Goldsinger: The Best of Shirley Bassey

~ Release by Shirley Bassey (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1With These Hands
producer:
Norman Newell
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
Alyn Ainsworth
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1965)
recording of:
With These Hands
lyricist and composer:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter) and Abner Silver
publisher:
Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc.
3:17
2As Long as He Needs Me
producer:
Norman Newell
background vocals:
The Rita Williams Singers
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
orchestra:
Geoff Love and His Orchestra
conductor:
Geoff Love
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1960)
cover recording of:
As Long as He Needs Me (Oliver!)
lyricist and composer:
Lionel Bart
publisher:
Lakeview Music Publishing Company Ltd. and TRO-Hollis, Inc.
part of:
Oliver! (Lionel Bart musical)
3:00
3You’ll Never Know
background vocals:
The Rita Williams Singers
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
orchestra:
Geoff Love and His Orchestra
recording of:
You’ll Never Know
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (ended), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 16)
3:06
4Climb Ev’ry Mountain
producer:
Norman Newell
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1961)
recording of:
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (The Sound of Music)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Williamson Music Company
part of:
The Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
3:11
5Reach for the Stars
background vocals:
The Rita Williams Singers
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
orchestra:
Geoff Love and His Orchestra
recording of:
Reach for the Stars
lyricist:
David West
composer:
Udo Jürgens (Austrian–Swiss composer, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Schaeffers‐Kassner Music Ltd.
translated version of:
Woher ich auch komm', wohin ich auch geh'
2:56
6I’ll Get By (as Long as I Have You)
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
recording of:
I’ll Get by (as Long as I Have You)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
2:29
7Tonight
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
recording of:
West Side Story: Tonight (Maria, Tony)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim (in 1956)
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (in 1956)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC
part of:
West Side Story
2:34
8Ave Maria
background vocals:
The Rita Williams Singers
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
orchestra:
Geoff Love and His Orchestra
arranger:
Raymond Long
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
3:52
9Far Away
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
recording of:
Far Away
lyricist and composer:
Lionel Bart
3:11
10What Now My Love? (Et maintenant)
producer:
Norman Newell
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
orchestra:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
conductor:
Nelson Riddle
remixer:
Bugz in the Attic
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1962)
recording of:
What Now My Love
lyricist:
Pierre Delanoë
composer:
Gilbert Bécaud
translator:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
BMG Songs, Inc., Major Songs, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Remick Music Corp. and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
translated version of:
Et maintenant
cover recording of:
What Now My Love
lyricist:
Pierre Delanoë
composer:
Gilbert Bécaud
translator:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
BMG Songs, Inc., Major Songs, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Remick Music Corp. and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
translated version of:
Et maintenant
2:56
11I (Who Have Nothing) (Uno dei tanti)
producer:
Norman Newell
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
Tony Osborne
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1963)
recording of:
I (Who Have Nothing)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
writer:
Mogol (Italian lyricist)
composer:
Carlo Donida
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Orange Sky Music Ltd., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI) (in 1961, in 1963), Milky Way Publishing Co., Inc. (in 1961, in 1963), Trio Music Co., Inc. (in 1961, in 1963), Walden Music (publisher) (in 1979) and Yellow Dog Music (in 1979)
2:42
12My Special Dream
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
Tony Osborne
recording of:
The Victors: My Special Dream
writer:
Freddy Douglass, Howard Greenfield and Sol Kaplan
2:58
13Gone
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
recording of:
Gone
lyricist and composer:
Tony Osborne
22:39
14Goldfinger (stereo version)
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
John Barry (English score composer)
recording of:
Goldfinger
lyricist:
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker)
composer:
John Barry (English score composer)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
part of:
Goldfinger
2:49
15No Regrets
producer:
Norman Newell
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
