Shirley Bassey - The Rhythm Divine (w/YELLO) / Interview (1987 Terry Wogan Show)

Shirley appears on the Terry Wogan TV Show in 1987. She first performs one of her hits with the group YELLO titled, "The Rhythm Divine", and then gives an Interview. ABOUT this song: "The Rhythm Divine" is a 1987 song by Boris Blank, Dieter Meier, and Billy Mackenzie. The single was released by Yello and Shirley Bassey in 1987, and was the first single released by Shirley Bassey on a CD single. Dieter Meier, half of the Swiss Electro-group Yello, approached Shirley Bassey in 1987 regarding a possible collaboration. "The Rhythm Divine" was written specially with her voice in mind. The song also appears on Yello album One Second, which was also released in 1987, and a remastered and slightly remixed version was released in 1992 on the CD Essential Yello. This version also appeared in 2003 on the Netherlands album release Het Beste Van Shirley Bassey. In 1989 Yello released a remix medley of several of their recordings on the CD single "Of Course I'm Lying", known as the "Metropolitan Mixdown 1989 Part II", the medley also contains a fragment of "The Rhythm Divine". Bassey's vocals were recorded at Yello's studio in Zurich, it is reported in about 40 minutes. The song blends the electro-pop sound of the 1980's with a classic big Bassey ballad, and met with approval across the board, from previous fans but also introduced Shirley Bassey to a whole new generation. There was a video made which featured both Shirley Bassey and Yello, this was released on the Yello compilation video Essential Yello in 1992. Live performances were made regularly by Shirley Bassey in the following year, but with a different arrangement that could be performed with an orchestra. LYRICS: You know that my tears, have kept me awake The longer you're gone, I'll hunger and shake From Warsaw to Rome, I'll wait out of time With you in my heart The Rhythm Divine So won't you come close, bring this to an end With each Winter rose, my love I will send So tender the night, when you hold me tight With you in my heart The Rhythm Divine With you in my heart The Rhythm Divine You know that these tears, have kept me awake The longer you're gone, I'll hunger and shake From Warsaw to Rome, I'll wait out of time With you in my heart The Rhythm Divine The Rhythm Divine The Rhythm Divine With you in my heart The Rhythm Divine ABOUT Terry Wogan: Sir Michael Terence "Terry" Wogan KBE DL (3 August 1938 - 31 January 2016) was a veteran Irish radio and television broadcaster and comedian who holds dual Irish and British citizenship. Wogan worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom for most of his career. Before he retired from the weekday breakfast program "Wake Up to Wogan" on BBC Radio 2 on 18 December 2009, Sir Terry had a regular 8 million listeners. This made him the most listened to radio broadcaster of any European nation. He began his career at Raidió Teilifís Éireann where he presented shows such as Jackpot in the 1960s. Wogan was a leading media personality in the UK since the late 1960s and is often referred to as a national treasure. He is perhaps best known in the United Kingdom for his BBC 1 chat show Wogan, for his work presenting Children in Need, as the host of Wake Up to Wogan, and as the BBC's commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest from 1980 to 2008. Wogan started a primetime weekend show on Radio 2 from 14 February 2010.