Johnny One Note - Shirley Bassey (1998 Viva Diva TV Special)

1998 (Viva Diva TV Special) Shirley recorded and released this song on her 1966 LP titled, ’Shirley Bassey - I’ve Got A Song For You’. ABOUT Johnny One Note: “Johnny One Note“ is a 1937 show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms, where it was introduced by Wynn Murrary. Judy Garland sang it in the film version, released in 1939. The musical contained more great songs Shirley Bassey has also performed: “The Lady Is A Tramp“, “Where Or When“ and “My Funny Valentine“. The ’Babes In Arms’ story is about a group of vaudevillians who want to revive their old fashioned form of entertainement by doing a roadshow. “Johnny One Note“ is sung as a bedtimestory. A kind of fairy tale about a very ego-centred singer who is so very loud that nobody can hear the soprano. This lady singer asks her godmother to put a spell on Johnny, so that the next time he wants to impress everybody by holding his note as long a