Dame Shirley Bassey - Johnny One Note & Excuse Me & Shirley & I've Never Been A Woman Before

Lyrics Johnny one note:


Johnny could only sing one note
And the note he sang was this: aaaahh
Poor Johnny One Note
Sang out with Gusto
And just overloaded the place
Poor Johnny One Note
Yelled willy-nilly
Until he was blue in the face
For holding one note was his ace
Couldn't hear the brass
Couldn't hear the drum
He was in a class By himself, by gum
Poor Johnny One Note
Got in Aida indeed a great chance to be brave
He took his one note
Howled like the North Wind
Brought forth wind that made critics rave
While Verdi turned round in his grave
Couldn't hear the flute
Or the big trombone
Everyone was mute
Johnny stood alone
Cats and dogs stopped yapping
Lions in the zoo
Were all jealous of Johnny's big thrill
Thunderclaps stopped clapping
Traffic ceased its roar
And they tell us Niag'ra stood still
He stopped the trainwistles
Boatwhistles Steamwhistles Copwhistles
All whistles bowed to his skill
Sing Johnny One Note
Sing out with gusto
And just overwhelm all the crowd
Aaaahh
So sing, Johnny One Note out loud
Sing, Johnny One Note
Sing - Johnny - One Note - Out loud

(transcribed by Roman )

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• shirley
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• dame
• diva
• live
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• 1972
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• garland
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• one
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• excuse
• me
• i've
• never
• been
• woman
• before

[cjm608]

no one and i mean no one on the planet can do better than this incredible woman!

[lydee09]

In my opinion this is even better than the wonderful Judy Garland's version from the movie Babe in Arms.(which is saying ALOT,since Judy was so brillant at everything she sang)Dame Shirley is amazing. Thank you for this post Jonas! This is my favorite performance of this song by our lovely Dame. She is really rocking it! I love this!

[supremes1]

When she performs, and it isn't just singing, it is a performance, when she performs Excuse Me, it is heart rending.

[avuncular300]

A bravura performance. She is unique and pretty wonderful.

[2philipe]

goosebumps! Fantastic!

[MrJohnETaylor]

I actually saw shirley in this dress at Batley Variety Club in Yorkshire when I was 17 in 1974. It was the first time I had seen a big star perform and I have been a fan ever since. I have seen her so many times over the years. Artists like this just don't appear on the music scene anymore.

[ALLHISLOVE4ME]

Did absolutely no one speak of the lucky guy that got to give her a kiss?

[youwish007]

OMgosh! thank you so much for putting this video back up. I was so sad when it was gone. Love it!

[Thorneycroft37]

@MusicLoverBrian1

I love this version, as well.

It would be already posted if i had it in my collection.

So I hope that Scot will post this fantastic performance (the 1998 live version of History Repeating and Yesterday when i was young are fabulous, too.).

[MusicLoverBrian1]

@Thorneycroft37

I love the 1998 performance of Johnny One Note and it defintely needs to be posted. And in that rendition of that song her vocals are totally out of this world! No one can sing Johnny One Note like Shirley Bassey!

[Thorneycroft37]

@Rosannasfriend

Agree. Alongside the Viva Diva 1998 performance of this song, i hope someone will upload this version soon.