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Shirley recorded and released this song on her 2003 CD Titled, 'Shirley Bassey - Thank-You For The Years'. This was the title track. This CD included sever new songs plus many of her older hits.

ABOUT the significance of this song:

Thank You for the Years is a 2003 album by Welsh singer Shirley Bassey. This album, a mix of new and previously released material, commemorated Bassey's 50 years in show business. Bassey marks the year 1953 as her official entry into show business, as that is the year, at the age of sixteen, she signed her first professional contract: to tour in a variety show called "Memories of Jolson".[1] The album reached #19 in the UK Albums Chart, and earned a silver disc.[2][3]

In a 1999 interview with Nigel Havers in her Monte Carlo apartment, Bassey pointed to a piece of paper framed on the wall and referred to it as her first contract, at a salary of £14 a week (a considerable sum for a sixteen-year-old in 1953). However, upon closer inspection of this document, dated December 17, 1953 (three weeks before her 17th birthday), it appears to be £10 for two performances.

ABOUT the songwriter:

Andrew Neve has enjoyed a successful career in music for over 20 years. As a composer and musician he has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation and other prolific broadcast companies in the broadcast and film arenas. As a Brass player, Keyboard player and vocalist he has worked with and alongside many acts including Alison Moyet (Top 20 Album), Free the Spirit (Top 30 Album), Godley & Creme (10cc), Dame Shirley Bassey (Top 20 Album) and Steve Hackett (Genesis). He has recorded five children's albums, co-produced a top 30 album for the band Free the Spirit and wrote the title track on Shirley Bassey's top 20 album "Thank you for the Years." Examples of Neve's TV work include Wogan's Web (BBC 1). Secret Service (BBC 1), Tomorrow's World (BBC 1), A Word in your Ear (BBC 1) and the BBC World Service Programmes Europe Today and Newsday. He has recently completed the music for "The Jarmies", a made for TV series due to air in 2010.

LYRICS:

I thank you for the years

I thank you for the good times

As we go on together

I just want to say I'm glad you're here tonight

Thank you for the way you've touched my life

I thank you for your love

It helps me through the hard times

And the joy we share together

gives me all I need to make it through the night

Thank you for the way you hold me tight

I thank you for the years

I thank you for the years

I thank you its been so wonderful

and through all the good and bad times

I just want to say I'm glad you're in my heart

loving you was only just the start

Holding on

When we're down and we are hurting

Holding on

To the precious things we have

We'll carry on

We'll carry on together

Our love's the reason we are strong

As we grow old together

I just want to say I'm glad you came my way

Thank you for the love you bring each day

I love you now and all I have to say

Is thank you for the years