Shirley Bassey - What I Did For Love (1979)

1979 (Shirley delivers a stunning performance of this classic show tune that all will appreciate on her TV Variety Show)

Shirley recorded and released this song on her 1976 LP titled, 'Shirley Bassey - Love, Life and Feelings'

ABOUT the Musical, 'A Chorus Line':
The song, What I Did For Love, is one of the main numbers from this musical. A Chorus Line is a musical about Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. The book was authored by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante, lyrics were written by Edward Kleban, and music was composed by Marvin Hamlisch.

With nineteen main characters, it is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theatre during an audition for a musical. The show provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers.

The original Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Buffalo, N.Y. native Michael Bennett, was an unprecedented box office and critical hit, receiving 12 Tony Award nominations and winning nine of them, in addition to the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It ran for 6,137 performances, becoming the longest-running production in Broadway history up to that time. It remains the longest running Broadway musical originally produced in the United States, and the fourth longest-running Broadway show ever. The show has enjoyed many successful productions worldwide and was revived on Broadway in 2006.

LYRICS:
Kiss today goodbye,
The sweetness and the sorrow.
Wish me luck, the same to you.
But I can't regret
What I did for love, what I did for love.
Look my eyes are dry.
The gift was ours to borrow.
It's as if we always knew,
And I won't forget what I did for love,
What I did for love.
Gone,
Love is never gone.
As we travel on,
Love's what we'll remember.
Kiss today goodbye,
And point me t'ward tomorrow.
We did what we had to do.
Won't forget, can't regret
What I did for
Love

What I did for
Love

Love
Love is never gone
As we travel one
Love's what we'll remember
Kiss today goodbye.
And point me t'ward tomorrow.
We did what we had to do.
Won't forget, can't regret
What I did for love.
What I did for love.
What I did for love

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Shirley Bassey
• Edward Kleban
• Marvin Hamlisch

[lopezsintadoalicia]

SHIRLEY, SOLAMENTE TU, CON TU TALENTO, CON TODA TU EXPRESION CORPORAL Y ESA VOZ QUE DIOS TE DIO Y NOS REGALAS, PUEDES TRANSMITIR ESTE HERMOSO TEMA Y QUE NOS QUEDA PARA SIEMPRE EN EL RECUERDO. ALICIA LOPEZ SINTADO

[SINGINGCYBERMAN]

STUNNING THANKYOU X

[naerulinnupesa]

I'd say people forgot how to sing in the 90's.

[pearlrosa11]

LYRICS ARE TRULY FROM THE HEART... REMEMBER WHAT WE DID FOR LOVE...

[hunkhk]

now THATS The way to deliver a song ..... amazing as always

[ichbineincoolcat]

I swear people didn't know how to sing until the 90's.

[dukemd69]

Pure Class!! Great version. Many thanks. Tissue anyone?

[suaysuay2]

very beautiful music

[nthglasScotland]

Blessings to Dame Shirely. I used to watch Miss Shirley as she was then on grand-mother's colour televison set and it was always the high-light of the evening. This is ohe of my favorite songs as an adult.