Dame Shirley Bassey launches first studio album in 20 years.Byline: ANI London, Sept 22 (ANI): Legendary singer Dame Shirley Bassey launched her first studio album in 20 years at a glittering glit·ter n. 1. A sparkling or glistening light. 2. Brilliant or showy, often superficial attractiveness. 3. Small pieces of light-reflecting decorative material. intr.v. reception in London. The Welsh singer, famous for singing Bond-film themes such as Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever, held the preview of her new album 'The Performance' in the London hotel. The 72-year-old songtress had asked songwriters like 'Take That' star Gary Barlow bar·low n. An inexpensive, one- or two-bladed pocketknife. [After Barlow, the family name of its makers, two brothers in Sheffield, England.] to provide songs for her album, which will be released on November 9. "I was asked in January to write a song, but I heard there were loads of other great people writing songs too, so I didn't really do much about it," the Telegraph telegraph, term originally applied to any device or system for distant communication by means of visible or audible signals, now commonly restricted to electrically operated devices. Attempts at long-distance communication date back thousands of years (see signaling). quoted Barlow as saying. "I didn't so much think my song would be rejected, but I did think they would definitely take the very best songs that were offered. "I kept trying though, I tried about three times but nothing was quite right, so I went on Wikipedia and starting reading all about her life story. That's when I decided to make the song a conclusion of that and came up with This Time. "She's got that massive voice, and I could hear that as I was writing the song. It's impossible not to," he added. Other songs on 'The Performance' were provided by Rufus Rufus, in the New Testament. 1 Son of Simon of Cyrene. 2 Christian in Rome. Perhaps the same as (1.) Wainwright Wainwright, town (1991 pop. 4,732), E Alta., Canada, SE of Edmonton and near the Sask. border. It is a trade center and railroad division point for an oil and natural gas area. It has oil refineries, grain elevators, and flour mills. Nearby is a military base. , KT Tunstall, Nick Hodgson from the Kaiser Chiefs and Richard Hawley. Barlow also said he hoped his career would last as long as that of Bassey. "She's 72, and I'm only 38 so I've got a few years left in me I hope. I can definitely imagine still writing songs when I'm the same age as the Dame," he said. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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