| Shirley Stops the Shows | |
| Type: | studio album |
| Artist: | Shirley Bassey |
| Cover: | StopstheShows.jpg |
| Released: | 1965 |
| Recorded: | 1965 |
| Genre: | Vocal |
| Label: | EMI/Columbia |
| Producer: | Norman Newell |
| Prev Title: | Let's Face the Music |
| Prev Year: | 1962 |
| Next Title: | Shirley Bassey at the Pigalle |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
Shirley Stops the Shows is the seventh Shirley Bassey studio album, her 5th and final studio album recorded for the EMI/Columbia label in the UK. Released in 1965, this album is a mix of standards and showtunes. Shirley Bassey was at a high point in her career, with worldwide success of her single "Goldfinger", but the album failed to chart in the UK, a first for her Columbia albums.[1] The album met with more success in the US, reaching number 85 in the US Pop charts.[2] For the US market it was issued with an alternative running order, retitled Shirley Bassey Belts the Best! and "The Lady Is a Tramp" was replaced by "Goldfinger". Original release was in mono and stereo, both mono versions feature an alternative studio recording of "People" which has not yet been re-issued on CD. The stereo version, remastered, was issued on CD in 2008 together with 12 of Those Songs by BGO Records.
Side One.
Side Two.