Shirley Bassey - Puh Leeze! Mister Brown (1957)

Shirley Bassey was the daughter of a West Indian seaman and she grew up in Tiger Bay in South Wales. She began singing while still sixteen years old at the clubs in and around Cardiff. However, she found work in a touring show called "Memories Of Jolson" and from this moved on to further revues. She soon came to the attention of the impresario Jack Hylton who started her as a support act on Al Read's "Such Is Life" comedy show. Within a few months, she was topping the bill on ITV's "Sunday Night At The London Palladium" programme.. Her recording career began in the mid-1950s and she soon became a highly regarded British singer with her powerful renditions of popular songs.

It seems improbable now, but her first chart success came with a cover version of 'The Banana Boat Song' which reached #8 despite the fact that Belafonte got to #2 with it.

Puh-Leeze Mister Brown was her fifth release and amazingly failed to chart and is  consequently very rare !

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