Shirley Bassey - More (Than The Greatest Love) (1966 Recording) video free download

1966 (Shirley's friend, Norman Newell wrote the English Words to this beautiful Italian song, and Shirley recorded it back in 1966. Unfortunately, this track was one of those extra songs which never made it on to an LP. Thankfully, 28 years later in 1994, this song was included on an EMI Compilation CD, and since then probably has been included on many other such CDs.

ABOUT this song:

This is an Academy-award winning song with a strange story. It started as an 1962 instrumental entitled "Ti Guardero nel Cuore", featured in the exploitation mockumentary Mondo Cane. Later, English lyrics were added by Newell, and the song became a highly popular new standard of the 1960s. Ortolani would later compose the eerily beautiful theme for Cannibal Holocaust, one of the most disturbing films ever made.

The movie mentioned above was disturbing but once this song was written with English words, it was recorded by many of the greats including Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Connie Francis, Nat King Cole, the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and of course Shirley.

LYRICS:

More than the greatest love the world has known

This is the love that i give to you alone

More than the simple words I try to say

I only live to love you more each day

More than you`ll ever know

My arms long to hold you so

My life will be in your keeping

Waking - sleeping - laughing - weeping

Longer than always is a long long time

But far beyond forever

You`ll be mine

I know I`ve never lived before

And my heart is very sure

No one else could love you more

More than the greatest love the world has known

This is the love that I give to you alone

More than the simple words I try to say

I only live to love you more each day

More than you`ll ever know

My arms long to hold you so

My life will be in your keeping

Waking - sleeping - laughing - weeping

Longer than always is a long long long time

But far beyond forever

You`ll be mine

I know i`ve never lived before

And my heart is very sure

No one else

Could love

you mooooorrrrrre

Special Thanks to Pieter and Astrid from the Shirley Bassey blog and all those who have provided wonderful pictures of Shirley!