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Not to be confused with the 2000/2001 Music International best-of compilation which utilizes the same title and features that tune along with other Bassey favorites, this is the 12-song 1968 release from a day when all these performances by the authoritative singer were kept under the three-minute mark. The end melody of the Lesley Bricusse/Anthony Newley tune "The Joker" from the musical production of The Roar of the Greasepaint is right out of the "he loves gold" ending from "Goldfinger," and putting it next to Batman composer Neal Hefti's "I Must Know" is pretty clever -- from the Joker to Batman's Hefti co-write. "I Must Know" is a swinging bossa nova which Eydie Gorme could have dueted on nicely here, and the Sid Feller arrangements embellish Dave Pell's first-rate production, work which gives Bassey's fantastic voice a dynamic platform -- one that doesn't interfere with her passionate expression. "This Is My Life (La Vita)" is over the top, a performance which should have been huge on America's radios. That 1965's "Goldfinger" was her only chart hit in the states is more of a statement on how unfair Top 40 was (and has always been). Shirley Bassey is no one-hit wonder; her movie soundtracks took care of that and delivered her voice to millions when transistors refused to. Tony Hatch's Top 25 chart song for Petula Clark, "Who Am I," is covered so faithfully you'd think Hatch had produced this version, and the pop sounds are a nice change of pace from the show tune presentation of "Funny Girl." Putting the theme from that motion picture next to a driving version of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" works as smoothly as "The Joker" next to "I Must Know" -- though she gives Hebb's classic the powerful hold-the-last-note move that made "Goldfinger" so much fun. When Bassey's not making a statement like "I Must Know" or "This Is My Life," there are questioning tunes -- "Where Is Tomorrow?" or "Who Am I?"; the expressionist may be singing material written by other people, but the way she spins them across her album is the real magic she couples with her voice and spirit. When Janis Joplin put her soul on the grooves of a record, she spoke in a language that went beyond the words. Shirley Bassey does that here on This Is My Life, an album that speaks on many levels. Let there be no doubt this is a great album from one of the greats.
© Joe Viglione /TiVo
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Shirley Bassey, Featured Vocalist, Performance, MainArtist - Sonny Miller, Composer - Lesenechal, Composer - P Barough, Composer
© 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Teddy Randazzo, Composer - Shirley Bassey, Featured Vocalist, Performance, MainArtist - Fred Coots, Composer - Dizzy Gillespie, Composer - Bill Hollman, Arranger - Robert Weinstein, Composer
© 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Antonio DeVita, Composer - Giorgio Calabrese, Composer - Harold David Shaper, Composer - Shirley Bassey, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Originally released 1968 by Capitol Records, LLC. All rights reserved.
Larry Kusik, Composer - Nino Rota, Composer - Shirley Bassey, Featured Vocalist, Performance, MainArtist - EDDIE SNYDER, Composer
© 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Anthony Newley, Composer - Leslie Bricusse, Composer - Shirley Bassey, Featured Vocalist, Performance, MainArtist
© 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Shirley Bassey, Vocals, Performance, MainArtist - Hefti, Composer - Mattis, Composer
© 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
B. CANFORA, Composer - Robert Norberg, Engineer - Shirley Bassey, Vocals, MainArtist - Norman Newell, Composer - Antonio Amurri, Composer - Bob Norberg, Engineer - A. Amurri, Composer - Johnny Harris, Arranger - Dave Pell, Produced by - Bruno Canfora, Composer - A Amurri, Composer - B Canfora, Composer
© 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Shirley Bassey, Featured Vocalist, Performance, MainArtist - TONY HATCH, Composer - Jackie Trent, Composer
© 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jule Styne, Composer - Shirley Bassey, Vocals, MainArtist - Bob Merrill, Composer
© 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Originally released 1968 by Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved.
Shirley Bassey, Featured Vocalist, Performance, MainArtist - Bobby Hebb, Writer
© 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Badale, Composer - Shirley Bassey, Featured Vocalist, Performance, MainArtist - Sammy Cahn, Composer
© 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Shirley Bassey, Featured Vocalist, Performance, MainArtist - Barry Mason, Writer - Umberto Bindi, Writer
© 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Presentación del Álbum
Not to be confused with the 2000/2001 Music International best-of compilation which utilizes the same title and features that tune along with other Bassey favorites, this is the 12-song 1968 release from a day when all these performances by the authoritative singer were kept under the three-minute mark. The end melody of the Lesley Bricusse/Anthony Newley tune "The Joker" from the musical production of The Roar of the Greasepaint is right out of the "he loves gold" ending from "Goldfinger," and putting it next to Batman composer Neal Hefti's "I Must Know" is pretty clever -- from the Joker to Batman's Hefti co-write. "I Must Know" is a swinging bossa nova which Eydie Gorme could have dueted on nicely here, and the Sid Feller arrangements embellish Dave Pell's first-rate production, work which gives Bassey's fantastic voice a dynamic platform -- one that doesn't interfere with her passionate expression. "This Is My Life (La Vita)" is over the top, a performance which should have been huge on America's radios. That 1965's "Goldfinger" was her only chart hit in the states is more of a statement on how unfair Top 40 was (and has always been). Shirley Bassey is no one-hit wonder; her movie soundtracks took care of that and delivered her voice to millions when transistors refused to. Tony Hatch's Top 25 chart song for Petula Clark, "Who Am I," is covered so faithfully you'd think Hatch had produced this version, and the pop sounds are a nice change of pace from the show tune presentation of "Funny Girl." Putting the theme from that motion picture next to a driving version of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" works as smoothly as "The Joker" next to "I Must Know" -- though she gives Hebb's classic the powerful hold-the-last-note move that made "Goldfinger" so much fun. When Bassey's not making a statement like "I Must Know" or "This Is My Life," there are questioning tunes -- "Where Is Tomorrow?" or "Who Am I?"; the expressionist may be singing material written by other people, but the way she spins them across her album is the real magic she couples with her voice and spirit. When Janis Joplin put her soul on the grooves of a record, she spoke in a language that went beyond the words. Shirley Bassey does that here on This Is My Life, an album that speaks on many levels. Let there be no doubt this is a great album from one of the greats.
© Joe Viglione /TiVo
Acerca del álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 12 pista(s)
- Duración total: 00:32:14
- Artistas principales: Shirley Bassey
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Sello: Rhino
- Género Jazz
© 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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