Shirley Bassey - For All We Know / I'll Be Your Audience (1975 TV Special)

1975 (Shirley performs a wonderful live version of one of her hits, 'For All We Know' which was also a huge hit for 'The Carpenters'. A Classic song such as 'For All We Know' can be performed by different artists with different musical styles, and the song still becomes a hit. Bassey then follows with the upbeat, 'I'll Be Your Audience') - This clip is from a Shirley Bassey TV Special)

Shirley recorded this song as a 1971 UA Single (Side-A) / (Side-B) - What's Done is Done. This song was also included on Shirley's 1972 LP titled, 'Shirley Bassey - I Capricorn'.

ABOUT this song:
"For All We Know" is a popular song originally written for the 1970 film Lovers and Other Strangers by Fred Karlin, Robb Wilson (Robb Royer) and Arthur James (Jimmy Griffin). It was originally performed by Larry Meredith. It was heard by Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters during an evening of relaxation at the movies while on tour. Carpenter decided it would be ideal for the duo. It became a hit for them in 1971. This song became a hit in the UK for Shirley Bassey in 1971. It peaked at number six during a 24-week chart run

LYRICS::
Love, look at the two of us
Strangers in many ways
We've got a lifetime to share
So much to say
And as we go
From day to day
I'll feel you close to me
But time alone will tell
Let's take a lifetime to say
"I knew you well"
For only time
Will tell us so
And love may grow
For all we know
Love, look at the two of us
Strangers in many ways
Let's take a lifetime to say
"I knew you well"
For only timeWill tell us so
And love may grow
For all we know
Strangers (, strangers, strangers)
For all we know

This song was recorded and released on Shirley's 1975 LP titled, 'Shirley Bassey - Good, Bad, But Beautiful'

IN THE WORDS of Struggling Songwriter, Becky Hobbs:
"I lived in Baton Rouge only for a couple of years, turning twenty-one there, but it seemed longer," the singer recalled.

"Then Lewis Anderson (co-songwriter), who played guitar in our Dixie Rock Band, and I headed to Los Angeles. L.A. rather than Nashville, because at that time I considered myself rock. I'll never forget that excitement, coming over the hill on I-10 and seeing all those lights!

Kim Fowley was one of the first people we met in L.A. He had just got back from England and showed up at our door in 90 degrees heat in a rabbit fur coat, all 6 ft 6 in of him, about as big around as a pencil. He demanded "something to eat before I throw up" so I fixed him some scrambled eggs. He was shocking! I had never met anyone who used such foul language!

"Kim Fowley used to pay Lewis and me to drive him around. Five, ten, twenty bucks here and there. He was the first publisher to ever give me money for a song. He purchased the publishing rights on a song Lewis and I wrote called I'll Be Your Audience that Helen Reddy and Shirley Bassey later cut. Helen recorded three more of my songs. Kim is totally bizarre and eccentric, but he is one of the smartest people I have ever met. And he is honest.

LYRICS - I'll Be Your Audience:
When your only friend just can't be found
And you've got no one to hang around
Just call on me
Baby, I'll be your audience

When you're feeling low
And coming down
And you've got no one to hang around
Call on me
Baby, I'll be your audience

Well, I know
Your gonna see your ship come in
Until it does, I'll listen in
I know it's hard to get a break
Sometimes it's just too much to take
All that gold ain't glistening

But when they close the doors
And close their ears
And even your dog don't hear
Just call on me
Baby, I'll be your audience

Soon they'll applaud your ever sin
And say I knew her when
She was with me
Baby, they'll be your audience

Well I know...
You're gonna see you ship come in
Until it does, I'll listen in
I know it's hard to get a break
Sometimes it's just too much to take
All that gold ain't glistening

But when they close the doors
And close their ears
And even your dog don't here

Call on me, Baby I'll be your audience
Call on me, Baby I'll be your audience
Yes, Call on me, Baby I'll be your audience
Call on me, Baby I'll be your audience
Yes, Call on me, Baby I'll be your audience

ABOUT the LP, Good Bad But Beautiful:
Good, Bad but Beautiful is a 1975 album by Shirley Bassey. In the first half of the decade, Bassey recorded nine albums, with three making the top ten. In March of 1975, Bassey released a compilation that became her highest-charting album to date, The Shirley Bassey Singles Album (#2), and reflects the momentum Bassey had maintained since her 1970 "comeback". Good, Bad but Beautiful, released in the autumn of 1975, spent seven weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at #13.

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