Four Decades of Song
Four Decades of Song is a three-CD compilation from Shirley Bassey issued in 1996.[1] This set features 54 songs recorded between 1959 and 1993. In 2008 EMI repackaged and retitled this boxset as Shirley Bassey The Collection; the new version had six extra tracks.
| Shirley Bassey Four Decades Of Song | |
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| Released | 1996 | 
| Genre | MOR | 
| Label | EMI | 
| Producer | Various | 
| The Collection 2008 | |
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With the exception of "Secret Love" (track 13 on disc 3), all of these tracks were previously issued. This track was recorded in the mid-1960s but remained unreleased until 1996, and appears exclusively on this collection.
Track listing
    
    CD One
    
- "Something" (George Harrison) (taken from the 1970 album Something)
 - "As Long as He Needs Me" (Lionel Bart) (1960 single A-side in stereo)
 - "Goldfinger" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, John Barry) (1964 single A-side in stereo/soundtrack album track)
 - "With These Hands" (Abner Silver, Benny Davis) (1960 single A-side in stereo)
 - "Don't Rain on My Parade" (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) (taken from the 1968 album 12 of Those Songs)
 - "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) (taken from the 1961 album Shirley)
 - "Feelings" (Loulou Gaste, Morris Albert) (taken from the 1976 album Love, Life and Feelings)
 - "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) (taken from the 1974 album Nobody Does It Like Me)
 - "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) (taken from the 1970 album Something)
 - "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) (taken from the 1959 album The Fabulous Shirley Bassey)
 - "You'd Better Love Me" (Hugh Martin, Timothy Gray) (tive recording, taken from the 1965 album Shirley Bassey at the Pigalle)
 - "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Van Heusen) (taken from the 1962 album Let's Face the Music)
 - "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) (taken from the 1962 album Let's Face the Music)
 - "Days of Wine and Roses" (Mancini, Johnny Mercer) (taken from the 1968 album 12 of Those Songs)
 - "If You Love Me (Hymne à l'amor)" (Edith Piaf, Marguerite Monnot, Geoffrey Claremont Parsons) (1959 single A-side in stereo)
 - "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) (taken from the 1961 album Shirley Bassey)
 - "As If We Never Said Goodbye" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton, Don Black) (taken from the 1993 album Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber)
 - "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice) (1993 re-recording) (taken from the 1993 album Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber)
 
CD1 extra tracks for 2008 re-issue:
4. "Big Spender" (Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields) (taken from the 1967 album And We Were Lovers)
5. "Diamonds Are Forever" (John Barry, Don Black) (1971 single A-side/soundtrack album track)
CD Two
    
- "The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) (taken from the 1972 album I Capricorn)
 - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Paul Simon) (taken from the 1971 album Something Else)
 - "My Way" (Jacques Revaux, Claude Francois, Gilles Thibaut, Paul Anka) (taken from the 1970 album Something)
 - "Funny Girl" (taken from the 1968 album This Is My Life)
 - "It's Impossible" (Armando Manzanero) (taken from the 1971 album Something Else)
 - "Breakfast in Bed" (Eddie Hinton, Donnie Fritts) (taken from the 1971 album Something Else)
 - "One Less Bell to Answer" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) (taken from the 1972 album I Capricorn)
 - "Greatest Love of All" (Michael Masser, Linda Creed) (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You)
 - "You Never Done It Like That" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You)
 - "Better Off Alone" (Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager) (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You)
 - "As We Fall in Love Once More" (Richard Germinaro, Evie Sands, Ben Weisman) (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You)
 - "Night Moves" (Michael Franks, Michael Small) (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You)
 - "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You)
 - "The Magic Is You" (S. Vlanianos, R. Rupen) (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You)
 - "How Insensitive" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel (taken from the 1978 album The Magic Is You)
 - "Run On and On and On" (Love) (taken from the 1975 album Good, Bad but Beautiful)
 - "I'll Be Your Audience" (Becky Hobbs, Lewis Anderson) (taken from the 1975 album Good, Bad but Beautiful)
 - "All in Love Is Fair" (Stevie Wonder) (taken from the 1975 album Good, Bad but Beautiful)
 
CD2 extra tracks for 2008 re-issue:
4. "You'll Never Know" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) (1961 single A-side in stereo)
20. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) (1963 single A-side in stereo)
CD Three
    
- "The Way We Were" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch) (taken from the 1975 album Good, Bad but Beautiful)
 - "What I Did for Love" (taken from the 1976 album Love, Life and Feelings)
 - "Emotion" (Dahlstrom, Sanson) (taken from the 1975 album Good, Bad but Beautiful)
 - "Good, Bad but Beautiful" (Lake) (taken from the 1975 album Good, Bad but Beautiful)
 - "Where or When" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) (taken from the 1961 album Shirley Bassey)
 - "Kiss Me Honey, Honey Kiss Me" (Al Timothy, Michael Julien) (1966 re-recording, taken from the 1966 album I've Got a Song for You)
 - "Ave Maria" (1962 single A-side in stereo)
 - "My Special Dream" (1964 single A-side in stereo)
 - "Let There Be Love" (Lionel Grant, Ian Rand) (taken from the 1961 album Shirley)
 - "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) (taken from the 1959 album The Fabulous Shirley Bassey)
 - "In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)" (Bart Howard) (1963 EP A-side in stereo)
 - "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) (1963 EP A-side in stereo)
 - "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) (previously unreleased)
 - "Born to Lose"" (Sergio Bardotti, Dario Baldan Bembo, Norman Newell) (taken from the 1976 album Love, Life and Feelings)
 - "Come Back to Me" (Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane) (taken from the 1968 album 12 of Those Songs)
 - "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) (taken from the 1961 album Shirley)
 - "Something Wonderful" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) (taken from the 1965 album Shirley Stops the Shows)
 - "He Loves Me" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) (taken from the 1965 album Shirley Stops the Shows)
 
CD3 extra tracks for 2008 re-issue:
19. "I (Who Have Nothing)" (Mogol, Donida, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) (1963 single A-side in stereo)
20. "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) (1961 single A-side in stereo)

