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Shirley Veronica Bassey is a British mezzo-soprano singer born on January 8, 1937, in Tiger Bay, Cardiff. She has been active in the music industry since 1953 and performs in genres including pop, jazz, big band, classic rock, and easy listening. Bassey has recorded for labels such as Philips Records, Columbia Records, United Artists Records, and Decca. She is a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour and a Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Bassey resides in Monaco and is identified as a Black Briton. Her work has been recognized through various awards and she has released a discography that includes titles such as "Shirley Bassey" and "The great Shirley Bassey." She speaks English and has also been involved in acting.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1937
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Shirley Bassey
- The great Shirley Bassey
- Shirley Bassey
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Film & TV
Acting · 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,…
Known for
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story — Self2024
- 60 Songs: BBC Two at 60 — Self (archive footage)2024
- The Sound of 007 — Self (archive footage)2022
- The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall — self2022
- St David's Day at the BBC — Self2021
- The Art of Dissent — Self - Subject (archive footage)2021
- Saturday Knight Takeaway — Self2018
- The Missing Crown Jewels — Self2017
- David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey — Self2016
- More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On — Self - Performer2014
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Monte-Carlo
- Active from
- 1937
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 693,229
- Total plays
- 6,618,526
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Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, (born January 8, 1937), is a Welsh singer, perhaps best-known for performing the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). She is the only singer to have recorded more than one James Bond theme song. She now resides in Monaco and has recently sold her London apartment. Many of its furnishings were auctioned for charity. Two very popular 'Audiences With Shirley Bassey' have aired on British TV, the most
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)
· 2008 · cited 17,874x
- Molecular portraits of human breast tumours
· 2000 · cited 12,728x
- High-Resolution X-Ray Photoemission Spectrum of the Valence Bands of Gold
· 1972 · cited 5,928x
- Understanding Information Technology Usage: A Test of Competing Models
· 1995 · cited 5,274x
- Ways with Words
· 1983 · cited 4,670x
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Key facts
- Born
- Shirley Veronica Bassey , ( 1937-01-08 ) 8 January 1937 (age 89) , Cardiff , Wales, United Kingdom
- Genres
- R&B pop jazz soul
- Occupation
- Singer
- Years active
- 1953–present
- Labels
- Philips Columbia Decca United Artists Geffen
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (/ˈbæsi/; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer, known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the theme songs to three James Bond films – the only artist to perform more than one officially. Bassey is one of the most popular vocalists in Britain.
Born in Cardiff, Bassey began performing as a teenager in 1953. In 1959, she became the first Welsh singer to gain a no. 1 single on the UK Singles Chart. In the following decades, Bassey amassed 27 top 40 hits in the UK, including two no. 1s ("As I Love You" and the double A-side "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"/"Reach for the Stars") plus a no. 1 in the Dance Chart ("History Repeating"). She became well known for recording theme songs of the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and Moonraker (1979).
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