Johnnie Spence (John Spence Abrahams, British music director, conductor and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1965)
cover recording of:
No Regrets
lyricist:
Michel Vaucaire
composer:
Charles Dumont
translator:
Hal Davis
translated version of:
Non, je ne regrette rien
52:46
16It’s Yourself
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
recording of:
Maggie May: It's Yourself
lyricist and composer:
Lionel Bart
3:19
17The Liquidator
producer:
Jesse Kaye
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
Lalo Schifrin (pianist & composer)
recording of:
The Liquidator
writer:
Peter Callander and Lalo Schifrin (pianist & composer)
2:20
18Big Spender
producer:
Kenneth Hume and Norman Newell
lead vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
orchestra:
Alyn Ainsworth and His Orchestra
conductor:
Ernest Freeman
arranger:
Ernest Freeman
recording of:
Big Spender
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Cy Coleman
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
Overture (Sweet Charity)
part of:
Sweet Charity
4.51:51
19This Is My Life (La vita)
producer:
Dave Pell
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
arranger:
Sid Feller
recording of:
This Is My Life (La Vita)
lyricist:
Antonio Amurri
composer:
Bruno Canfora
translator:
Norman Newell
translated version of:
La vita
3:15
20Something
producer:
Tony Colton and Johnny Harris (Scottish composer, conductor)
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
Johnny Harris (Scottish composer, conductor)
arranger:
Johnny Harris (Scottish composer, conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC. (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 1970)
cover recording of:
Something
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Harrisongs Ltd. and Nichion Synch Division
3:36
21(Where Do I Begin) Love Story
producer:
Johnny Harris (Scottish composer, conductor)
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
Johnny Harris (Scottish composer, conductor)
arranger:
Johnny Harris (Scottish composer, conductor)
recording of:
(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story (Love Story)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Francis Lai (French composer)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Famous Music Publishing Limited, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020), Windswept Music (London) Limited, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 and ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
version of:
Theme From Love Story (Instrumental)
3:15
22For All We Know
producer:
Johnny Harris (Scottish composer, conductor)
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
Johnny Harris (Scottish composer, conductor)
arranger:
Johnny Harris (Scottish composer, conductor)
cover recording of:
For All We Know (Lovers and Other Strangers, 1970)
lyricist:
Arthur James (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist) and Robb Wilson
composer:
Fred Karlin
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd. (ended), Pamco Music Inc. (ended), EMI Al Gallico Music Corp., Songs of Universal, Inc. and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
part of:
The 43rd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 43)
2:45
23Diamonds Are Forever
producer:
John Barry (English score composer)
lead vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
John Barry (English score composer)
arranger:
John Barry (English score composer)
recording of:
Diamonds Are Forever (main title theme)
lyricist:
Don Black (English lyricist)
composer:
John Barry (English score composer)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
Diamonds Are Forever (Soundtrack of the James Bond film)
4.152:42
24Never, Never, Never (Grande, grande, grande)
producer:
Noel Rogers
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
Arthur Greenslade
arranger:
Arthur Greenslade
recording of:
Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande)
lyricist:
Alberto Testa
composer:
Tony Renis
translator:
Norman Newell
publisher:
Southern Music (publisher) (in 1973)
translated version of:
Grande, grande, grande
3:40
25Moonraker—Main Title
producer:
John Barry (English score composer)
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
John Barry (English score composer) (in 1979-04)
arranger:
John Barry (English score composer)
recording of:
Main Title (Moonraker) (in 1979-04)
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
John Barry (English score composer)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
Moonraker (soundtrack of the 1979 James Bond film)
3.653:10
26Goldfinger (single version)
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
John Barry (English score composer)
recording of:
Goldfinger
lyricist:
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker)
composer:
John Barry (English score composer)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
part of:
Goldfinger
2:49

Credits

Release

art direction:Henry Marquez (credited for art direction)
photography:Michael Ochs
liner notes:Joseph F. Laredo
engineer:Bob Norberg
executive producer:Bruce Harris (producer)
producer:Ron Furmanek
compiler:Ron Furmanek
Steve Kolanjian
design:Lesley Lewis (visual design)
mastered at:Tower Mastering in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-02)
ASIN:US: B000002U1A [info]

Release group

creative direction:Vincent M. Vero