Shirley Bassey - We Don't Cry Out Loud / All By Myself (1982 Live)

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(Shirley Bassey hosted a 'Summertime TV Special' back in 1982 and in this clip she performs two songs from her 1982 LP titled, 'Shirley Bassey - All By Myself.' The first song is a cover of the song both Elkie Brooks and Melissa Manchester had a hit with called, 'Don't Cry Out Loud'. This song was written by Peter Allen and Carole Bayer Sager. The second song is the title track of Shirley's LP 'All By Myself'. This song was a huge hit for another amazing/great vocalist, Celine Dion.

Note on Don't Cry Out Loud: Shirley was first offered the song, 'Don't Cry Out Loud' but she turned it down thinking it wasn't her type of song. She subsequently regretted her decision, as it was a huge hit for both Manchester (USA), and Elkie Brooks (UK). In addition, Rita Coolidge had some radio play with this song in Japan.
Notes on All By Myself: Celine Dion loved Shirley's recording of 'All By Myself' which gave her the inspiration to record it herself. Shirley performs the song closer to the music originally written, but when Celine decided to record the song, her musical directors added some extra falsetto musical score into the mix, which I personally think is great. It transformed this song into something new, and thus translated into HIT! Shirley is one of the very few of the older generation who has the powerful pipes to sing the song via the newer arrangement, of course adjusted to Bassey's mezzo-soprano keys versus Dion's soprano keys. Unfortunately, many musical directors of the prior generation were more apt to stick with the original musical arrangements. However, when they did update the musical arrangements to suit Shirley's powerful voice, such as in her version of the Beatles song, 'Something', it usually resulted in a hit for Shirley. Bassey and Dion have traded compliments back & forth many times over the years and I think it would be great of they would sing a duet together, where the older generation meets the younger generation. That's all the rage now!

ABOUT the LP, 'All By Myself'
All by Myself is a 1982 album by Shirley Bassey. Having ended her contract with United Artists around 1980 (around the time that label was sold to Bassey's former home EMI), Bassey took a break from recording, and then began releasing albums on various labels. All by Myself was the first of these, issued on the Applause label. 1982 was the dawn of the CD era, and this was her first-ever album to be issued on CD. The album was also issued on LP and cassette. In the UK and some other countries, the album was titled Love Songs, with identical cover art, and under that name it charted for five weeks on the UK albums chart, on the K-tel label, peaking at #48. The original CD has since become scarce, though the songs have appeared on many compilations.

LYRICS - Don't Cry Out Loud:
Baby cried the day the circus came to town
'cause she didn't want parades just passing by her
So she painted on a smile
and took up with some clown
While she danced without a net upon the wire
I know a lot about her
'cause, you see
Baby is an awful lot like me

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
And learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
Remember you almost had it all

Baby saw that when they pulled the big top down
They left behind her dreams among the litter
The different kind of love she thought she'd found
There was nothing left but sawdust and some glitter
But baby can't be broken 'cause you see
She had the finest teacher - that was me

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
And learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
Remember you almost had it all

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
And learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
Remember you almost made it

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
And learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
Remember you almost had it all

LYRICS - All By Myself:
When I was young
I never needed anyone
And makin love was just for fun
Those days are gone

Livin alone
I think of all the friends I've known
But when I dial the telephone
Nobody's home

All by myself
Dont wanna be
All by myself anymore
All by myself
Dont wanna live
All by myself anymore

Hard to be sure
Some times I feel so insecure
And love so distant and obscure
Remains the cure

All by myself
Dont wanna be
All by myself anymore
All by myself
Dont wanna live
All by myself anymore

When I was young
I never needed anyone
And makin love was just for fun
Those days are gone

All by myself
Dont wanna be
All by myself anymore
All by myself
Dont wanna live
All by myself anymore

All by myself
Dont wanna be
All by myself anymore
All by myself
Dont wanna live
All by myself anymore

"All by Myself" is a power ballad written and performed by Eric Carmen in 1975.

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