Shirley Stops the Shows

Studio album by Shirley Bassey

Released

1965

Recorded

1965

Vocal

Shirley Bassey chronology

Let's Face the Music
(1962)

Shirley Stops the Shows
(1965)

Shirley Bassey at the Pigalle
(1965)

Shirley Bassey Belts the Best!

US album cover

Shirley Stops the Shows is the 7th Shirley Bassey studio album, her 5th and final studio album recorded for the EMI/Columbia label in the UK. Released in 1965, this album is a mix of standards and showtunes. Shirley Bassey was at a high point in her career, with worldwide success of her single "Goldfinger", but the album failed to chart in the UK, a first for her Columbia albums.^[1] The album met with more success in the US, reaching number 85 in the US Pop charts.^[2] For the US market it was issued with an alternative running order, retitled Shirley Bassey Belts the Best! and "The Lady Is a Tramp" was replaced by "Goldfinger". Original release was in mono and stereo, both mono versions feature an alternative studio recording of "People" which has not yet been re-issued on CD. The stereo version, remastered, was issued on CD in 2008 together with 12 of Those Songs by BGO Records.

Track listing

Side One.

"Everything's Coming up Roses" (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim) - 3.22
"The Sweetest Sounds" (Richard Rodgers) - 2.38
"He Loves Me" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) - 2.04
"I Believe in You" (Frank Loesser) - 2.13
"People" (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill) - 2.47
"The Lady is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2.55

Side Two.

"Once in a Lifetime" (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) - 2.20
"Something Wonderful" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2.42
"A Lot of Livin' to Do" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) - 1.54
"If Ever I Would Leave You" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) - 2.43
"Somewhere" (Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein) - 2.49
"I Could Have Danced All Night" (Lerner, Loewe) - 1.54

Personnel

Shirley Bassey – vocal
Johnny Scott and his Orchestra - on track 4 and 10
Tony Osborne and his Orchestra - on track 11
Kenny Clayton and his Orchestra - on track 12
Johnnie Spence and his Orchestra - on tracks all other tracks

References

Shirley Bassey

Studio albums	Born to Sing the Blues The Bewitching Miss Bassey The Fabulous Shirley Bassey Shirley Shirley Bassey Let's Face the Music Shirley Stops the Shows I've Got a Song for You And We Were Lovers This Is My Life This Is My Life (La vita) Does Anybody Miss Me Something Something Else I Capricorn And I Love You So Never Never Never Nobody Does It Like Me Good, Bad but Beautiful Love, Life and Feelings You Take My Heart Away The Magic Is You All by Myself I Am What I Am La Mujer Keep the Music Playing The Bond Collection Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber Sings the Movies The Show Must Go On Thank You for the Years Get the Party Started The Performance Hello Like Before

Live albums	Shirley Bassey at the Pigalle Live in Japan

Compilation albums	The Shirley Bassey Collection The Shirley Bassey Singles Album Thoughts of Love Bassey – The EMI/UA Years 1959 – 1979 Four Decades of Song

Singles	"Burn My Candle" "The Wayward Wind" "After the Lights Go Down Low" "Banana Boat Song" "As Long As He Needs Me" "Reach for the Stars"/"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" "Love for Sale" "Goldfinger" "If You Go Away" "Big Spender" "Something" "The Fool on the Hill" "For All We Know" "And I Love You So" "Never Never Never" "To All the Men I've Loved Before" "The Rhythm Divine" "Love Is No Game" "Sin Ti" "How Do You Keep the Music Playing" "'Disco' La Passione" "History Repeating" "Light My Fire" "World in Union" "Where Do I Begin" "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" "That's What Friends Are For" "The Living Tree" "Get the Party Started" "Big Spender (remix)"

Related articles	Discography Songs Albums

Book:Shirley Bassey

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