Shirley Bassey - Kiss Me Honey Honey / Big Spender (1995 Live In Istanbul)

1995 (Istanbul Concert) ABOUT - LP Where 'Kiss Me Honey Honey' first appeared: The Bewitching Miss Bassey is a studio album from Shirley Bassey, which was released in 1959. Consisting of new and previously released material this was the first album from Bassey to be issued on the 12" Long-playing record format. Tracks were taken from sessions recorded between 1956 and early 1959. All the songs were recorded in the UK with Wally Stott and his Orchestra, with production by Johnny Franz. The only exception was "The Wall" which was recorded in New York with Jimmy Carroll and his orchestra and produced by Mitch Miller. Featuring several hit songs, including Bassey's 1958 number one single "As I Love You" and the huge hit "Kiss Me, Honey, Honey, Kiss Me", the album showcases the best of the early career of Shirley Bassey. All the songs were only recorded in mono, no stereo versions are known to exist. In the 1970's Philips did re-issue them in an "electronically enhanced" stereo (also known as "pseudo-stereo"). The album was re-issued in the US on the Epic label with different artwork. To date (October 2009) there has been no complete CD re-issue of the album, it remains the only UK released album from Bassey not to have had a CD release. Philips did re-issue several tracks on compilations in the 1990's, and several more have been released since the material fell under public domain laws. LYRICS: Kiss me, honey, honey, kiss me Thrill me, honey, honey, thrill me Don't care even if I blow my top But, honey, honey, don't stop I'd like to play a little game with you A little game especially made for two If you come close then I will show you how Closer, closer, now Kiss me, honey, honey, kiss me Thrill me, honey, honey, thrill me Don't care even if I blow my top But, honey, honey, don't stop We've never played this little game before If you relax then you'll enjoy it more Just settle down and let me teach you how Closer, closer, now Kiss me, honey, honey, kiss me Thrill me, honey, honey, thrill me Don't care even if I blow my top But, honey, honey, don't stop (But, honey, honey, don't stop) You kiss so well my lips begin to burn And I can tell I've got a lot to learn So hold me close and darling show me how Closer, closer, now Kiss me, honey, honey, kiss me Thrill me, honey, honey, thrill me Don't care even if I blow my top But, honey, honey, don't stop (Don't care even if I blow my top) But, honey, honey, don't stop (Never stop) ABOUT the song: "Big Spender" is a song written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical Sweet Charity. It is sung, in the musical, by the dance hostess "girls"; it was choreographed by Bob Fosse for the Broadway musical and the film. It is "set to the beat of a striptease" as the girls "taunt" the customers. A hit version of the song by Shirley Bassey reached #21 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1967. This version featured in the 2004 film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, and in the 2005 film Nynne. The song has become one of Bassey's signature songs. She has performed the song numerous times, most notably for the 80th birthday of Prince Philip. She also sang it at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival. The song was also featured on Shirley's recent, 'Get The Party Started' CD. LYRICS: The minute you walked in the joint I could see you were a man of distinction, a real big spender Good looking, so refined Say, wouldn't you like to know what's going on in my mind? So let me get right to the point I don't pop my cork for every man I see Hey big spender! Spend a little time with me Wouldn't you like to have fun, fun, fun? How's about a few laughs, laughs? I could show you a good time [ Find more Lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.org/hHy ] Let me show you a good time The minute you walked in the joint I could see you were a man of distinction, a real big spender Good looking, so refined Say, wouldn't you like to know what's going on in my mind? So let me get right to the point I don't pop my cork for every man I see Hey big spender! Hey big spender! Hey big spender! Spend a little time with me Yes