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25th Anniversary Album (Shirley Bassey Album)
''25th Anniversary Album'' is a compilation album by Shirley Bassey. Released in 1978 to mark her 25th year in show business, the album was a double set, comprising 40 tracks. The songs included span just 20 of the 25 years from 1957 to 1976, however, her first professional contract (which is reproduced within the album's inner sleeve) is dated 1953. Bassey had toured extensively throughout 1978 to mark her 25 years. This collection, including her biggest hits and some lesser-known recordings, became one of her biggest in the UK, where it reached No.3 and spent 12 weeks on the album chart. Overview 1978 marked the 25th anniversary of Shirley Bassey's professional singing career. Her first contract was signed on the 17 December 1953 for a fee of £10 for two shows on the 20 December. Her first recordings however, didn't come until 1956, with her first UK hit single arriving in 1957. For her 25th anniversary, Bassey embarked on an extensive tour throughout 1978. For 20 years, Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 25th Anniversary Album
''The 25th Anniversary Album'' is the fourteenth studio album by Australian country singer Lee Kernaghan. It was released digitally and physically in Australia on 24 March 2017 through ABC Music. Background and release On 19 January 2017, the album was announced to mark the 25th anniversary of Kernaghan's country number one single, "Boys from the Bush", and the release of his debut album, ''The Outback Club'' (1992). Kernaghan has since had 34 number one hits on the Australian country music charts, won 36 Golden Guitars and has sold over two million albums in Australia. Kernaghan also performed a 25th anniversary show in Tamworth on 26 January 2017. Track listing # "Drive On" – 2:51 # "Back in '92" (featuring James Blundell) – 3:09 # "Yaraka Dust" – 3:03 # "Outback Club Reunion" – 4:00 # "Island of Oceans" (with John Williamson) – 2:45 # "Trip Around the Sun" (with The McClymonts) – 3:20 # "Damn Good Mates" with The Wolfe Brothers) – 3:02 # "Walk a Country Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
With These Hands (song)
"With These Hands" is a song written by Benny Davis and Abner Silver and performed by Eddie Fisher featuring Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra. It reached number 7 on the U.S. pop chart in 1953. The song ranked number 28 on ''Billboard'' magazine's Top 30 singles of 1953. Other charting versions *Shirley Bassey released a version which reached number 38 on the UK Singles Chart in 1960. * Tom Jones released a version which reached number 3 on the adult contemporary chart, number 13 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 27 on the U.S. pop chart in 1965. Other versions The following additional artists have released recordings of the song: * The Mariners, release as a single in 1951, though it did not chart *Jo Stafford and Nelson Eddy featuring Paul Weston and His Orchestra, released as a single in 1951, though it did not chart. * Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, released as the B-side to their 1951 single "Lonesome and Sorry" *Charlie Kunz, on his 1953 EP *Bob Haymes fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Turk
Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to Roy as a variant in the Francophone world. In India, Roy is a variant of the surname ''Rai'',. likewise meaning "king".. It also arose independently in Scotland, an anglicisation from the Scottish Gaelic nickname ''ruadh'', meaning "red". Given name * Roy Acuff (1903–1992), American country music singer and fiddler * Roy Andersen (born 1955), runner * Roy Andersen (South Africa) (born 1948), South African businessman and military officer * Roy Anderson (American football) (born 1980), American football coach * Sir Roy M. Anderson (born 1947), British scientific adviser * Roy Andersson (born 1943), Swedish film director * Roy Andersson (footballer) (born 1949), footballer from Sweden * Roy Chapman Andrews (1884–1960), American natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred E
Fred may refer to: People * Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Mononym * Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French * Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Rodrigues de Oliveira, Brazilian * Fred (footballer, born 1979), Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva, Brazilian * Fred (footballer, born 1983), Frederico Chaves Guedes, Brazilian * Fred (footballer, born 1986), Frederico Burgel Xavier, Brazilian * Fred (footballer, born 1993), Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos, Brazilian * Fred Again (born 1993), British songwriter known as FRED Television and movies * ''Fred Claus'', a 2007 Christmas film * ''Fred'' (2014 film), a 2014 documentary film * Fred Figglehorn, a YouTube character created by Lucas Cruikshank ** ''Fred'' (franchise), a Nickelodeon media franchise ** '' Fred: The Movie'', a 2010 independent comedy film * '' Fred the Caveman'', French Teletoon production from 2002 * Fred Flin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
"I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" is a popular song with music by Fred E. Ahlert and lyrics by Roy Turk. The song was published in 1928. Versions by Nick Lucas, Aileen Stanley and, most successfully, Ruth Etting, all charted in America in 1929. 1944 recordings *In 1944 the song achieved its biggest success with a version by Harry James and His Orchestra featuring vocalist Dick Haymes – an April 1941 recording re-released owing to a stipulation by the 1942–44 musicians' strike that prevented recording of new material. The single debuted in April 1944 on ''Billboard'''s National Best Selling Retail Records chart and reached number one in the chart dated June 10, 1944 – the seventh of Harry James's nine US number ones; it stayed at number one for four non-consecutive weeks. The single topped ''Billboards Most Played Juke Box Records chart for six weeks. *A recording by The Ink Spots featuring tenor Bill Kenny also reached ''Billboards Top Ten in 1944. A version by the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mack Gordon
Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler; June 21, 1904 – February 28, 1959) was an American composer and lyricist for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times in 11 years, including five consecutive years between 1940 and 1944, and won the award once, for "You'll Never Know". That song has proved among his most enduring, and remains popular in films and television commercials to this day. "At Last" is another of his best-known songs. Biography Gordon was born in Grodno, then part of the Russian Empire. He emigrated with his mother and older brother to New York City in May 1907; the ship they sailed on was the S/S ''Bremen''; their destination was to his father in Guttenberg, New Jersey. Gordon appeared in vaudeville as an actor and singer in the late 1920s and early 1930s, but his songwriting talents were always paramount. He formed a partnership with English pianist Harry Revel, that lasted throughout the 1930s. In the 1940s he worked with a str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Warren
Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing " Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe". He wrote the music for the first blockbuster film musical, '' 42nd Street'', choreographed by Busby Berkeley, with whom he would collaborate on many musical films. Over a career spanning six decades, Warren wrote more than 800 songs. Other well known Warren hits included "I Only Have Eyes for You", "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", " Jeepers Creepers", "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)", "That's Amore", "There Will Never Be Another You", "The More I See You", "At Last" and "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (the last of which was the first gold record in history). Warren was one of America's most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You'll Never Know
"You'll Never Know", sometimes referred to as "''You'll Never Know (Just How Much I Love You)''" in later years, is a popular song with music written by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Mack Gordon. The song is based on a poem written by a young Oklahoma war bride named Dorothy Fern Norris. The song was introduced in the 1943 movie ''Hello, Frisco, Hello'' where it was sung by Alice Faye. The song won the 1943 Academy Award for Best Original Song, one of nine nominated songs that year. It was also performed by Faye in the 1944 film ''Four Jills in a Jeep''. The song is often credited as Faye's signature song. However, Faye never released a record of the ballad, and frequent later recordings of the song by other singers diminished her association with it. Renditions *It was recorded in 1943 by, among others, Frank Sinatra and Dick Haymes. Sinatra recorded his version at his first recording session at Columbia as a solo artist (having recorded there in 1939 as a member of Harry J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udo Jurgens
Udo is a masculine given name. It may refer to: People Medieval era *Udo of Neustria, 9th century nobleman *Udo (Obotrite prince) (died 1028) *Udo (archbishop of Trier) (c. 1030 – 1078) *Lothair Udo II, Margrave of the Nordmark (c. 1025 – 1082) Modern era *Udo Anneken (1917–1997), German Wehrmacht officer in World War II, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross *Udo Beyer (born 1955), East German shot putter *Udo Bölts (born 1966), German retired racing cyclist *Udo Bullmann (born 1956), German politician *Udo Cordes (1921-2007), German Luftwaffe officer in World War II, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross *Udo Dahmen (born 1951), German drummer and author *Udo Di Fabio (born 1954), German jurist *Udo Dirkschneider (born 1952), German heavy metal vocalist who formed the band U.D.O. *Udo Dziersk (born 1961), German painter *Udo Fortune (born 1988), Nigerian soccer player *Udo Gelhausen (born 1956), West German shot putter *Udo Hempel (born 1946), Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Newell
Norman Newell (25 January 1919 – 1 December 2004) was an English record producer, who was mainly active in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also the songwriter, co-writer of many notable songs. As an A&R manager for EMI, he worked with musicians such as Shirley Bassey, Dalida, Claude François, Vera Lynn, Russ Conway, Bette Midler, Judy Garland, Petula Clark, Jake Thackray, Malcolm Roberts (singer), Malcolm Roberts, Bobby Crush and Peter and Gordon. Newell was particularly known for his recorded productions of West End theatre, West End musicals. His songs have been cover version, covered by Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Celine Dion and Aretha Franklin. In 1999, Newell's song, "Portrait of My Love", originally recorded by Matt Monro in 1960, was honoured at the BMI Awards in London for having two million radio plays. Early life Newell was born in Plaistow, Newham, Plaistow, Essex (now part of Greater London) to a poor family. He aspired to be an actor, but expected to work for Londo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reach For The Stars (Shirley Bassey Song)
"Reach for the Stars" is a song made popular by Shirley Bassey, and written by Austrian pop singer/songwriter Udo Jürgens (with English lyrics by Norman Newell). As a double A-side single (b/w "Climb Ev'ry Mountain") it went to No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ... for one week in September 1961. References 1961 songs UK Singles Chart number-one singles Shirley Bassey songs Songs written by Udo Jürgens {{1960s-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Bart
Lionel Bart (1 August 1930 – 3 April 1999) was a British writer and composer of pop music and musicals. He wrote Tommy Steele's "Rock with the Caveman" and was the sole creator of the musical '' Oliver!'' (1960). With ''Oliver!'' and his work alongside theatre director Joan Littlewood at Theatre Royal, Stratford East, he played an instrumental role in the 1960s birth of the British musical theatre scene after an era when American musicals had dominated the West End. Best known for creating the book, music and lyrics for ''Oliver!'', Bart was described by Andrew Lloyd Webber as "the father of the modern British musical". In 1963 he won the Tony Award for Best Original Score for ''Oliver!'', and the 1968 film version of the musical won a total of 6 Academy Awards including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Some of his other compositions include the theme song to the James Bond film '' From Russia with Love'', and the songs " Living Doll" by Cliff Richard, "Far Away" by Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
