Shirley Bassey - Thank You For The Years (2003 Michael Parkinson Show)

REMASTERED CLIP - The song ’Thank You For The Years’ was written for Dame Shirley Bassey in 2003 to celebrate 50 years in the business. She started as a chorus girl back in 1953 at the age of 16 years old. Her mother had to sign a document to allow her to tour with musical review company. This is a wonderful song, and and suits Shirley’s hi-fidelity vocal style perfectly. ABOUT the Album, ’Thank You For The Years’: Thank You for the Years is a 2003 album by Dame Shirley Bassey. This album, a mix of new and previously released material, commemorated Bassey’s 50 years in show business. Bassey marks the year 1953 as her official entry into show business, as that is the year, at the age of sixteen, she signed her first professional contract: to tour in a variety show called “Memories of Jolson“. The album reached #19 in the UK Albums Chart, and earned a silver disc. In a 1999 interview with Nigel Havers in her Monte Carlo apartment, Bassey pointed to a piece of p