Shirley Bassey - Yesterday When I Was Young (1976 Live in Melbourne - Song 9)

1976 - Just received from friends in Europe this much clearer (Video & Sound) footage of Shirley Bassey’s wonderful 1976 Melbourne Australia Concert. This clip: Shirley Bassey performs one of her favorites from over the years, ’Yesterday When I Was Young’. This song has been recorded by many artists over the years, but Shirley has been extremely faithful to this wonderful song. She has regularly included it in her Concert Line-Item for 5 Decades, and counting. ABOUT this song: It was subsequently released in English as “Yesterday, When I Was Young“, in Italian as “Ieri Si“, in Danish as “Hvor tiden går“, in Japanese 帰り来ぬ青春, and in Spanish as “Ayer Aún“. It is considered one of Aznavour’s greatest hits. The English-language lyrics, written by Herbert Kretzmer, tell of a man reflecting on his life. He recounts how he had wasted his youth on self-centered pursuits, and that, now t
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