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1996 compilation album by Shirley Bassey
Four Decades of Song is a three-CD compilation from
Shirley Bassey issued in 1996.
[1] This set features 54 songs recorded between 1959 and 1993. In 2008
EMI repackaged and retitled this boxset as Shirley Bassey The Collection ; the new version had six extra tracks.
With the exception of "
Secret Love " (track 13 on disc 3), all of these tracks were previously issued. This track was recorded in the mid-1960s but remained unreleased until 1996, and appears exclusively on this collection.
"
Something " (
George Harrison ) (taken from the 1970 album
Something )
"
As Long as He Needs Me " (
Lionel Bart ) (1960 single A-side in stereo)
"
Goldfinger " (
Leslie Bricusse ,
Anthony Newley ,
John Barry ) (1964 single A-side in stereo/soundtrack album track)
"
With These Hands " (
Abner Silver ,
Benny Davis ) (1960 single A-side in stereo)
"
Don't Rain on My Parade " (
Bob Merrill ,
Jule Styne ) (taken from the 1968 album
12 of Those Songs )
"
In the Still of the Night " (
Cole Porter ) (taken from the 1961 album
Shirley )
"
Feelings " (Loulou Gaste,
Morris Albert ) (taken from the 1976 album
Love, Life and Feelings )
"
You Are the Sunshine of My Life " (
Stevie Wonder ) (taken from the 1974 album
Nobody Does It Like Me )
"
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? " (
Michel Legrand ,
Alan Bergman ,
Marilyn Bergman ) (taken from the 1970 album Something )
"
Cry Me a River " (Arthur Hamilton) (taken from the 1959 album
The Fabulous Shirley Bassey )
"You'd Better Love Me" (
Hugh Martin ,
Timothy Gray ) (tive recording, taken from the 1965 album
Shirley Bassey at the Pigalle )
"
Imagination " (
Johnny Burke , Van Heusen) (taken from the 1962 album
Let's Face the Music )
"
All of Me " (
Gerald Marks ,
Seymour Simons ) (taken from the 1962 album Let's Face the Music )
"
Days of Wine and Roses " (
Mancini ,
Johnny Mercer ) (taken from the 1968 album 12 of Those Songs )
"
If You Love Me (Hymne à l'amor) " (
Edith Piaf ,
Marguerite Monnot ,
Geoffrey Claremont Parsons ) (1959 single A-side in stereo)
"
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing " (
Paul Francis Webster ,
Sammy Fain ) (taken from the 1961 album
Shirley Bassey )
"
As If We Never Said Goodbye " (
Andrew Lloyd Webber ,
Christopher Hampton ,
Don Black ) (taken from the 1993 album
Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber )
"
Don't Cry for Me Argentina " (Andrew Lloyd Webber,
Tim Rice ) (1993 re-recording) (taken from the 1993 album Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber )
CD1 extra tracks for 2008 re-issue:
4. "
Big Spender " (
Cy Coleman ,
Dorothy Fields ) (taken from the 1967 album
And We Were Lovers )
5. "
Diamonds Are Forever " (
John Barry ,
Don Black ) (1971 single A-side/soundtrack album track)
"
The Look of Love " (
Burt Bacharach ,
Hal David ) (taken from the 1972 album
I Capricorn )
"
Bridge Over Troubled Water " (
Paul Simon ) (taken from the 1971 album
Something Else )
"
My Way " (Jacques Revaux, Claude Francois, Gilles Thibaut,
Paul Anka ) (taken from the 1970 album Something )
"
Funny Girl " (taken from the 1968 album
This Is My Life )
"
It's Impossible " (
Armando Manzanero ) (taken from the 1971 album Something Else )
"Breakfast in Bed" (
Eddie Hinton ,
Donnie Fritts ) (taken from the 1971 album Something Else )
"
One Less Bell to Answer " (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) (taken from the 1972 album I Capricorn )
"
Greatest Love of All " (
Michael Masser ,
Linda Creed ) (taken from the 1978 album
The Magic Is You )
"You Never Done It Like That" (
Neil Sedaka ,
Howard Greenfield ) (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You )
"Better Off Alone" (
Bruce Roberts ,
Carole Bayer Sager ) (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You )
"As We Fall in Love Once More" (Richard Germinaro,
Evie Sands ,
Ben Weisman ) (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You )
"Night Moves" (
Michael Franks ,
Michael Small ) (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You )
"
Anyone Who Had a Heart " (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You )
"The Magic Is You" (S. Vlanianos, R. Rupen) (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You )
"
How Insensitive " (
Antônio Carlos Jobim ,
Vinícius de Moraes ,
Norman Gimbel (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You )
"Run On and On and On" (Love) (taken from the 1975 album
Good, Bad but Beautiful )
"I'll Be Your Audience" (Becky Hobbs, Lewis Anderson) (taken from the 1975 album Good, Bad but Beautiful )
"All in Love Is Fair" (
Stevie Wonder ) (taken from the 1975 album Good, Bad but Beautiful )
CD2 extra tracks for 2008 re-issue:
4. "
You'll Never Know " (
Harry Warren ,
Mack Gordon ) (1961 single A-side in stereo)
20. "
What Kind of Fool Am I? " (
Leslie Bricusse ,
Anthony Newley ) (1963 single A-side in stereo)
"
The Way We Were " (
Alan Bergman ,
Marilyn Bergman ,
Marvin Hamlisch ) (taken from the 1975 album Good, Bad but Beautiful )
"What I Did for Love" (taken from the 1976 album Love, Life and Feelings )
"Emotion" (
Dahlstrom , Sanson) (taken from the 1975 album Good, Bad but Beautiful )
"Good, Bad but Beautiful" (Lake) (taken from the 1975 album Good, Bad but Beautiful )
"
Where or When " (
Richard Rodgers ,
Lorenz Hart ) (taken from the 1961 album Shirley Bassey )
"Kiss Me Honey, Honey Kiss Me" (
Al Timothy , Michael Julien) (1966 re-recording, taken from the 1966 album
I've Got a Song for You )
"Ave Maria" (1962 single A-side in stereo)
"My Special Dream" (1964 single A-side in stereo)
"
Let There Be Love " (Lionel Grant, Ian Rand) (taken from the 1961 album Shirley )
"
I've Got You Under My Skin " (
Cole Porter ) (taken from the 1959 album The Fabulous Shirley Bassey )
"
In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon) " (
Bart Howard ) (1963 EP A-side in stereo)
"
Just One of Those Things " (
Cole Porter ) (1963 EP A-side in stereo)
"
Secret Love " (
Sammy Fain ,
Paul Francis Webster ) (previously unreleased)
"Born to Lose"" (Sergio Bardotti,
Dario Baldan Bembo ,
Norman Newell ) (taken from the 1976 album Love, Life and Feelings )
"Come Back to Me" (
Alan Jay Lerner ,
Burton Lane ) (taken from the 1968 album 12 of Those Songs )
"
If I Were a Bell " (
Frank Loesser ) (taken from the 1961 album Shirley )
"
Something Wonderful " (Richard Rodgers,
Oscar Hammerstein II ) (taken from the 1965 album
Shirley Stops the Shows )
"He Loves Me" (
Jerry Bock ,
Sheldon Harnick ) (taken from the 1965 album Shirley Stops the Shows )
CD3 extra tracks for 2008 re-issue:
19. "
I (Who Have Nothing) " (Mogol, Donida,
Jerry Leiber ,
Mike Stoller ) (1963 single A-side in stereo)
20. "
I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) " (
Fred E. Ahlert ,
Roy Turk ) (1961 single A-side in stereo)
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