From the archive, 14 June 1975: Booking the cabaret for the Titanic

Not even showbiz royalty is spared as Guardian critic Stanley Reynolds casts his acerbic eye over the entertainment industryFor years now we have been playing a game called Booking the Cabaret for the Titanic. I think we first booked Shirley Bassey, of the fluttering fingers and shimmering gowns, and that must have been a dozen years ago at least, and the damned boat hasn't sailed yet. Roy Castle of the desperate mateyness and the sub-Sammy Davis Junior, look-at-me-I'm-Mr-Showbiz-too-tap-dancing...

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