Born to Sing the Blues

Born to Sing the Blues
Studio album by
Shirley Bassey
Released1958
Recorded1956–1957
GenreBlues
LabelPhilips
ProducerJohn Franz
Shirley Bassey chronology
Born to Sing the Blues
(1958) 		The Bewitching Miss Bassey
(1959)

Born to Sing the Blues is the debut album by Welsh singer Shirley Bassey. It was released on a 10" LP in 1958 by the Philips Records label. Long-playing records were newly introduced in the mid-1950s and the 10" album was briefly introduced as an album format, shortly before the 12" format became the standard long playing format.

Shirley Bassey had been signed, a year earlier, to Philips by Johnny Franz and had released three singles which failed to chart, including her debut recording "Burn My Candle (At Both Ends)". But 1957 would bring her first chart success with the top ten hit "The Banana Boat Song". Philips were not certain to which market Shirley Bassey should be directed. They had recorded her singing Great American Songbook standards, novelty songs and even the blues. The opening track from the album, the only one previously released, is the title song "Born to Sing the Blues". This track was one of the three singles issued in 1956, as the B-side of "The Wayward Wind". After a successful live performance of the song on British television, John Franz decided to present her in an album of traditional blues songs. Several of the compositions that appeared on the album were written by W.C. Handy, known as "Father of the Blues".

The recordings appear here in mono, no stereo versions are known to exist. In the 1970s Philips did re-issue them in an "electronically enhanced" stereo (also known as "pseudo-stereo"), but these added echoes proved unpopular, and these versions have not been re-released. For many years the recordings made by Bassey at Philips were not generally available on CD. Since the late 2000s they have fallen into the public domain and in the past few years, several compilations have been released on CD. The most comprehensive is Burn My Candle - The Complete Early Years 1956-58 from Fantastic Voyage Music released in 2009.

Track listing

Side One.

  1. "Born to Sing the Blues" (Lenny Adelson, Imogen Carpenter) - 2.47
  2. "Beale Street Blues" (W.C. Handy) - 3.04
  3. "Wabash Blues" (Fred Meinken, Dave Ringle) - 2.30
  4. "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) - 2.37

Side Two.

  1. "The Birth of the Blues" (Ray Henderson, Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown) - 4.05
  2. "Careless Love Blues" (Traditional) (W.C. Handy, Spencer Williams, Martha E. Koenig) - 2.37
  3. "Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Told Me)" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 3.56
  4. "The St. Louis Blues" (W.C. Handy) - 3.33

Personnel

Born to Sing the Blues in Discogs

Read other articles:

Andarias Kayukatui

Andarias Kayukatui adalah seorang politikus Indonesia. Ia menjabat sebagai Kepala Pelaksana BPBD Kabupaten Teluk Wondama dari 2014 sampai 2015. Pada Pemilihan umum Bupati Teluk Wondama 2020, ia terpilih menjadi Wakil Bupati Teluk Wondama mendampingi Hendrik Syake Mambor selaku Bupati Teluk Wondama.[1] Referensi ^ Gubernur Mandacan Lantik Bupati dan Wakil Bupati Teluk Wondama. papuabarat.antaranews.com. 5 Mei 2021. Diakses tanggal 7 Februari 2022.  Artikel bertopik biografi Indone...

 

Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D

2011 video gameResident Evil: The Mercenaries 3DNorth American box artDeveloper(s)TOSEPublisher(s)CapcomDirector(s)Kazuhisa Inoue[2]Producer(s)Masachika Kawata[3]SeriesResident EvilEngineMT FrameworkPlatform(s)Nintendo 3DSReleaseNintendo 3DSJP: June 2, 2011NA: June 28, 2011AU: June 30, 2011EU: July 1, 2011Nintendo eShopJP: December 27, 2012[1]NA: March 7, 2013EU: March 28, 2013Genre(s)Third-person shooterMode(s)Single-player, multiplayer Resident Evil: The Mercenaries ...

 

Bartolomeo Maranta

Questa voce sugli argomenti botanici italiani e fisici italiani è solo un abbozzo. Contribuisci a migliorarla secondo le convenzioni di Wikipedia. Bartolomeo Maranta Bartolomeo Maranta (Venosa, 1500 – Molfetta, 1571) è stato un fisico e botanico italiano. Si occupò specialmente delle proprietà curative delle piante. Dal suo cognome è derivata la denominazione del genere Maranta e della famiglia Marantaceae.[1] Indice 1 Biografia 2 Opere 3 Note 4 Bibliografia 5 Altri proge...

