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Shirley Bassey Duets With Paloma Faith On New Album

by Music-News.com on October 25, 2014

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Dame Shirley Bassey has recorded a cover of ‘Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend’ with Palona Faith for her new album ‘Hello Like Before’.

One of the most iconic and indelible voices in British music, Dame Shirley Bassey, returns with Hello Like Before, her first album in five years & most personal yet, celebrating her very own Diamond Jubilee of an incredible 60 years in the entertainment business!

Recorded at the legendary Abbey Road studios with producer and musical director Stuart Barr at the helm, Hello Like Before is a collection of some of the greatest songs of the 20th century, songs that Dame Shirley has always longed to record and finally been able to imbue with her own Bassey presence.

This tour of Dame Shirley’s own personal musical history includes the likes of Sting’s Englishman In New York, Nina Simone’s Wild Is The Wind, The Beatles’ Hey Jude (on the deluxe edition) and It Was A Very Good Year, made famous by Frank Sinatra and of which Dame Shirley says “When I was 17 I was too young to do this song, and when I was 21, and 35 . I’ve waited all these years to do it.”

The scope of the album charts the entire range and variety of Dame Shirley’s life and career. From the fun and sassy, to the theatrical, to the epic and emotional. MacArthur Park, in particular, was difficult to record, Dame Shirley admits. “I broke down with emotion in the rehearsals for this, couldn’t finish it. I want it make everybody cry”. There is also a stunning duet with Paloma Faith on the timeless Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend.

Track List:
This Is What You Are
Englishman In New York
Fever
I’m Still Here
Macarthur Park
Wild Is The Wind
Goldfinger
Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend (duet with Paloma Faith)
Here’s To Life
It Was A Very Good Year
Hello Like Before
We Got Music (deluxe bonus track)
Hey Jude (deluxe bonus track)

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