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Shirley Bassey - JESSE / Janis Ian - At Seventeen (1976 Show #4)

1976 (Shirley Bassey hosts Janis Ian on her 1976 TV Variety Show. In this clip Shirley performs a beautiful cover of Janis' hit song, 'Jesse' with Janis accompanying her on the piano, and then Janis performs another one of her huge hits, 'At Seventeen' - I am a male, but I remember when this song came out and thought how her lyrics were really heart felt and speaking out to so many people! Shirley recorded and released the song, 'Jesse' on her 1975 LP titled, 'Shirley Bassey - Good, Bad, But Beautiful' ABOUT the songwriter, Janis Ian: Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink, April 7, 1951) is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. She had a career singing in the 1960s and 1970s, and has continued recording into the 21st century. In 1975, Ian won a Grammy Award for her song, "At Seventeen". Her most successful single in the United States was "At Seventeen", released in 1975, a bittersweet commentary on adolescent cruelty, the illusion of popularity, and teenage angst, as reflected upon from the maturity of adulthood. "At Seventeen" was a smash, receiving tremendous acclaim from critics and record buyers alike — it charted at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Other artists have recorded Ian's compositions, most notably Roberta Flack, who had a hit in 1973 with Ian's song "Jesse" also recorded by Dame Shirley Bassey, Joan Baez and Dottie West; Ian's own version is featured on her 1974 album Stars (the title song of which has also been oft-covered, including versions by Cher, Nina Simone and Barbara Cook). LYRICS: Jesse, come home There's a hole in the bed Where we slept And now it's growin' cold Hey Jesse, your face in the place Where we lay by the hearth All apart It hangs on my heart And I'm keeping the light on the stairs No I'm not scared I wait for you Hey Jesse, I'm lonely, come home Jesse, the floors and the boards Recalling your steps And I remember too All the pictures are fading And shaded in grey But I still set a place On the table at noon And I'm leaving the light on the stairs No I'm not scared I'll wait for you Hey Jesse, I'm lonely, come home Jesse, the spread on the bed Is like when you left I've kept it up for you All the blues and the greens Have been recently cleaned And it's seemingly new Hey Jess', me and you We'll swallow the light on the stair We'll do up my hair And sleep unaware Hey Jesse, I'm lonely, come home Hey Jesse, I'm lonely, come home... AT SEVENTEEN Lyrics: I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens In high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth And those of us with ravaged faces Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone Who called to say come dance with me And murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems At seventeen A brown eyed girl in hand me downs Whose name I never could pronounce Said, Pity please the ones who serve They only get what they deserve And the rich relationed hometown queen Married into what she needs A guarantee of company And haven for the elderly Remember those who win the game Lose the love they sought to gain Indebentures of quality And dubious integrity Their small town eyes will gape at you in dull surprise when payment due Exceeds accounts received At seventeen To those of us who knew the pain Of valentines that never came And those whose names were never called When choosing sides for basketball It was long ago and far away The world was younger than today And dreams were all they gave for free To ugly duckling girls like me We all play the game and when we dare To cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown That call and say, come dance with me And murmur vague obscenities At ugly girls like me At seventeen