Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey is a Welsh singer. Best known for her career longevity,powerful voice and recording the theme songs to three James Bond films,Bassey is widely regarded as one of the most popular vocalists in Britain.
Céline Marie Claudette Dion is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals,Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist,and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her music has incorporated genres such as pop,rock,R&B,gospel,and classical music. Her recordings since have been mainly in English and French,although she has also sung in Spanish,Italian,German,Latin,Japanese and Chinese.
Let's Talk About Love is the fifth English-language and fifteenth studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion,released on 14 November 1997,by Columbia and Epic Records. The follow-up to the commercially successful Falling into You (1996),Let's Talk About Love showed a further progression of Dion's music. Throughout the project,she collaborated with Barbra Streisand,the Bee Gees,Luciano Pavarotti,Carole King,George Martin,Diana King,Brownstone,Corey Hart,and her previous producers:David Foster,Ric Wake,Walter Afanasieff,Humberto Gatica,and Jim Steinman. The album includes Dion's biggest hit,"My Heart Will Go On". Written by James Horner and Will Jennings and serving as the love theme for James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster film,Titanic,"My Heart Will Go On" topped the charts around the world and is considered to be Dion's signature song.
"When I Fall in Love" is a popular song,written by Victor Young (music) and Edward Heyman (lyrics). It was introduced in the film One Minute to Zero as the instrumental titled "Theme from One Minute to Zero". Jeri Southern sang on the first vocal recording released in April 1952 with the song's composer,Victor Young,handling the arranging and conducting duties. The song has become a standard,with many artists recording it;the first hit version was sung by Doris Day released in July 1952.
VH1 debuted the first annual VH1 Divas concert in 1998. VH1 Divas Live was created to support the channel's Save The Music Foundation and subsequent concerts in the series have also benefited that foundation. The VH1 Divas concerts aired annually from 1998 to 2004. After a five-year hiatus,the series returned in 2009 with a younger-skewed revamp. In 2010 the concert saluted the troops and in 2011 it celebrated soul music,doubling the previous year's ratings. After a dance music-focused 2012 edition aired live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on December 16,2012,the show took another hiatus before being revived on December 5,2016,at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn,New York with a holiday theme and achieved its highest ratings in over a decade.
"The Prayer" is a song performed by Canadian singer Celine Dion and Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. It was written by David Foster,Carole Bayer Sager,Alberto Testa and Tony Renis.
"I Believe in You" is a duet by Celine Dion and Il Divo,released as the third and last single from Dion's On ne change pas album (2005),and first and only from Il Divo's Ancora (2005). At first,on 23 January 2006 "I Believe in You" was released as a radio single in the United States. The commercial single was issued 1 May 2006 in France and Switzerland. It was also released as a radio single in Canada,in May 2006.
"L'amour existe encore" is a song by Quebec songwriter Luc Plamondon and Italian composer Riccardo Cocciante. It's sung by Canadian singer Celine Dion,recorded for her French-language album,Dion chante Plamondon (1991). It was released simultaneously with "Des mots qui sonnent" as the lead promotional single in Canada in November 1991 and third commercial single in France in January 1994. Dion also recorded a Spanish-language version of this song,called "Aun Existe Amor" for her 2002 album A New Day Has Come,which was released as a promotional single in the United States in 2002.
The Let's Talk About Love World Tour is the eighth concert tour by Canadian recording artist Celine Dion. Visiting North America,Asia and Europe;the trek supported Dion's fifth English and fifteenth studio album Let's Talk About Love (1997). and her eleventh French and sixteenth studio album,S'il suffisait d'aimer (1998). The tour marks Dion's last worldwide tour until her Taking Chances World Tour in 2008–2009. Initially planned for 1998,the success of the tour continued into 1999. In 1998,the tour earned nearly $30 million from its concerts in North America alone. In Japan,tickets were immediately sold out on the first day of public sale. It was also nominated for "Major Tour of the Year" and "Most Creative Stage Production" at the Pollstar Industry Awards. Overall,the tour grossed about $91.2 million from 69 reported shows.
"How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" is a song composed by Michel Legrand,with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman for the 1982 film Best Friends,where it was introduced by James Ingram and Patti Austin. The Austin/Ingram version became a single in 1983 and reached #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. It was one of three songs with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 55th Academy Awards.
"Grande grande grande" is a 1972 Italian song,written by Alberto Testa and Tony Renis. It was a No. 1 hit for Mina in Italy and for Shirley Bassey released as "Never Never Never" in the U.K.,U.S. and Australia. The 1973 Shirley Bassey single achieved sales of over 50,000 copies in Australia,being eligible for the award of a Gold Disc.
Alberto Testa was an Italian composer,lyricist,singer,and writer for television.
Celine:Through the Eyes of the World is a documentary–concert film chronicling the life of Canadian singer,Celine Dion during her 2008–2009 Taking Chances World Tour. It premiered in Miami on 16 February 2010 and was released by The Hot Ticket in theaters in North America on 17 February 2010. It was also released in Australia and the United Kingdom. The film received mixed reviews from critics,with most of them indicating it is mainly for the fans. Celine:Through the Eyes of the World grossed $1,027,341 in Canada alone and became the number-one domestic movie there.
Taking Chances World Tour:The Concert is a home video/live album by Canadian singer Celine Dion. It was released by Columbia Records on 29 April 2010 in Australia and in early May 2010 in Europe and North America. The concert was issued as a DVD/CD combo in two editions:English-language Taking Chances World Tour:The Concert and French-language Tournée mondiale Taking Chances:le spectacle. Dion had embarked on the 2008–2009 Taking Chances World Tour for promotion of her 2007 studio album Taking Chances. It became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. The performances in Boston and Montreal during the North American leg of Taking Chances World Tour were filmed for a video release and directed by Jean Lamoureux.
Tony Renis,stage name of Elio Cesari,is an Italian singer,composer,music producer and film actor.
Pavarotti &Friends for the Children of Liberia is a live album by Luciano Pavarotti,with each track featuring a different artist.
The Best of Celine Dion &David Foster is a compilation album by Canadian singer Celine Dion,released by Sony Music Entertainment in selected Asian countries on 19 October 2012. It features songs produced by Grammy Award-winning musician,record producer and songwriter,David Foster,including previously unreleased "If I Can Dream".
Del Mio Meglio n.4 is a compilation album released by Mina in 1977. All the tracks have been previously released,with the exception of Never Never Never,the English version of Grande Grande Grande. The song Never,Never,Never was recorded by Shirley Bassey in 1973 and was an international success;and has since been recorded,among others,by Celine Dion as a duet with Luciano Pavarotti in 1997.
These Are Special Times is a one-off American television special by Canadian singer Celine Dion that was broadcast by CBS on 25 November 1998. The special was a promotion for her first English Holiday album of the same name,These Are Special Times. The special was filmed in front of a live studio audience. It featured Dion performing holiday music from the album as well as some of her hits. She was also joined by special guests comedic actress and singer Rosie O'Donnell and Italian Tenor Andrea Bocelli. The special also included footage of Dion in her hometown of Charlegmagne,Quebec.
Pavarotti &Friends was a series of benefit concerts hosted by Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti between 1992 and 2003 in his home town of Modena,Italy. Proceeds from the events were donated to humanitarian causes including the international aid agency War Child and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The concerts featured Pavarotti performing with special musical guests and each concert was released as a compilation album and DVD under London Records/Decca Records.
