Shirley Bassey

Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales, UK. b. 8 Jan 1937. Former singer with the London West End review 'Such Is Life'.
Label: Philips
Musicians: Shirley Bassey (vcls)
Writers: traditional
PB 668 Banana Boat Song 9 Feb 1957 27-24-23-12-9-9-8-12-19-25 Pts: 176
Writers: Lester Lee/Ned Washington
PB 723A Fire Down Below 17 Aug 1957 30 Pts: 10
    Original: Jeri Southern  
Writers: F. Elton
PB 723B You, You Romeo 31 Aug 1957 29-30 Pts: 20
Writers: Ray Evans/Jay Livingston
PB 845 As I Love You 13 Dec 1958 29-27 Pts: 21
    10 Jan 1959 16-9-6-3-2-1-1-1-1-2-3-4-6-12-14-19 Pts: 701
Writers: Michael Julien/Al Timothy
PB 860 Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me 20 Dec 1958 22-17 Pts: 29
    10 Jan 1959 9-6-4-3-3-5-5-5-6-12-16-19-23-23 Pts: 390
Label: Columbia (EMI)
Writers: Abner Silver/Benny Davis
DB 4421 With These Hands 26 Mar 1960 46-38-xx-43-31-xx-50-41 Pts: 40
    Original: Lee Lawrence (1960)  
Musicians: Shirley Bassey (vcls)
Writers: Lionel Bart
DB 4490 As Long As He Needs Me 30 Jul 1960 40-23-20-12-9-9-10-9-9-11-5-3-2-2-2-2-2-6-9-18-14-17-21 Pts: 686
    sales: 250000  
    14 Jan 1961 38-41-38-47-46-48 Pts: 38
SEG 8027 Fabulous Miss Bassey EP 15 Oct 1960 19-8-5-5-7-8-9-15-xx-18-14 Pts: 41
    20 May 1961 15-18-13-15-20 Pts: 14
33SX 1178 The Fabulous Shirley Bassey LP 14 Jan 1961 13-12 Pts: 12
SEG 8063 As Long As He Needs Me EP 14 Jan 1961 20-8-9-5-3-3-3-5-6-8-9-7-14-19-19-xx-xx-xx-xx-19-16-9-6-10-13-15-16-11-11-20-11-11-12-10-12-12-7-9-15-19-20-19-16-13-12-17-10-10-9-11-20 Pts: 173
    13 Jan 1962 16-7-12-15-16-18-14-18-17 Pts: 29
Musicians: Shirley Bassey (vcls)
33SX 1286 Shirley LP 11 Feb 1961 19-9-16-13-16 Pts: 28
    13 Jan 1962 12-15-17-17-19 Pts: 26
SEG 8068 The Fabulous Shirley Bassey No.2 EP 11 Feb 1961 15-18-xx-20 Pts: 8
Musicians: Shirley Bassey (vcls)
Writers: Mack Gordon/Harry Warren
DB 4643 You'll Never Know 6 May 1961 45-20-14-8-8-6-8-11-14-13-23-21-41-35-34-36-49 Pts: 270
    Original: Alice Faye (1943); Academy Award winning song for 1943 from the film 'Hello 'Frisco Hello'.  
Producers: Norman Newell
Writers: Udo Jurgens/David West
DB 4685 Reach For The Stars (Woner Ich Auch Komm, Wohin Ich Auch Geh)/Climb Ev'ry Mountain 22 Jul 1961 37-24-14-6-5-3-3-2-1-2-5-14-16-23-35-38-xx-40-50 Pts: 494
    sales: 250000  
Writers: Roy Turk/Fred Ahlert
DB 4737 I'll Get By 18 Nov 1961 34-16-10-10-12-19-24 Pts: 118
SEG 8116 Shirley No.2 EP 25 Nov 1961 18 Pts: 3
    13 Jan 1962 15 Pts: 3
33SX 1382 Shirley Bassey LP 3 Feb 1962 16-17-xx-xx-19-18-14-16-20-17-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-20-14-19 Pts: 53
Writers: Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim
DB 4777 Tonight 10 Feb 1962 34-26-25-21-23-28-36-49 Pts: 78
    Original: Larry Kert & Carol Lawrence; Song is from the Broadway musical "West Side Story" (opened 26 Sep 1957).  
Musicians: Shirley Bassey (vcls)
Writers: Gilbert Becaud/Pierre Delanoe/Carl Sigman
DB 4882 What Now My Love (Et Maintenant) 25 Aug 1962 38-29-23-18-14-13-7-5-8-13-12-16-20-23-25-25-42 Pts: 284
33SX 1454 Let's Face The Music LP 1 Dec 1962 12-17-xx-xx-19 Pts: 16
