Shirley Bassey I Am What I Am (2009)

2009 (Dame Shirley Bassey Concert TV Special) ABOUT this song: I Am What I Am is a song originally featured on the Tony Awardwinning Broadway musical La Cage aux Folles (19831987). The song is found on the finale number of the play s first act, and performed by the character of Albin Mougeotte, first played by George Hearn. The song was composed in 1983 by Jerry Herman, an openly gay man.