Shirley Bassey - This Is My Life (1996 TV Special)

REMASTERED CLIP - 1996 (An Audience With Shirley TV Special)
Veteran vocalist/Entertainer Belts out a powerful rendition of one of her signature songs, 'This Is My Life'. Bassey originally recorded this song back in 1968, and here she is almost 30 years later singing with as much gusto as she did decades earlier).
ABOUT this song:
This Is My Life (La vita) is a 1968 album by Shirley Bassey that was released in Italy on the United Artists label (UA 9035).
Bassey had started living as a tax exile in 1968, and was not permitted to work in Britain for two years.[1][2] In 1968 Bassey performed at the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy singing the song "La vita."[3] This song was originally written by Bruno Canfora, with (Italian) lyrics by Antonio Amurri. For the song Bassey sang at the festival, the lyrics were partially rewritten in English by Norman Newell.
Side one of the album included only Italian songs with the exception of "La vita" which is the version with a mix of Italian and English lyrics. Side two is an edited version of the This Is My Life album that was released in Britain and the USA, with the addition of "To Give" which was only included in this album and on a single. Of the six songs recorded in Italian on this album only "La vita" has had a CD release. It appeared on the 1994 boxset Bassey - The EMI/UA Years 1959 - 1979. While in exile Bassey recorded several songs that were exclusively released in Italy and also performed frequently on Italian television.
In the next step in the evolution of "La vita," Newell wrote English lyrics for the remaining Italian parts and the result was "This Is My Life." This English-only version became one of Bassey's signature songs, often the final encore that she performs in concert.
LYRICS:
Funny how a lonely day, can make a person say:
What good is my life
Funny how a breaking heart, can make me start to say:
What good is my life
Funny how I often seem,
to think I'll find never another dream In my life
Till I look around and see,
this great big world is part of me
And my life
This is my life
Today, tomorrow, love will come and find me
But that's the way that I was born to be
This is me
This is me
This is my life
And I don't give a damn for lost emotions
I've such a lot of love I've got to give
Let me live
Let me live
Sometime when I feel afraid,
I think of what a mess I've made Of my life
Crying over my mistakes,
forgetting all the breaks I've had
In my life
I was put on earth to be,
a part of this great world is me
And my life
Guess I'll just add up the score,
and count the things I'm grateful for
In my life
This Is my life
Today, tomorrow, love will come and find me
But that's the way that I was born to be
This is me
This is me
This is my life
And I don't give a damn for lost emotions
I've such a lot of love I've got to give
Let me live
Let me live
This is my life
This is my life
This is my life

Пікірлер: 32

  • @cassiesmith7612
    @cassiesmith761224 күн бұрын

    Watched this when it aired and now in 2024 it stills moves me and this amazing lady with an amazing powerful voice ❤

  • @jrw5831
    @jrw58318 күн бұрын

    She is gorgeous on top of everything else.

  • @VernomChadwick
    @VernomChadwick24 күн бұрын

    No one. Like. Her ❤❤

  • @joannlamonica8067
    @joannlamonica80672 ай бұрын

    DSB. NEVER EVER BE ANOTHER!!!!! WOW!!!!!! PURE CLASS👑🌹👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏JO-ANN. AMERICA

  • @PSCF-bm4ln
    @PSCF-bm4lnАй бұрын

    This woman is just brilliant! I’m in awe of her talent!

  • @joannlamonica8067
    @joannlamonica80672 ай бұрын

    BEAUTIFUL. JO-ANN. AMERICA. 4/5/2024. GOD BLESS🌹👑🇱🇷

  • @chippy511
    @chippy51117 күн бұрын

    Well, what a you - incomparable Bassey! ❤️❤️

  • @joannlamonica8067
    @joannlamonica8067Ай бұрын

    JO-ANN. AMERICA. LOVE HER!!!!!! 5/3/2024👑😊

  • @fernandospriano1183
    @fernandospriano1183Ай бұрын

    Only you have this wonderful voice

  • @user-cp9gq5jv4b
    @user-cp9gq5jv4bАй бұрын

    OMG she is AMAZING!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Debs29
    @Debs29Ай бұрын

    Absolutely amazing

  • @daveclark4670
    @daveclark4670Ай бұрын

    This is what I was thinking back in Jan 1982 was live worth it ,lost my kids house job wife through no fault of my own .Was just going through life not even bothering about it , half the time could not even tell you what I did that day just waiting till I saw my kids .Had that for 20 months until I met my future wife and she showed life was worth it , been together for 40 years and I love her more now then I did when I first met her .

  • @davesquire855

    @davesquire855

    Ай бұрын

    I'm going through the same thing now it's not very nice but glad things turned out well for you

  • @carolynjones6524

    @carolynjones6524

    27 күн бұрын

    Glad you get through to the other side

  • @Adel-mj5gt
    @Adel-mj5gt14 күн бұрын

    De otro planeta.

  • @carolynjones6524
    @carolynjones652427 күн бұрын

    Shirley, you are simply the best AND WELSH

  • @geoffreyrankin5892
    @geoffreyrankin58923 ай бұрын

    Brilliant as always. Her signature song.

  • @marcomontanaro288
    @marcomontanaro28827 күн бұрын

    Che dire davanti alla perfezione ?? niente solo tanta emozione.

  • @CarlosRodriguez-wb4hv
    @CarlosRodriguez-wb4hv3 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤SHIRLEY TENGO TUS DISCOS DESDE 1970..NADIE CANTO' CO'MO TU' ..QUE' BELLEZA..PUDISTE CANTAR O'PERA SI QUISIERAS ,PERO TUVISTE UNA ADOLESCENCIA..MUY COMPLICADA..HUBO DE TODO..VERDAD. SRA? TE AMOOOO... GRANDE GRANDE GRANDE. CO'MO TU CANCIO'N QUE' ME DISLOCAAAAA❤❤❤ CARLOS RODRIGYEZ.

  • @lesley2767
    @lesley27672 ай бұрын

    My dads favourite song ❤

  • @NeedsealMetasielProdukte
    @NeedsealMetasielProdukteАй бұрын

    Wahnsinn!

  • @Adel-mj5gt
    @Adel-mj5gtАй бұрын

    Grandiosa!

  • @ElaineUlloa
    @ElaineUlloa12 күн бұрын

    ❤❤

  • @marimini7585
    @marimini75853 ай бұрын

    💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💋💋💋💋💋

  • @emanueleraspone1865
    @emanueleraspone186516 күн бұрын

    Immensa 😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @gabrielporfirio9544
    @gabrielporfirio954420 күн бұрын

    She is dama. Beautfull. This is mai life. Fantastic sigle. I love Shirley. Gabriel porfirio

  • @gabrielporfirio9544
    @gabrielporfirio954420 күн бұрын

    Una cantante esplendorosa. Mui hermosa. Siempre e siempre mui bella. Gabriel porfirio

  • @gabrielporfirio9544
    @gabrielporfirio954420 күн бұрын

    Simple the best.

  • @harrilloyd-williams9352
    @harrilloyd-williams9352Ай бұрын

    Was that Miriam Margoles

  • @rosario3028
    @rosario30283 ай бұрын

    ꧁• 𝑺𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒅𝙖 •꧂

  • @carlosalberto9560
    @carlosalberto95603 ай бұрын

    Insubstituível

  • @joannlamonica8067
    @joannlamonica8067Ай бұрын

    Jo-ANN. AMERICA. 4//26/2024. AMERICA.