Shirley Bassey

Known for ActingBorn 1937-01-08 (age 89)Butetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Shirley Bassey is a Welsh singer known for both her powerful operatic voice and for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films 'Goldfinger' (1964); 'Diamonds Are Forever' (1971) and 'Moonraker' (1979). Born on Bute Street in Butetown (also known as 'Tiger Bay') in the docklands area of Cardiff, she was was the sixth and youngest child of Henry Bassey, from Nigeria, and Eliza Jane Start, from the north-east of England, but grew up in the adjacent community of Splott. After leaving Splott Secondary Modern School at the age of 14, Bassey found work at the local Curran Steels factory, while singing in public houses and clubs in the evenings and on weekends. In 1953, she signed her first professional contract and went on to work for the impresario Jack Hylton. She recorded her first single in 1956.Read more

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Wünsch dir was

La Passione

60 Songs: BBC Two at 60

An Audience with Des O'Connor

Shirley Bassey: A Special Lady

Shirley Bassey - You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012

St David's Day at the BBC

Dame Shirley Bassey: BBC Electric Proms

Shirley Bassey: Divas Are Forever

Auf los geht's los

The Muppet Show

Le Grand Échiquier

The Sound of 007

Everything or Nothing

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Knight Takeaway

The Missing Crown Jewels

…Sings Musicals

Goldfinger

An Audience with Shirley Bassey

The Bond Sound: The Music of 007

Beto Nervio contra el poder de las tinieblas

Shirley Bassey

Man's Struggle for Survival

The Danny Kaye Show

The World of James Bond

Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace

The Ed Sullivan Show

Morecambe & Wise

The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall

Moonraker

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

The Mike Douglas Show

An Audience with...

Viña del Mar International Song Festival

The Bing Crosby Show

Ein Kessel Buntes

Sir Billi

I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

The Art of Dissent

David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey

More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

…Sings Neil Diamond

Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall

Another Audience with Shirley Bassey

Parkinson