''Thank You for the Years'' is a 2003 album by Dame

Shirley Bassey Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer. Best known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the theme songs to three James Bond films, Bassey is widely regarded as one of the most popular vocalists ...

. This album, a mix of new and previously released material, commemorated Bassey's 50 years in show business. Bassey marks the year 1953 as her official entry into show business, as that is the year, at the age of sixteen, she signed her first professional contract: to tour in a variety show called "Memories of Jolson". The album reached #19 in the UK Albums Chart, and earned a

silver disc Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see ...

. In a 1999 interview with Nigel Havers in her Monte Carlo apartment, Bassey pointed to a piece of paper framed on the wall and referred to it as her first contract, at a salary of £14 a week (a considerable sum for a sixteen-year-old in 1953). However, upon closer inspection of this document, dated December 17, 1953 (three weeks before her 17th birthday), it appears to be £10 for two performances.

Track listing

# "Thank You for the Years"* # "Mi Amor"* # "Can I Turn it All Around"* # "I Only Want Some"* # "Please Don't Say Goodbye"* # "I Just Have To Breathe"* # "

World in Union "World in Union" is a theme song for the Rugby World Cup. Its melody is "Thaxted (tune), Thaxted", from the middle section of "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity", a movement (music), movement from Gustav Holst's ''The Planets'', and was originally a ...

" ( Gustav Holst,

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) (Duet with Bryn Terfel) (1999 single release) # "History Repeating" (With

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) (1997 single release) # "I Am What I Am" (Live version, taken from the 1997 album ''

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'') # "Diamonds Are Forever" (Live version, taken from the 1997 album ''

'') # "

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" (Taken from the 1970 album ''

'') # "

Big Spender "Big Spender" is a song written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical ''Sweet Charity'', first performed in 1966. Peggy Lee was the first artist to record the song for her album of the same name also that year. It is sung, in the musi ...

" (Taken from the 1967 album ''

And We Were Lovers ''And We Were Lovers'' is a 1967 studio album by Shirley Bassey. The album featured Bassey's first recording of "Big Spender', the single subsequently hit #21 on the charts. ''And We Were Lovers'' was recorded in America and in England. The Amer ...

'') # "Goldfinger" (1964 single A-side in Stereo/Soundtrack album track) # " I (Who Have Nothing)" (1963 single A-side in Stereo) # " What Kind of Fool Am I?" (1963 single A-side in Stereo) # "What Now My Love" (Taken from the 1962 album ''

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'') # "Reach For The Stars" (1961 single double A-side in Stereo) # "Kiss Me Honey, Honey (Kiss Me)" (1958 single A-side in Mono) # "As I Love You" (1958 single A-side in Mono) # "The Banana Boat Song" (1957 single A-side in Mono) # " Burn My Candle (At Both Ends)" (1956 single A-side in Mono) # "Thank You for the Years (Anniversary Mix)"* * *denotes new tracks exclusive to this release. Frank Gallagher, producer.

References

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