Shirley Bassey
Actor
- Born
- January 8, 1937 (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.
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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.
Known for
Everything or Nothing
October 5, 2012
The Sound of 007
October 4, 2022
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
June 3, 2002
The Bond Sound: The Music of 007
October 17, 2000
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
October 5, 2022
The World of James Bond
October 29, 1995
Shirley Bassey: Divas Are Forever
November 21, 2000
Shirley Bassey - You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet
February 26, 1985
The Bing Crosby Show
December 11, 1961
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
June 3, 2012
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
April 20, 2024
St David's Day at the BBC
February 26, 2021
Acting28
- 2024I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story as Self
- 202460 Songs: BBC Two at 60 as Self (archive footage)
- 2022The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall as Self
- 2022The Sound of 007 as Self (archive footage)
- 2021The Art of Dissent as Self - Subject (archive footage)
- 2021St David's Day at the BBC as Self
- 2018Saturday Knight Takeaway as Self
- 2017The Missing Crown Jewels as Self
- 2016David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey as Self
- 2014