

1965/1966 January 1, 1966 TV Appearance on Shindig – Performing at the Mayfair Club in London. This program was pre-recorded in late 1965. This show was Season 2, Episode 32). SONGS Performed: A Lot Of Living To Do, He Loves Me, It’s Yourself. ABOUT Shindig: Shindig! was an American musical variety series which aired on ABC from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966. The show was hosted by Jimmy O’Neill, a disc jockey in Los Angeles at the time who also created the show along with his wife Sharon Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz. The series first aired for a half-hour every week, but was expanded to an hour in January 1965. In the fall of 1965, the show split into two half-hour telecasts, on Thursday and Saturday nights. Shindig!’s premiere episode was a pilot featuring The Righteous Brothers. Later shows were taped in Britain with The Beatles as the guests. The series featured other “British invasion” bands and performers including Shirley Bassey, Petula Clark, Lulu, Rod Stewart, Herman’s Hermits, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Matt Monroe and Cilla Black. Shindig continued to broadcast episodes from London throughout its run. Many popular performers of the day played on Shindig! including Elvis Presley, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Marvin Gaye, The Richeous Brothers, Bo Diddley, Chuck Barry, Johnny Cash, The Supremes, Johnny Mathis, The Mamas and the Papas, Roy Orbison, Aretha Franklin, Davy Jones, The Four Tops, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Beach Boys and more.