    12 Jan 1963 16-18-14 Pts: 15
Musicians: Shirley Bassey (vcls)
Producers: George Martin
Writers: Carlo Donida/Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
DB 7113 I (Who Have Nothing) 21 Sep 1963 46-27-13-10-6-7-8-9-8-11-15-12-22-25-25 Pts: 291
    sales: 250000; Based on the Italian song "Uno Dei Tanti".  
    11 Jan 1964 37-37-43-50 Pts: 27
SEG 8369 Dynamic Shirley Bassey EP 21 Nov 1964 15 Pts: 3
33SX 1787 Shirley Bassey At The Pigalle LP 20 Nov 1965 16-xx-20-xx-xx-xx-19 Pts: 14
    15 Jan 1966 15-18-17 Pts: 15
SCX 6294 Golden Hits Of Shirley Bassey LP 23 Nov 1968 39-32-30-29-27-30 Pts: 22
  In The Still Of The Night LP 21 Feb 1970 19-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-19  
Label: United Artists
Musicians: Shirley Bassey (vcls)
Producers: Johnny Harris/Tony Cotton
Writers: George Harrison
UP 35125 Something 13 Jun 1970 48-32-16-13-10-7-5-5-4-6-8-9-15-14-26-25-28-35-38-43-47 Pts: 385
    sales: 250000  
    16 Jan 1971 50 Pts: 5
  Live At The Talk Of The Town LP 27 Jun 1970 45-xx-xx-xx-73-59-xx-38-55 Pts: 10
Label: United Artists
Musicians: Shirley Bassey (vcls)
Producers: Johnny Harris/Tony Colton
UAS 29100 Something LP 15 Aug 1970 48-8-5-14-9-7-11-11-13-24-23-22-35-22-xx-30-12-27-19-15 Pts: 103
    16 Jan 1971 31-33-33-37-39-44-46 Pts: 21
  All Of Me LP 10 Oct 1970 18-14-12-xx-24-xx-21  
Label: United Artists
Musicians: Shirley Bassey (vcls)
Producers: Johnny Harris
UAG 29149 Something Else LP 1 May 1971 8-7-18-14-23-29-35-28-50 Pts: 44
Writers: Fred Karlin/Arthur James/Robb Wilson
UP 35267 For All We Know 31 Jul 1971 46-xx-xx-35-32-26-21-16-10-7-6-7-6-9-14-20-23-17-25-27-29-34-40 Pts: 337
    Academy Award winning song for 1970 from the film 'Lovers And Other Strangers'.  
    15 Jan 1972 47 Pts: 6
Producers: Noel Rogers
Writers: T. Renis/A. Tosta/Norman Newell
UP 35490 Never Never Never 24 Feb 1973 42-31-20-11-10-8-8-9-11-21-18-23-26-29-34-34-38-42-xx-48 Pts: 269
Producers: Johnny Harris/Noel Rodgers/Chris Gunning
UAG 29471 Never Never Never LP 19 May 1973 10-11-13-22-26-25-20-27-39-49 Pts: 43
UAS 29728 The Shirley Bassey Singles Album LP 8 Mar 1975 23-3-2-5-5-3-6-6-14-13-12-21-27-35-31-37-51-50-58-49-xx-47-xx-xx-xx-xx-32 Pts: 140
UAS 29881 Good, Bad But Beautiful LP 18 Oct 1975 12-11-12-18-23-47-49 Pts: 31
Musicians: Shirley Bassey (vcls)
SBTV 601 4748 25th Anniversary Album LP 21 Oct 1978 25-7-3-5-10-20-11-15-16-18-35 Pts: 73
Label: Polygram
Producers: Williams
TV 5293992 Sings The Movies LP 4 Nov 1995 26-30-33-30-24-24-28-36-58 Pts: 60
    sales: 100000  
Label: Polygram TV
5337122 The Show Must Go On LP 2 Nov 1996 47-56-57-61-65-81-65-70-97 Pts: 19
    sales: 60000  
    18 Jan 1997 59-90-198 Pts: 3
Label: Liberty
Producers: various
5258742 This Is My Life - The Greatest Hits LP 18 Nov 2000 54-64-72-74-84-86 Pts: 9
    sales: 100000  

Shirley Bassey & the London Symphony Orchestra

Label: Towerbell
Producers: Norman Newell
TOWLP 7 I Am What I Am LP 13 Oct 1984 64-44-44-58-48-53-41-39-34-25-34-57 Pts: 30
    sales: 100000  

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