Blue Kumuls (Mount Hagen)

Association football club in Mount Hagen, PNG Not to be confused with Morobe F.C., whose original name was also Blue Kumuls. Football clubBlue KumulsFull nameBlue Kumuls Soccer ClubFoundedbef. 1980'sLeaguePapua New Guinea National Soccer League2019Highlands Conference: 2ndQuarter-FinalsBlue Kumuls is a semi-professional association football club based in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea. The club was founded sometime before 1980's. The club has taken part in three editions of the Papua New Guine...

 

Monochromacy

Type of color vision This article is about single color vision. For colour deficiency as one component of a multi-symptom heritable syndrome in humans, see achromatopsia. Monochromat redirects here. For the chemical ion species, see Monochromate. Medical conditionMonochromacyMonochromacy is a disease state in human vision but is normal in pinnipeds (such as Neophoca cinerea shown here), cetaceans, owl monkeys and some other animals.SpecialtyOphthalmology Monochromacy (from Greek mono, meaning...

 

Mining in ancient Rome

Mining practices in ancient Rome Entrance to a Roman gold mine Mining in ancient Rome utilized hydraulic mining and shaft mining techniques in combination with equipment such as the Archimedes screw. The materials they produced were used to craft pipes or construct buildings. Quarries were often built through trial trenching and they used tools such as wedges to break the rock apart, which would then be transported using cairns and slipways. Mines typically used slaves and lower-class individ...

Shire of East Gippsland

Local government area in Victoria, AustraliaShire of East GippslandVictoriaLocation in VictoriaPopulation46,818 (2018)[1] • Density2.2358/km2 (5.7907/sq mi)Established1994Gazetted2 December 1994[2]Area20,940 km2 (8,085.0 sq mi)[1]MayorCr Natalie O'ConnellCouncil seatBairnsdaleRegionGippslandState electorate(s)Gippsland EastFederal division(s)GippslandWebsiteShire of East Gippsland LGAs around Shire of East Gippsland: Alpine Towong Bega ...

 

Florida State University

Public university in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. Florida State redirects here. For the U.S. state, see Florida. Florida State UniversityFormer namesFlorida Institute (1854–1857)Tallahassee Female Academy (1843–1858)West Florida Seminary (1857–1860; 1865–1901)The Florida Military and Collegiate Institute (1860–1865)The Literary College of the University of Florida (1883–1885)University of Florida (1885-1902)Florida State College (1901–1905)Florida Female College (1905)Florida Stat...

 

Sam Shepard

Cet article possède un paronyme, voir Sam Sheppard. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Shepard. Sam Shepard Sam Shepard le 15 juin 2004 sur le tournage de Furtif. Données clés Nom de naissance Samuel Shepard Rogers III Surnom Sam Shepard Naissance 5 novembre 1943Fort Sheridan (Illinois, États-Unis) Nationalité Américaine Décès 27 juillet 2017 (à 73 ans)Midway (Kentucky, États-Unis) Profession ActeurScénaristeRéalisateurDramaturgeProducteurÉcrivainMetteur en scène Films nota...

2016年美國總統選舉

2016年美國總統選舉 ← 2012 2016年11月8日 2020 → 538個選舉人團席位獲勝需270票民意調查投票率55.7%[1][2] ▲ 0.8 %   获提名人 唐納·川普 希拉莉·克林頓 政党 共和黨 民主党 家鄉州 紐約州 紐約州 竞选搭档 迈克·彭斯 蒂姆·凱恩 选举人票 304[3][4][註 1] 227[5] 胜出州/省 30 + 緬-2 20 + DC 民選得票 62,984,828[6] 65,853,514[6]...

 

What Women Love

1920 film by Nate Watt What Women LoveAdvertisementDirected byNate WattWritten byKatherine HillikerReed HeustisVincent BryanWilliam Dudley PelleyStory byBernard McConvilleProduced bySol LesserH. P. CaulfieldStarringAnnette KellermanEdited byEdward McDermottDistributed byAssociated First NationalRelease date August 23, 1920 (1920-08-23) Running time6 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles) Ralph Lewis and Annette Kellerman What Women Love is a lost[1 ...

 

بطولة إفريقيا لكرة اليد للسيدات 1981

هذه المقالة تحتاج للمزيد من الوصلات للمقالات الأخرى للمساعدة في ترابط مقالات الموسوعة. فضلًا ساعد في تحسين هذه المقالة بإضافة وصلات إلى المقالات المتعلقة بها الموجودة في النص الحالي. (مايو 2020) يفتقر محتوى هذه المقالة إلى الاستشهاد بمصادر. فضلاً، ساهم في تطوير هذه المقالة م...

