Shirley Bassey - (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story / Big Spender (1971 Dickie Henderson Show)

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Shirley Bassey appears on the Dickie Henderson Show in 1971 and this clip includes four (4) songs she performed, including: 1) (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story, 2) Flattery Will Get You Everywhere (w/Henderson), 3) Big Spender, 4) There's No Business Like Show Business (With entire Cast)

Shirley recorded and released "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" on her 1971 album Titled, 'Shirley Bassey - Something Else', which peaked at #7 on the British music charts. The single peaked at #34 on the British Music Charts, and it was a top 50 hit in Australia. Shirley's recording had a slightly different musical arrangement than version from the movie.

Shirley recorded and released "Big Spender" from the musical Sweet Charity first as a 1967 single. She also included it on her 1967 album "And We Were Lovers". "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 (on single released on Jan 29, 1966), also on the album Big Spender (released July 30, 1966). It is sung, in the musical, by the dance hostess girls; it was choreographed by Bob Fosse for the Broadway musical Sweet Charity and the 1969 film Sweet Charity.[1] It is set to the beat of a striptease as the girls taunt the customers. A hit version of the song by Shirley Bassey (released September 1967) reached No. 21 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1967. This version is featured in the 2004 film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, and in the 2005 film Nynne. Bassey often performed the song live, including at the 80th birthday of Prince Philip and the 2007 Glastonbury Festival.

LYRICS - (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story:
Where do I begin?
To tell the story of how great a love can be
The sweet love story that is older than the sea
The simple truth about the love he brings to me
Where do I start?

Like a summer rain
That cools the pavement with a patent leather shine
He came into my life and made the living fine
And gave a meaning to this empty world of mine
He fills my heart

He fills my heart with very special things
With angels' songs, with wild imaginings
He fills my soul with so much love
That anywhere I go, I'm never lonely
With him along, who could be lonely
I reach for his hand, it's always there

How long does it last?
Can love be measured by the hours in a day?
I have no answers now, but this much I can say
I'm going to need him till the stars all burn away
And he'll be there

He fills my heart with very special things
With angels' songs, with wild imaginings
He fills my soul with so much love
That anywhere I go, I'm never lonely
With him along, who could be lonely
I reach for his hand, it's always there

How long does it last?
Can love be measured by the hours in a day?
I have no answers now, but this much I can say
I'm going to need him till the stars all burn away
And he'll be there

LYRICS - Big Spender:
The minute you walked in the joint
I could see you were a man of distinction
A real big spender

Good looking, so refined
Say, wouldn't you like to know
What's goin' on in my mind?
So let me get right to the point:
I don't pop my cork for every man I see
Hey, big spender
Spend a little time with me

Wouldn't you like to have fun, fun, fun?
How's about a few laughs, laughs?
I can show you a good time
Let me show you a good time

The minute you walked in the joint
I could see you were a man of distinction
A real big spender

Good looking, so refined
Say, wouldn't you like to know
What's goin' on in my mind?
So let me get right to the point:
I don't pop my cork for every man I see
Hey, big spender
Hey, big spender
Hey, big spender
Spend a little time with me