1976 - IF (By the Group, Bread) / Almost Like Being In Love / Bloopers

1976 (Shirley performs a great cover of the hit by the group, Bread, titled, 'IF' on location in London. The second song is titled, 'Almost Like Being In Love' and Shirley performs this song while on water skies. The third segment of this clip includes some of the Bloopers from Shirley's 1976 series.

Shirley recorded and released the song, 'IF' on her 1977 LP titled, 'Shirley Bassey - You Take My Heart Away'

ABOUT the song, IF:
"If" is a song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates in 1971. Originally popularized by his group Bread, the song charted at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single in 1971. The song also spent three weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart.

It was quickly covered by other singers (including Shirley Bassey, Petula Clark, Cleo Laine, Frank Sinatra, Jack Jones, Perry Como , Telly Savalas, Westlife and Frankmusik).

LYRICS - IF:
If a picture paints a thousand words,
Then why can't I paint you?
The words will never show the you I've come to know.
If a face could launch a thousand ships,
Then where am I to go?
There's no one home but you,
You're all that's left me too.

And when my love for life is running dry,
You come and pour yourself on me.

If a girl could be two places at one time,
I'd be with you.
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way.
If the world should stop revolving
spinning slowly down to die,
I'd spend the end with you.
And when the world was through,
Then one by one the stars would all go out,
Then you and I
Would simply fly away!

ABOUT the song, 'Almost Like Being In Love':
"Almost Like Being in Love" is a popular song published in 1947. The music was written by Frederick Loewe, and the lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.

The song was made popular by David Brooks and Marion Bell in the musical Brigadoon. It was later performed in the 1954 film version by Gene Kelly.

The song was revived in a downbeat ballad version by singer Michael Johnson (#32, 1978). This song was also made popular by British singing sensation Dame Shirley Bassey, Nat King Cole recorded more than one version of the song. Other singers who have recorded "Almost Like Being in Love" include Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra. A later version by Nat King Cole was used as the closing song in the 1993 movie Groundhog Day which starred Bill Murray.

LYRICS - Almost Like Being In Love:
What a day this has been
What a rare mood I'm in
Why, it's almost like being in love

There's a smile on my face
For the whole human race
Why, it's almost like being in love

And the music of life seems to be
Like a bell that is ringing for me
And from the way that I feel
When that bell starts to peal

Well it's almost like being in love

And the music of life seems to be
Like a bell that is ringing for me
And from the way that I feel
When that bell starts to peal

Well it's almost like being in love

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Shirley Bassey
• David Gates
• Bread the Group
• Frederick Loewe
• Alan Jay Lerner
• Brigadoon
• Musical

[donkiddick08]

@gfks11 nay! do you mean you didn't enjoy the fabulous telly savalas version? it was a uk number one and deservedly so!!

[gfks11]

HERS AND SINATRAS ONE ARE REAL MASTERPEICES OF "IF"--- I LIKE THE OTHER SONGS ALSO; VERY COOL!!