Shirley Bassey - As Long As He Needs Me (1960 Recording)
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1960 (Here is a wonderful
1960 (Here is a wonderful 'Early Shirley' song from singer/entertainer Shirley Bassey. This 1960 Columbia single titled, As Long As He Needs Me, was a hit on the UK Charts peaking at #2 and it stayed there for 5 weeks, and it remained on the charts for 30 weeks. This wonderful song written by Lionel Bart for the musical, Oliver, is an excellent example of the early Shirley Bassey recording style.
When Shirley first started singing, she was classified as full soprano, as one can tell when listening to this song. After about a decade, her pitch lowered to somewhere between Alto and Mezzo Soprano, and Shirley can vocalist the entire spectrum of both pitch levels. But, no matter what decade or what pitch level, there is no doubt that Ms. Bassey is a remarkable top tier vocalist.
ABOUT the song, As Long As He Needs Me:
"As Long as He Needs Me" is a torch song written by Lionel Bart and sung by the character of Nancy in the musical film Oliver!, and originally introduced in the 1960 musical by Georgia Brown, who was the first actress to play Nancy. It is a love ballad expressing Nancy's love for her criminal boyfriend Bill Sikes, despite his mistreatment of her. A reprise of this song towards the end of the show expresses Nancy's affection for young Oliver Twist, implying that she now feels that the child also needs her. This reprise was omitted from the film version. The song has also been sung as "As Long as She Needs Me," when sung by a male singer. Its popularity grew by virtue of renditions by several popular singers, including Lionel Bart and Shirley Bassey who reached number two for 5 weeks on the United Kingdom charts with the song. Bassey's recording became one of the highest sellers of 1960 staying on the UK charts for 30 weeks, and is still heard regularly playing in the background on the TV show "EastEnders". The song was performed by Nadia Turner and Melinda Doolittle on American Idol.
LYRICS - As Long As He Needs Me:
As long as he needs me
I know where I must be
I'll cling on steadfastly
As long as he needs me
As long as life is long
I'll love him, right or wrong
And somehow I'll be strong
As long as he needs me
If you are lonely then you will know
When someone needs you, you love them so
I won't betray his trust
Though people say I must
I've got to stay true just
As long as he needs me
If you are lonely then you will know
When someone needs you, you love them so
I won't betray his trust
Though people say I must
I've got to stay true just
As long as he needs me
Special Thanks to Pieter, Astrid and others from the Shirley Bassey blog, Tal from the Diamond Bassey website, and all those who have contributed wonderful pictures of Shirley!
When Shirley first started singing, she was classified as full soprano, as one can tell when listening to this song. After about a decade, her pitch lowered to somewhere between Alto and Mezzo Soprano, and Shirley can vocalist the entire spectrum of both pitch levels. But, no matter what decade or what pitch level, there is no doubt that Ms. Bassey is a remarkable top tier vocalist.
ABOUT the song, As Long As He Needs Me:
"As Long as He Needs Me" is a torch song written by Lionel Bart and sung by the character of Nancy in the musical film Oliver!, and originally introduced in the 1960 musical by Georgia Brown, who was the first actress to play Nancy. It is a love ballad expressing Nancy's love for her criminal boyfriend Bill Sikes, despite his mistreatment of her. A reprise of this song towards the end of the show expresses Nancy's affection for young Oliver Twist, implying that she now feels that the child also needs her. This reprise was omitted from the film version. The song has also been sung as "As Long as She Needs Me," when sung by a male singer. Its popularity grew by virtue of renditions by several popular singers, including Lionel Bart and Shirley Bassey who reached number two for 5 weeks on the United Kingdom charts with the song. Bassey's recording became one of the highest sellers of 1960 staying on the UK charts for 30 weeks, and is still heard regularly playing in the background on the TV show "EastEnders". The song was performed by Nadia Turner and Melinda Doolittle on American Idol.
LYRICS - As Long As He Needs Me:
As long as he needs me
I know where I must be
I'll cling on steadfastly
As long as he needs me
As long as life is long
I'll love him, right or wrong
And somehow I'll be strong
As long as he needs me
If you are lonely then you will know
When someone needs you, you love them so
I won't betray his trust
Though people say I must
I've got to stay true just
As long as he needs me
If you are lonely then you will know
When someone needs you, you love them so
I won't betray his trust
Though people say I must
I've got to stay true just
As long as he needs me
Special Thanks to Pieter, Astrid and others from the Shirley Bassey blog, Tal from the Diamond Bassey website, and all those who have contributed wonderful pictures of Shirley!
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