Classe Q et R

Pour les autres classes de navires du même nom, voir Classe R. Classe Q et R Le HMS Quiberon en 1945 Caractéristiques techniques Type destroyer Longueur 109,2 m Maître-bau 10,9 m Tirant d'eau 2,9 m Déplacement 1 725 tonnes À pleine charge 2 480 tonnes Propulsion 2 turbines à vapeur Parsons 2 chaudières Admiralty 2 hélices Puissance 40 000 ch Vitesse 36,75 nœuds Caractéristiques militaires Blindage Aucun Armement 4 pièces de 120 mm (4 x 1) 8 tubes lanc...

 

تشورليوود (محطة مترو أنفاق لندن)

هذه المقالة تحتاج للمزيد من الوصلات للمقالات الأخرى للمساعدة في ترابط مقالات الموسوعة. فضلًا ساعد في تحسين هذه المقالة بإضافة وصلات إلى المقالات المتعلقة بها الموجودة في النص الحالي. (مارس 2023) تشورليوودمعلومات عامةالتقسيم الإداري Three Rivers (en) البلد  المملكة المتحدة شبكة �...

 

Federal Reserve Bank

American central banking institution Map of the twelve Federal Reserve Districts, with the twelve Federal Reserve Districts enumerated in black circles and the twelve Federal Reserve Banks marked as black squares. Branches within each district are marked as red circles. The Washington, D.C. headquarters is marked with a star enclosed in a black circle. A Federal Reserve Bank is a regional bank of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States. There are twelve in ...

Regional economics

Sub-discipline of economics Part of a series onEconomics History Outline Index Branches and classifications Applied Econometrics Heterodox International Micro / Macro Mainstream Mathematical Methodology Political JEL classification codes Concepts, theory and techniques Economic systems Economic growth Market National accounting Experimental economics Computational economics Game theory Operations research Middle income trap Industrial complex By application Agricultural Behavioral Business Cu...

 

Seija Musō

Seija MusōSampul novel ringan volume pertama聖者無双(Seija Musō)GenreIsekai, penggalan kehidupan[1] Seri novelPengarangBroccoli LionPenerbitShōsetsuka ni NarōTerbit17 Oktober 2015 – 28 Februari 2022 Novel ringanPengarangBroccoli LionIlustratorSimePenerbitMicro MagazinePenerbit bahasa InggrisNA J-Novel ClubImprintGC NovelsDemografiMaleTerbit30 Agustus 2016 – sekarangVolume11 MangaPengarangBroccoli LionIlustratorHiiro AkikazePenerbitKodanshaPenerbit bahasa InggrisNA Vertical...

 

الزراعة في إيران

زراعة عام أعمال تجارية زراعية علم الإنتاج النباتي حراجة زراعية علم الزراعة تربية الحيوان زراعة موسعة مزرعة نطاق حر زراعة آلية وزارة الزراعة زراعة مكثفة حيوان محاصيل زراعة عضوية زراعة معمرة زراعة بدون الحيوانات الزراعة المستدامة الجامعات زراعة حضرية تاريخ تاريخ الزراعة �...

Kabupaten Sukabumi

Artikel ini membutuhkan rujukan tambahan agar kualitasnya dapat dipastikan. Mohon bantu kami mengembangkan artikel ini dengan cara menambahkan rujukan ke sumber tepercaya. Pernyataan tak bersumber bisa saja dipertentangkan dan dihapus.Cari sumber: Kabupaten Sukabumi – berita · surat kabar · buku · cendekiawan · JSTOR (Agustus 2022) Halaman ini berisi artikel tentang kabupaten. Untuk kota bernama sama, lihat Kota Sukabumi. Untuk kegunaan lain, lihat Suk...

 

King Kong (film 2005)

King KongPoster film King KongSutradaraPeter JacksonProduserJan BlenkinCarolynne CunninghamFran WalshPeter JacksonDitulis olehFran WalshPhilippa BoyensPeter JacksonBerdasarkanKing Kongoleh Merian C. Cooper dan Edgar WallacePemeranNaomi WattsJack BlackAdrien BrodyAndy SerkisPenata musikJames Newton HowardSinematograferAndrew LesniePenyuntingJamie SelkirkPerusahaanproduksiWingNut FilmsDistributorUniversal PicturesTanggal rilis 5 Desember 2005 (2005-12-05) (New York) 13 Desember 2...