Shirley Bassey ‎- Is Really Something [1970] (Full Album)

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Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer whose career began in the mid-1950s, best known for both her powerful operatic voice and for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). In January 1959, Bassey became the first Welsh person to gain a No. 1 single. Bassey has been called «one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century». Bassey began to live as a tax exile in 1968, and was unable to work in Britain for almost two years. Bassey's UK comeback came in 1970, leading to one of the most successful periods of her career. She returned to the UK with a record-breaking run of performances at the Talk of the Town nightclub. Also that year, her album Something was released, and showcased a new Bassey style, a shift from traditional pop to more contemporary songs and arrangements (the eponymous single was more successful in the UK charts than the original recording by The Beatles) – although Bassey would never completely abandon what that had been her forte: standards, show tunes, and torch songs. The success of «Something» (single No. 4, album No. 5 in the UK) spawned a series of successful albums on the United Artists label, including Something Else (1971), And I Love You So (1972), I Capricorn (1972), Never Never Never (1973), Good, Bad but Beautiful (1975), Love, Life and Feelings (1976), You Take My Heart Away (1977) and Yesterdays (1978). Additionally, two of Bassey's earlier LPs also entered the charts in the '70s: And We Were Lovers (1967, re-issued as Big Spender), and Let's Face the Music (1962, re-issued as What Now My Love). Something is a 1970 album by Shirley Bassey. With her career having been in decline since the latter part of the mid 1960s, Something proved to be Shirley Bassey's comeback when it was released in August 1970. The title track single became her biggest UK hit for many years, reaching No.4 and spending 22 weeks on the chart. This was actually the second single featured on the album, "The Sea and Sand" having already been released earlier. The album was similarly her biggest hit for many years in the album charts, reaching No.5 and spending 28 weeks in the top 50. This album led to a major revival in Bassey's career, and it would see Bassey transform into mainly an album artist, recording fifteen albums in the 1970s (four of those live recordings). Of those three would be top ten albums, three others in the top fifteen, and a further four in the top 40. She would also reach the top three twice, with a pair of compilations. This was also her first work with record producer Noel Rogers and producer/arranger Johnny Harris, who built on Bassey's traditional pop roots to include contemporary songs and arrangements. The album was released in the US as Shirley Bassey is Really Something and featured different artwork and cover photograph. Shirley Bassey – Something (UK)/Is Really Something (US) [1970] (Full Album) Tracklist: Side One. 1. Something (George Harrison) - 3:32 2. Spinning Wheel (David Clayton - Thomas) - 3:04 3. Yesterday I Heard the Rain (Armando Manzanero, Gene Lees) - 3:27 4. The Sea and Sand (Johnny Harris, Tony Colton, Raymond Smith) - 3:58 5. My Way (Comme D' Habitude) (Jacques Revaux, Claude François, Gilles Thibaut, Paul Anka) - 3:34 6. What About Today? (David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr.) - 3:08 Side Two. 1. You and I (Leslie Bricusse) - 3:52 2. Light My Fire (The Doors) - 3:25 3. Easy to Be Hard (Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado) - 2:37 4. Life Goes On (Mikis Theodorakis, Barbara Martin) - 2:36 5. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) - 2:52 6. Yesterday, When I Was Young (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer) - 3:52 Personnel Bill Parkinson - guitar (uncredited) Tony Campo - bass (uncredited) Harold Fisher - drums (uncredited) Johnny Harris - arranger, conductor Silvio Nobili - photography Released: August 1970 Genre: MOR Length: 40:35 Label: United Artists Producer: Noel Rogers, Johnny Harris, Tony Colton DISCLAIMER: I do not make any profit from this video. No copyright infringement intended. All rights belong to the respective artists and the record companies. It is uploaded for educational and promotional purposes only. I do not own, nor claim to own anything contained in this video.