I’m a fan of Shirley Bassey. She provided the vocals on the awesome Propellerheads song, History Repeating (itms link), which is where I first heard her. This past year I found The Remix Album: Diamonds Are Forever, a collection of remixes of some of her bigger hits. On the album is an awesome recording of The Doors classic, Light My Fire (itms link) remixed by Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzales. It’s sultry, slow, and completely different than the Doors version. Give it a listen.

Being a bit uneducated when it comes to music, I was curious about who recorded the song first. I’ve always associated the song with the Doors. The Bassey version, however, just sounds so right that it’s hard to discount it. It was, of course, originally recorded by The Doors, but I was surprised to find out how many people had covered it. Even more surprising, the first cover by a recognizable name came in 1968.

Just your random trivia for the day.