From her birth in Cardiff’s Tiger Bay in 1937 and her dramatic family life, through to her rise to international stardom and honouring as a Dame, The Shirley Bassey Story chronicles the incredible journey of one of Britain’s most popular … Returning to the James Bond franchise, she recorded the theme song for Diamonds Are Forever (1971). With, An international cabaret this week from London introduced by. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, "As I Love You" was released as the B-side of another ballad, "Hands Across the Sea"; it did not sell well at first, but after an appearance at the London Palladium sales began to pick up. 10 on the US Dance Chart. [41] A biography, Diamond Diva, was published in 2008. Shirley Bassey: Her personal life in pictures [Getty]. Even in the school choir the teacher kept telling me to back off till I was singing in the corridor!" Bassey was the youngest of seven children. Let’s discover her Biography, Net Worth, Age, Husband/Partner, Family, Affairs, Measurements, Achievements & Much More! "The Living Tree", written, produced and originally recorded by the group Never the Bride, was released as a single on 23 April 2007, marking Bassey's 50th anniversary in the UK Singles Chart – and the record for the longest span of Top 40 hits in UK chart history. Shirley Bassey sings a selection of show stopping songs, with the help of a large orchestra, the cast of the hit West End stage musical. She grew up in Splott, an adjacent community of Tiger Bay, Cardiff, and went to Moorland Road School, where teachers first came to notice her voice, but from the very start, Shirley wasn’t much encouraged, on the contrary, she was told not to sing and was excluded … She was invited to perform at the Queen's 90th Birthday celebrations at Windsor Castle on 15 May 2016. In 1985, Samantha, age 21, was found dead in the River Avon in Bristol, England. However, the family's poverty was an … Bassey appeared on the Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show, broadcast on Christmas Day in 1971. 1 single. With, Tonight this international singing star makes one of her rare appearances in this country. Both stunning and moving, “The SHIRLEY BASSEY Story” charts the life and musical career of Shirley Veronica Bassey, from her birth in Tiger Bay in 1937 to her first job in a saucepan factory, through family life and on to International Stardom at the highest level, from TV and screen debuts, awards and accolades, to becoming a Dame and beyond. [3] Bassey has four grandsons through her surviving daughter, Sharon Novak. Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (/ˈbæsi/; born 8 January 1937)[1] is a Welsh singer, whose career began in 1953, well known for her expressive voice and for recording the soundtrack theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). On 3 June 2002 she was one of a prestigious line-up of artists including Elton John, Paul McCartney and Tom Jones who performed at the Queen's 50th Jubilee Party at Buckingham Palace. (Five years later it was released anyway, Bassey sued in court, and all unsold copies were withdrawn.)[33]. The family was impoverished and Bassey’s father left the family while she was still an infant. She grew up in the adjacent community of Splott. She is Welsh by natinoanliy. She had signed to United Artists, and her first album on that label, I've Got a Song for You (1966), spent one week on the chart; from 1966 to 1970, only two albums would chart, one of those a compilation. The remix of this single charted just outside the UK top 40. This album and the majority of her recordings from this period have been released on CD by EMI and BGO Records. [3] On 24 March 2010, Avon and Somerset Police confirmed they were undertaking fresh inquiries into the death, and specifically claims that the convicted killer Michael Moffat was involved in her death. Shirley Bassey was born in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales in 1937. In 1977 she received the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist in the previous 25 years. From the triumphs of a world tour, this superbly talented artist arrives for another high-flying television special. In the aftermath of "Goldfinger" her UK sales started to falter as well: only two of her singles would enter the UK Top 40 from 1966 to 1970. Bassey headlined at the BBC Electric Proms on 23 October 2009, in her only full live set of 2009. She's had many achievements in a long and distinguished career, but Dame Shirley Bassey has revealed one of her proudest moments is becoming a great-grandmother . EMI released the five-CD box set Bassey – The EMI/UA Years 1959–1979 in 1994. With the SFB Orchestra directed by Brian Fahey. Marks & Spencer signed her for their Christmas 2006 James Bond-style television advertising campaign. Bassey's version of the song, with its chorus sung in Italian, became a Top 40 hit in Italy. Welsh singer Shirley Bassey at her family home in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales, 1955. 6. [35] On 7 October 1998 in Egypt, Bassey performed for a benefit at an open-air concert close to the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid. I feel I have to be free. In 1973, her sold-out concerts at New York's Carnegie Hall were recorded and released as a two-LP set, Shirley Bassey: Live at Carnegie Hall. [95], In 2012, Bassey was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' Sgt. One of her best-known singles, "Big Spender" was released in 1967, charting just short of the UK Top 20.