Shirley Bassey - JESSE (1975 Recording) video free download

1975 (Shirley Bassey recorded this beautiful song written by Janis Ian on her 1975 LP titled, 'Good, Bad, But Beautiful. Bassey, with her versatile rich vocal abilities, mellows it out on this one portraying an innocence, just how Ms. Ian intended this song to be sung)

The video of Shirley singing this song is from her 1976 TV Variety series, and Janis is accompanying her on the piano.

ABOUT the LP, 'Good, Bad, But Beautiful:

Good, Bad but Beautiful is a 1975 album by Shirley Bassey. In the first half of the decade, Bassey recorded nine albums, with three making the top ten. In March 1975, Bassey released a compilation that became her highest-charting album to date, The Shirley Bassey Singles Album (#2), and reflects the momentum Bassey had maintained since her 1970 "comeback". Good, Bad but Beautiful, released in the autumn of 1975, spent seven weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at #13. The album reflects the formula that brought Bassey back to the charts: a combination of contemporary songs combined with her forte of standards, show tunes, and torch songs, featuring arrangements aimed squarely at the adult contemporary, or middle-of-the-road, audience. This was also achieved by modifying her backup orchestra to include electric guitars, a string and brass section with a more contemporary sound, and drumming that is more soft rock-oriented than jazz-oriented, while side two's opener, "Feel Like Makin' Love" displays a smooth jazz style.

This was Bassey's seventh album of the 1970s to make the Billboard 200, peaking at #186. It also reached #54 on the US R&B chart. In the UK the album was awarded a silver disc six weeks after it was released. The original release was in stereo on vinyl and cassette. In 2005, BGO Records issued a remastered Good, Bad but Beautiful, together with the 1973 album Never Never Never, on a 2 CD set.

LYRICS:

JESSE COME HOME

THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BED

WHERE WE SLEPT

NOW IT'S GROWING COLD

HEY JESSE, YOUR FACE

IN THE PLACE WHERE WE LAY

BY THE HEARTH, ALL APART

IT HANGS ON MY HEART

AND I'M LEAVING THE LIGHT ON THE STAIRS

NO I'M NOT SCARED - I WAIT FOR YOU

HEY JESSE, I'M LONELY, COME HOME

JESSE, THE FLOORS AND THE BOARDS

RECALLING YOUR STEP

AND I REMEMBER, TOO

ALL THE PICTURES ARE FADING

AND SHADED IN GREY

BUT I STILL SET A PLACE

ON THE TABLE AT NOON

AND I'M LEAVING A LIGHT ON THE STAIRS

NO I'M NOT SCARED - I WAIT FOR YOU

HEY JESSE, I'M LONELY, COME HOME

JESSE, THE SPREAD ON THE BED

IS LIKE WHEN YOU LEFT

I'VE KEPT IT ALL FOR YOU

AND ALL THE BLUES AND THE GREENS

HAVE BEEN RECENTLY CLEANED

AND THEY'RE SEEMINGLY NEW

HEY JES, ME AND YOU

WE'LL SWALLOW THE LIGHT ON THE STAIRS

WE'LL DO UP MY HAIR

WE'LL SLEEP UNAWARE

HEY JESSE, I'M LONELY, COME HOME