Shirley Stops the Shows is the seventh 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.[2] The album met with more success in the US, reaching number 85 in the US Pop charts.[3] 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.
| Shirley Stops the Shows | ||||
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| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 1965 | |||
| Genre | Vocal | |||
| Label | EMI/Columbia | |||
| Producer | Norman Newell | |||
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| Shirley Bassey Belts the Best! | ||||
 US album cover | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Record Mirror |   [1] |
Track listing
editSide 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (3 April 1965). "Shirley Bassey: Shirley Stops The Shows" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 212. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ Shirley bassey on officialcharts.com
- ^ Billboard position on allmusic