Four Decades of Song

~ Release by Shirley Bassey (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1The Way We Were
2:50
2What I Did for Love (From Musical "A Chorus Line")
cover recording of:
What I Did for Love (from “A Chorus Line”)
lyricist:
Edward Kleban
composer:
Marvin Hamlisch
publisher:
American Compass Music Corp., Chappell Morris Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Wren Music Co.
part of:
A Chorus Line (Marvin Hamlisch musical)
3:46
3Emotion
4:15
4Good Bad but Beautiful
3:23
5Where or When
producer:
Norman Newell (task: recording supervised by)
background vocals:
The Williams Singers
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
orchestra:
Geoff Love & His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1961)
cover recording of:
Where or When (from “Babes in Arms”)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Williamson Music Company and Chappell & Co. (in 1937)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
3:26
6Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer) (in 1958)
orchestra:
Wally Stott & His Orchestra & Chorus (in 1958)
recording of:
Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me (in 1958)
writer:
Michael Julien (British songwriter) and Albon Timothy (jazz and calypso musician and songwriter)
2:25
7Ave Maria
background vocals:
The Rita Williams Singers
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
orchestra:
Geoff Love and His Orchestra
arranger:
Raymond Long
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1962)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
3:53
8My Special Dream
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
Tony Osborne
recording of:
The Victors: My Special Dream
writer:
Freddy Douglass, Howard Greenfield and Sol Kaplan
2:55
9Let There Be Love
recording of:
Let There Be Love
lyricist:
Ian Grant (lyricist)
composer:
Lionel Rand
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner Chappell Music Publishing (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
3:12
10I've Got You Under My Skin
cover recording of:
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Victoria Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 nominee)
part of:
Born to Dance
43:35
11In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)
cover recording of:
Fly Me to the Moon
lyricist and composer:
Bart Howard (in 1954)
premiered by:
Kaye Ballard (in 1954)
publisher:
Almanac Music-Inc., Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Kensington Music Ltd., Palm Valley Music LLC and TRO Essex Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:
ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 (TRO Essex Japan, A-Division)
3:33
12Just One of Those Things
recording of:
Just One of Those Things
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1929)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
part of:
Jubilee
part of:
Panama Hattie (1942 film)
3:02
13Secret Love
3:45
14Born to Lose
recording of:
Born to Lose
writer:
Dario Baldan Bembo, Sergio Bardotti and Norman Newell
5:45
15Come Back to Me
2:18
16If I Were a Bell
2:51
17Something Wonderful
cover recording of:
Something Wonderful (The King and I)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company
translated version of:
דבר מה נפלא כל כך
part of:
The King and I (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
2:45
18He Loves Me
cover recording of:
He Loves Me (original title “Thank You Madame”)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
2:07

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Wikidata:Q5475134 [info]