Definitive Collection 1956-62 (CD) – Shirley Bassey

Dame Shirley Bassey is one of the most universally loved and admired artists on the British showbiz scene, her voice, personality, glamour and sheer star quality transcending any barriers between genres and generations, evidenced by her rapturously received headlining appearance at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival, when she had her most recent Top 50 hit, half a century after her chart debut. She celebrated her 80th birthday in January 2107, and to mark the occasion Acrobat is releasing this 108-track 5CD set which comprises all her singles (A & B sides), plus all her album and EP tracks, released during the period. It naturally includes all her hits during that time, notably her No. 1s with “As I Love You”, “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” and “Reach For The Stars”, and her other Top 10 successes “The Banana Boat Song”, “Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me”, “As Long As He Needs Me”, “You’ll Never Know”, and “What Now My Love”. All the tracks from the albums “The Bewitching Miss Bassey”, “Born to Sing the Blues”, “The Fabulous Shirley Bassey”, “Shirley”, “Shirley Bassey” and “Let’s Face The Music” (recorded in the USA with Nelson Riddle) are included, along with the rarely-heard1957 EP “Live At The Café Paris” and the “Till And “Other Great Songs”. It’s a thorough overview of her formative career, and a fine commemorative tribute to a unique talent.

Track List

1. Burn My Candle
2. Stormy Weather
3. The Wayward Wind
4. Born to Sing the Blues
5. After the Lights Go Down Low
6. If You Don’t Love Me
7. The Banana Boat Song
8. Tra la la
9. If I Had a Needle and Thread
10. Tonight My Heart She Is Crying
11. Fire Down Below
12. You You Romeo
13. Puh-Leeze! Mister Brown
14. Take My Love Take My Love
15. Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me
16. There’s Never Been a Night
17. As I Love You
18. Hand Across the Sea
19. Love for Sale
20. Crazy Rhythm
21. My Funny Valentine
22. How About You?
23. Night and Day
24. The Gypsy in My Soul
25. If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
26. Count on Me
27. With These Hands
28. The Party’s Over
29. The Birth of the Blues
30. Careless Love Blues
31. As Long As He Needs Me
32. So in Love
33. You’ll Never Know
34. Hold Me Tight
35. Reach for the Stars
36. Climb Ev’ry Mountain
37. I’ll Get By
38. Who Are We?
39. Tonight
40. Let’s Start All Over Again
41. Ave Maria
42. You’ll Never Walk Alone
43. Far Away
44. My Faith
45. What Now My Love?
46. Above All Others
47. Born to Sing the Blues
48. Somebody Loves Me
49. My Body’s More Important Than My Mind
50. Sex
51. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
52. Beale Street Blues
53. Wabash Blues
54. Basin Street Blues
55. Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Told Me)
56. The St. Louis Blues
57. The Wall
58. From This Moment on
59. Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
60. Bill
61. A Foggy Day in London Town
62. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
63. Cry Me a River
64. April in Paris
65. I’ve Never Been in Love Before
66. The Man That Got Away
67. S’wonderful
68. I’ll Remember April
69. Easy to Love
70. No One Ever Tells You
71. They Can’t Take That Away from Me
72. In the Still of the Night
73. Let There Be Love
74. All at Once (Deja)
75. For Every Man There’s a Woman
76. I’m in the Mood for Love
77. If I Were a Bell
78. There Will Never Be Another You
79. Hooray for Love
80. Too Late Now
81. I’m Shooting High
82. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
83. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
84. The Nearness of You
85. Fools Rush in
86. Angel Eyes
87. Till
88. A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening
89. This Love of Mine
90. You’re Nearer
91. Goodbye Lover Hello Friend
92. Where or When
93. Where Are You?
94. Let’s Face the Music and Dance
95. I Should Care
96. Let’s Fall in Love
97. The Second Time Around
98. Imagination
99. All the Things You Are
100. I Get a Kick Out of You
101. Everything I Have Is Yours
102. Spring Is Here
103. All of Me
104. I Can’t Get You Out of My Mind
105. Angel D’amore
106. Where Shall I Find Him
107. It Might As Well Be Spring