[19]. [3] The episode was lampooned by Alexander Baron in his one-act play The Trial of Shirley Bassey. Bassey recorded a song for the next Bond film, Thunderball (1965). The single, released in the United States during January 1965, peaked at No. Shirley Bassey sings and introduces her guests, "Show of the Week: Shirley Bassey at Bern's Restaurant", Shirley Bassey at Bern's Restaurant, Stockholm. [85], From 1968 until they divorced in 1979, Bassey was married to Sergio Novak, the assistant manager of the Excelsior Hotel in Venice. Bassey collaborated with Chris Rea in the film La Passione (1996), appearing in the film as herself and releasing the single "'Disco' La Passione". Series repeated Mondays on BBC2 from 15 September – 20 October 1980 at 8:15 pm. The resulting live album The Birthday Concert received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance. The couple separated in 1964 and divorced in 1965 in the wake of the singer's affair with actor Peter Finch. Joe was known for his striking musical impressions, especially of Shirley Bassey. 1 single by a Welsh artist.[5]. She is Music (Singer) by profession. Bassey was sued in a breach of contract case in 1998 by her former personal assistant, who also accused Bassey of hitting her and making an ethnic slur. From the bright lights of Las Vegas and the West End, Shirley Bassey returns to her own people in the heart of Cardiff's dockland. Their relationship turns up in divorce in 1977. While "As I Love You" climbed the charts, so did Bassey's recording of "Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me" and both records would end up occupying the Top 3 at the same time. [2] An album sung entirely in Spanish, La Mujer was released in 1989. [26] (Later, Newell would write English lyrics for the rest of "La vita", and the result was "This Is My Life".) Bassey recorded her first single, "Burn My Candle", released in February 1956, when she was 19. Bassey then announced to the press that she and Finch would not be marrying, telling the press: "It simply wouldn't work out. "[24] This was reflected in the fact that Bassey had only one solo LP reach the Top 20 in a US chart (R&B, Live at Carnegie Hall), and she was technically a one-hit wonder. Two compilations, The Shirley Bassey Singles Album (1975) and 25th Anniversary Album (1978), both made the UK Shirley Bassey, Soundtrack: Moonraker. Shirley Bassey real name is Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey. Just as with her first child, she wouldn’t name Samantha’s father. Footage of a performance shot last September as Shirley Bassey opened Cardiff's new International Arena with two sell-out shows before an audience of 11,000 fans. Shirley is the youngest child of six, born to Eliza Jane Start, and Henry Bassey, of part-Nigerian ancestry. Also at the party are: "International Cabaret presenting Shirley Bassey", "Show of the Week: The Sound of Shirley Bassey". Shirley Bassey: Family life in pictures Thu, January 5, 2017 Shirley Bassey celebrates her 80th birthday in January. In the sleeve notes for Bassey's 25th Anniversary Album (1978), Peter Clayton noted that: "Acceptance in America was considerably helped by the enormous popularity of ("Goldfinger")...But she had actually established herself there as early as 1961, in cabaret in New York. With 'Segment' choreographed by, Starring international singing star Shirley Bassey with her special guest. However, upon closer inspection, this document, dated 17 December 1953 (three weeks before her 17th birthday), appears to promise £10 for two performances. She was rushed to hospital in Monaco on 23 May 2008 to have an emergency operation on her stomach after complaining of abdominal pains. Bassey is seen in a glamorous Ice Palace singing a cover version of Pink's song "Get the Party Started", wearing an M&S gown. The first programme of a new series of six television spectaculars, with her guest stars: 1960: Favourite British Female Singer - NME Award, 1993: Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 2014: Lifetime Achievement Award - World Music Awards, 2019: Square of Fame - plaque of Bassey's handprints unveiled at the SSE Arena, Wembley Park, London, "Shirley Bassey: Diamonds Are Forever" - Mary Long (2017), This page was last edited on 22 January 2021, at 18:38. Bassey's mixed-race heritage (her mother was English, while her father was Nigerian) made her stand out there. [83] Both Finch and McAuliffe were cited as co-respondents in the Hume–Bassey divorce. [84] For her part, Bassey was named as co-respondent in 1965 when Finch's wife, South African actress Yolande Turner, divorced the actor. Bassey was the subject of This Is Your Life on two occasions: in November 1972 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at Heathrow Airport,[30] and in January 1993, when Michael Aspel surprised her at the curtain call of a sell-out concert at the Royal Albert Hall.