Sings the Standards: Best of Shirley Bassey [Import]

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Album Description
Bassey the Belter does 22 standards as only she can, highlights include, 'Fly Me To The Moon', 'I Get A Kick Out Of You', 'All The Things You Are', 'I Believe In You' and 'Moon River'. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

Sings the Standards: Best of Shirley Bassey, Music, Shirley Bassey, Easy Listening/Vocal, Musical Theater, Pop, Pop Vocals, Popular Music, Show Tunes, Traditional Pop, Vocal

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Sings the Standards: Best of Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Manufacturer: EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DEO14
Release Date: 2001-05-22

Fly Me to the Moon
I Get a Kick Out of You
All the Things You Are
I Believe in You
Moon River
Strangers in the Night
'S Wonderful
I've Got You Under My Skin
Cry Me a River
Fool on the Hill
Look of Love
Nature Boy
And I Love You So
Day by Day
Send in the Clowns
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Greatest Love of All
Can't Take My Eyes off You
Feelings
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Don't Cry for Me Argentina
As Time Goes By

Sings the Standards: Best of Shirley Bassey

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wonderful music
BASSEY TURNS STANDARDS INTO CLASSICS~BRAVO SHIRLEY!!!
Uneven out for brassy Bassey

Sings the Standards: Best of Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music

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Finest Collection

ASIN: B00005ABWW
Release Date: 2001-04-23

Tracks:

Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
I Get A Kick Out Of You (Anything Goes)
All The Things You Are
I Believe In You
Moon River (Breakfast At Tiffany's)
Strangers In The Night
S'Wonderful
I've Got You Under My Skin (Born To Dance)
Cry Me A River
The Fool On The Hill
The Look Of Love
Nature Boy
And I Love You So
Day By Day
Send In The Clowns (A Little Night Music)
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Greatest Love Of All
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Feelings
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Don't Cry For Me Argentina
As Time Goes By

Album Description

Bassey the Belter does 22 standards as only she can, highlights include, 'Fly Me To The Moon', 'I Get A Kick Out Of You', 'All The Things You Are', 'I Believe In You' and 'Moon River'. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

Album Details

22 timeless classics from the Welsh diva's grand repetoire.

Customer Reviews:

wonderful music.......2006-08-13

To me, Shirley Bassey and Nancy Wilson both lend an air of elegance and sophistication to any song. This is an excellent CD, spanning a large timeframe in Shirley's career. The arrangements compliment her exquisitely. I recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys vocal music and standards in particular.

BASSEY TURNS STANDARDS INTO CLASSICS~BRAVO SHIRLEY!!! .......2004-06-03

When a great set of songs like these are put together by a GREAT singer like Shirley Bassey, you know your in store for a special treat and that is what this great collection is!! Beginning with early to mid-sixties standards such as a jazz tinged exciting rendition of "I Believe In You", it is clear that this is a classic singer with an incredibly great voice in peak form!! "Fool On The Hill" is soulfully sung and "The Look Of Love" is sultry while "And I Love You So" is haunting and mesmerizing. The exhuberant "Day By Day" is winning and "Send In The Clowns" is one of the most beautifully sung versions ever!! Beginning with the seventies material, one can notice that Shirley's voice became fuller and more powerful and Miss Bassey uses her full bloom voice to stunning effect on classics such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "Feelings" in this engrossing collection. Too bad Shirley Bassey didn't star in "Evita" as her "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" is the definitive version which has never sounded as passionate and beautiful as it does here!!! BRAVO SHIRLEY...a true classic Diva with an extraordinary voice...enjoy!!!!!!!!

Uneven out for brassy Bassey.......2003-04-23

This compilation CD is all over the lot with some of Bassey's early outings, Fly Me To the Moon (1964), packaged with her later hits Don't Cry for Me Argentina (1978). The intent may have been to give the listener an example of Bassey's breadth, but what such a historical perspective does is allow one to hear how thin and uneven Bassey's pyrotechnic voice has become over the years. "Argentina" and Whitney Houston melodramatic "Greatest Love of All" are troublesome to hear. Missing from this retrospective are Bassey's Bond blockbusters. While her vocal prowess is suitable for such cinematic songs, it completely over dramatizes Cry Me A River, And I Love You So. Even the arranging on Look of Love and Can't Take My Eyes Off of You are over the top and unwieldy.

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