Shirley Bassey What About Today, Where Do I Begin ( Love Story) 1971 TV Appearance
Shirley Bassey appeared on a British TV show in 1971 and performed these two two songs, 1) What About Today, 2) Where Do I Begin (Love Story). The song, What About Today may not be well known, but it is a difficult song to perform live. I ve listened to a few other studio recordings from toptier vocalists who have recorded this song, but performing it live is a whole different ball game. It takes tremendous breath control, the ability to quickly move up, down multioctave vocal scales, and then after three punishing minutes end the song with this very long highfidelity gut busting powerful O D A Y The second song, Where Do I Begin is from the movie Love Story starring Ryan O Neal and Alli McGraw. Shirley s arrangement is slightly different than other vocalists of the day (Male Female) who have recorded this song. She earned a Top, 34 hit in the United Kingdom. Shirley s contemporary, Andy Williams earned a top 10 hit. However, because Shirley s (Joh
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