[31]. The success of "Something" (single No. On June 1961, Shirley Bassey was married to Kenneth Hume but both of them divorce in 1965. Shirley Bassey always recognised that she owed her success as an international singing star, initially, to her mother Eliza Jane. reached No. Other singles of this period included the hit "Never Never Never", an English version of the Italian "Grande grande grande", reaching the Top 10 in the US Adult Contemporary Chart, the UK Top 10 and No. During the show's run, Philips record producer Johnny Franz spotted her on television, was impressed, and offered her a recording deal. 1 on the UK Dance Chart, and No. On 11 March 2018, Bassey performed "Almost Like Being In Love" in a tribute to Sir Bruce Forsyth at the London Palladium. The year after her birth, Bassey’s family was engulfed by scandal. [92], In 2018, Bassey reported that she had a great-granddaughter.[93]. [47] She sang "Goldfinger" to a standing ovation. Bassey was now recording far less often but an album of her most famous songs, I Am What I Am (1984), was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) conducted by Carl Davis. Learn about Shirley Bassey: her birthday, what she did before fame, her family life, fun trivia facts, popularity rankings, and more. 1, the double A-side "Reach for the Stars"/"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (1961), "I'll Get By" (also 1961), and a cover version of the Ben E. King hit "I (Who Have Nothing)" in 1963. Shirley Bassey on location in Sardinia and Berlin sings some of the songs which have made her famous. During this time, Novak was Bassey's manager, and they adopted Mark, her grand-nephew.[86][12][13]. 2 and earned a gold disc, and the 25th Anniversary Album eventually went platinum.[19][29]. Plus amazing early pictures of her family … 5. The scandal prompted Bassey's mother to relocate her family to Splott, a working-class neighborhood in Cardiff. She had ended her contract with United Artists, whose former record division was now part of EMI, and began what she referred to as "semi-retirement". Bassey won the case. Bassey was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) on 31 December 1999 by Queen Elizabeth II for services to entertainment. [19] Bassey's "History Repeating" (1997), written for her by the Propellerheads, reached No. Zodiac Sign: Shirley Bassey is a Capricorn. A profile of the Welsh singer on the release of. [3][42] She performed several of the new songs from The Performance in November 2009 on various TV shows: The Graham Norton Show, The Paul O'Grady Show and as the guest singer on Strictly Come Dancing. Shirley Bassey was born in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales, and raised in the nearby working class neighborhood of Splott. We are still in shock...." Bassey celebrated her 60th birthday in 1997 with two open-air concerts, at Castle Howard and Althorp Park, and another TV special. The final show of the first series was nominated for the Golden Rose of Montreux in 1977. 1 on the UK compilations chart, and went silver.[29][36]. [23], The "Goldfinger" theme song, however, had a lasting impact on her career. She was awarded France's top honour, the Legion d'Honneur, to signify her popularity and importance in the culture of France. Guest stars Charles Aznavour, Rolf Harris, Johnny Nash and 'Emma'. She later helped to support her family by working in an Enamelware factory. Bassey began to live as a tax exile in 1968, and was unable to work in Britain for almost two years. [21] Her collaboration with Nelson Riddle and his orchestra, the album Let's Face the Music (1962), reached No. In a 1999 interview with Nigel Havers in her Monte Carlo apartment, Bassey pointed to a piece of paper framed on the wall and referred to it as her first contract, at a salary of £14 a week (a considerable sum for a sixteen-year-old in 1953). [20], In mid-1958, she recorded two singles that would become classics in the Bassey catalogue. It wasn’t until Bassey’s daughter Sharon was nine years old that she learned Bassey was her mother. Around this time she recorded a duet with the French film actor Alain Delon, "Thought I'd Ring You" (1983). She is the daughter of Henry Bassey (father) and Eliza Jane Start (mother). At a gala for AMFAR (The Foundation for Aids Research) in Los Angeles on 18 October 2018, Bassey sang "Goldfinger", "Diamonds Are Forever", "Almost Like Being In Love" and "I Am What I Am". Throughout most of the 1980s, Bassey focused on charitable work and performing occasional concert tours throughout Europe, Australia, and the United States. [17] Also in 1953, Bassey signed a contract to sing in the touring variety show Memories of Jolson, a musical based on the life of Al Jolson. 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The following year, she performed the official song for the rugby World Cup, "World in Union", with Bryn Terfel at the opening ceremony at The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, wearing a gown designed on the Welsh flag. Bassey performed at a gala celebrating the 80th birthday of Mikhail Gorbachev on 30 March 2011. [13][25] Also in 1968, at the Sanremo Festival in Italy, she performed "La vita", an Italian song by Bruno Canfora and Antonio Amurri, with some lyrics re-written in English by Norman Newell for her. Bassey played the Friday night at Henley Festival in 1984. It was her first appearance at an Oscars ceremony as a performer. Bassey returned to perform in five arenas around the UK in June the same year, culminating at Wembley. The BBC broadcast a 70-minute drama entitled Shirley on 29 September 2011, depicting Bassey's early life and career. 1 single. 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