Shirley Bassey - Definitive Collection 1956-62 (CD)

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:

Disc: 1

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

Disc: 2

1. If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
2. Count on Me
3. With These Hands
4. The Party's Over
5. The Birth of the Blues
6. Careless Love Blues
7. As Long As He Needs Me
8. So in Love
9. You'll Never Know
10. Hold Me Tight
11. Reach for the Stars
12. Climb Ev'ry Mountain
13. I'll Get By
14. Who Are We?
15. Tonight
16. Let's Start All Over Again
17. Ave Maria
18. You'll Never Walk Alone
19. Far Away
20. My Faith
21. What Now My Love?
22. Above All Others

Disc: 3

1. Born to Sing the Blues
2. Somebody Loves Me
3. My Body's More Important Than My Mind
4. Sex
5. I've Got You Under My Skin
6. Beale Street Blues
7. Wabash Blues
8. Basin Street Blues
9. Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Told Me)
10. The St. Louis Blues
11. The Wall
12. From This Moment on
13. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
14. Bill
15. A Foggy Day in London Town
16. I've Got You Under My Skin
17. Cry Me a River
18. April in Paris
19. I've Never Been in Love Before
20. The Man That Got Away
21. S'wonderful

Disc: 4

1. I'll Remember April
2. Easy to Love
3. No One Ever Tells You
4. They Can't Take That Away from Me
5. In the Still of the Night
6. Let There Be Love
7. All at Once (Deja)
8. For Every Man There's a Woman
9. I'm in the Mood for Love
10. If I Were a Bell
11. There Will Never Be Another You
12. Hooray for Love
13. Too Late Now
14. I'm Shooting High
15. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
16. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
17. The Nearness of You
18. Fools Rush in
19. Angel Eyes
20. Till

Disc: 5

1. A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening
2. This Love of Mine
3. You're Nearer
4. Goodbye Lover, Hello Friend
5. Where or When
6. Where Are You?
7. Let's Face the Music and Dance
8. I Should Care
9. Let's Fall in Love
10. The Second Time Around
11. Imagination
12. All the Things You Are
13. I Get a Kick Out of You
14. Everything I Have Is Yours
15. Spring Is Here
16. All of Me
17. I Can't Get You Out of My Mind
18. Angel D'amore
19. Where Shall I Find Him
20. It Might As Well Be Spring