Copacabana (At The Copa) - Shirley Bassey (1979 Show #4) video free download

1979 (This classic Barry Manilow tune is performed by Shirley Bassey as a Production Number on her TV Variety Show)

Shirley recorded and released this song as a 1979 UA 12" Single (Side-B) / (Side-A) - This Is My Life (Disco Version)

ABOUT this song:

The Copacabana (often referred to as The Copa) was a famous New York City nightclub. Many entertainers, among them Danny Thomas, Pat Cooper and the comedy team of Martin and Lewis, made their debuts at the Copacabana. The 1978 Barry Manilow song "Copacabana" is named for and about the nightclub, and part of the 2003 Yerba Buena song "Guajira" is set there. The Copa was used as a setting in the films Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Tootsie, Carlito's Way, Martin and Lewis and Beyond the Sea, as well as several plays, including Barry Manilow 's Copacabana (musical).

LYRICS:

(Copa, Copacabana)

(Copa, Copacabana)

(Copa, Copacabana)

(Copa)

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl

With yellow feathers in her hair

And her dress cut down to there

She would merengue and do the cha-cha

And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar

Across the crowded floor, they worked from eight til four

They were young, and they had each other

Who could ask for more?

At the Copa, Copacabana

The hottest spot north of Havana

At the Copa, Copacabana

Music and passion were always the fashion

At the Copa, she fell in love

His name was Rico, he wore a diamond

He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancin' there

And when she finished, he called her over

But Rico went a bit too far, Tony sailed across the bar

And then the punches flew, and chairs were smashed in two

There was blood and a single gun shot

But just who shot who?

At the Copa, Copacabana

The hottest spot north of Havana

At the Copa, Copacabana

Music and passion were always the fashion

At the Copa, she lost her love

(Copa, Copacabana)

(Copa)

(Copa, Copacabana)

(Copa)

Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl

But that was thirty years ago

When they used to have a show

Now it's the disco, but not for Lola

Still in the dress she used to wear, faded feathers in her hair

She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind

She lost her youth and she lost her Tony

Now she's lost her mind!

At the Copa, Copacabana

The hottest spot north of Havana

At the Copa, Copacabana

Music and passion were always the fashion

At the Copa, don't fall in love

(Copa, Copacabana)

(Copa, Copacabana)

Don't fall in love

Don't fall in love

Don't fall in love

Don't fall in love

(Copa, Copacabana)

(Copa, Copacabana)

Don't fall in love

(Copa, Copacabana)

(Copa, Copacabana)

(Copa, Copacabana)

(Copa, Copacabana)

(Copa, Copacabana)