Shirley Bassey - How Do You Keep The Music Playing? (1991 La Ronda Show, Spain)

Shirley Bassey appears on the La Ronda TV Show (Spain) in 1991, and performs one of her recent recordings, "How Do You Keep The Music Playing". ABOUT this Song: "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" is a song composed by Michel Legrand, with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman for the 1982 film "Best Friends", where it was introduced by James Ingram and Patti Austin. The Austin/Ingram version became a single in 1983 and reached #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. It was one of three songs with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 55th Academy Awards. ABOUT Shirley's album, "Keep The Music Playing": Keep the Music Playing is a 1991 album by Shirley Bassey. The album was recorded in the UK at the Westgreen Studios and in the Netherlands at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum. The album is a mixture of contemporary pop ballads, such as "I Want to Know What Love Is" from Foreigner, the Jennifer Rush power ballad "The Power of Love", and the more gentle "Still" from Lionel Richie, combined with standards from the field of jazz and pop, such as "He Was Beautiful", the sweet jazz ballad from Cleo Laine. Several of the song arrangements reflect an operatic pop style influence, which may have roots in her 1984 album I Am What I Am, which she recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, and the fact that in the latter mid-1980s she started working with a vocal coach, a former opera singer. Bassey returned to the Beatles with "Yesterday", as she had previously covered "Something" and "Fool on the Hill" successfully in the 1970s, and had performed "Hey Jude" frequently live. Another previously successful formula was used for the closing track "Dio, Come Ti Amo (Oh God How Much I Love You)" an Italian original in the tradition of "This is My Life" and "Natalie". ("Dio, Come Ti Amo" was the Italian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1966, performed in Italian by Domenico Modugno). The album was a commercial success and entered the UK album charts in May 1991, peaking at number 25. At the time, Bassey was 54 years old, becoming "the oldest woman ever to chart an album of new material. LYRICS: How do you keep the music playing? How do you make it last? How do you keep the song from fading too fast? How do you lose yourself to someone And never lose your way? How do you not run out of new things to say? And since you know we're always changing How can it be the same? And tell me how year after year you're sure your heart will fall apart Each time you hear his name? I know the way I feel for you is now or never The more I love, the more that I'm afraid That in your eyes I may not see forever, forever If we can be the best of lovers yet be the best of friends If we can try with everyday to make it better as it grows With any luck than I suppose the music never ends I know, the way I feel for you is now or never The more I love, the more that I'm afraid Tthat in your eyes I may not see forever, forever If we can be the best of lovers yet be the best of friends If we can try with every day to make it better as it grows With any luck than I suppose the music never ends