Shirley Bassey - There’s No Place Like London / Hey Jude (1987 Royal Variety)

REMASTERED CLIP - Shirley Bassey performed at the 1987 Royal Variety at the London Palladium. She performed three songs, including 1) There’s No Place Like London, 2) I Could Have Danced All Night, 3) Hey Jude. Shirley won universal admiration when she appeared at this year’s show, her first major engagement since the death of her daughter two years earlier. Her return to the stage was deemed to be a hit of the show. ABOUT the 1987 Royal Variety: The Queen and Prince Philip enjoyed a mixture of nostalgia and modern show business at the 1987 Royal Variety Performance, presented this year by London Weekend Television. Nostalgia came early in the ’Ghosts of the Theatre’ spot. Bernie Winters and Leslie Crowther played Flanagan and Allen, Allan Stewart was the incomparable Sir Harry Lauder, while Jessica Martin was Judy Garland. Contemporary humour came from two of the brightgest comedy stars of the moment, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. Other comedy came from Michael Barrymore, Jim
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