Shirley Bassey - What Now My Love

1967 (Bassey and Basie TV Special)

Shirley recorded and released this song on her 1962 LP titled, 'Shirley Bassey - Let's Face The Music'

ABOUT this Song:
"What Now My Love" is the English title of a popular song whose original French version, "Et Maintenant" ("And Now") was written in 1961 by composer Gilbert Bécaud and lyricist Pierre Delanoë. English language lyrics and the title were written by Carl Sigman:

US top 40 covers include Dame Shirley Bassey. In 1962, Bassey's collaboration with Nelson Riddle and his orchestra produced the album Let's Face the Music (#12) and the single "What Now My Love" (#5). Other artists singing this song include Sonny & Cher in 1966, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass instrumentally in the same year, and Mitch Ryder the following year. On January 14, 1973, Elvis Presley performed the song before a live audience of 1 billion people, as part of his satellite show, "Aloha from Hawaii", which was beamed to 43 countries via INTELSAT.

LYRICS:
What now my love?
Now that you've left me
How can I live
Through another day?
Watching my dreams
Turning to ashes
And my hopes
Into bits of clay
Once I could see
Once I could feel
Now I'm numb
I've become unreal
I walk the night
Without a goal
Stripped of my heart
My soul

What now my love?
Now that it's over
I feel the world
Closing in on me
Here come the stars
Tumbling around me
There's the sky
Where the sea should be
What now my love?
Now that you're gone
I'd be a fool To go on and on
No one would care No one would cry
If I should live Or die

What now my love?
Now there is nothing
Only my last
Good-bye

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Shirley Bassey
• Et Maintenant
• Gilbert Bécaud
• Pierre Delanoë
• Carl Sigman:

[ludogers]

beautiful song ... (Gilbert Bécaud)

[body1949]

Greatest female singer ever, and I've heard them all!

[FLBoy46]

@Thorneycroft1937 Judy Garland's (at the London Palladium) is the best version, although Shirley's rival's that!

[Rosannasfriend]

@Thorneycroft1937 yes, the Amsterdam 1980 is one specific one I had in mind. Just brilliant!

[Thorneycroft1937]

@Rosannasfriend

The Electric Proms version is one of my favourites, another great version is Amsterdam 1980.

Agree with you about the end notes.

[Rosannasfriend]

@Thorneycroft1937 I don't agree that that was the best(I felt her voice was too deep on that song), but I do agree with you that as she was getting older she was holding that last note longer. There are plenty of other performances on youtube where she holds it alot longer, so this one was a bit unsatisfying in that regard. However, the power of it more than made up for the short length.

[Thorneycroft1937]

@MusicLoverBrian1

Totally agree, the 2009 Electric Proms version is the best!

[MusicLoverBrian1]

@Thorneycroft1937

At the age of 72 Shirley Bassey's voice is a lot more deeper, more powerful and louder creating an even more dramatic feel to the song.

[Thorneycroft1937]

Great performance, but Shirley can hold the end note much longer, she gave the best version of this last year in London in my book!

[Rosannasfriend]

I remember this video! I love early Shirley(and all Shirley!)!