Shirley Bassey


  • Shirley Bassey - COLOGNE, GERMANY - JANUARY 30:  Shirley Bassey attends the 'Lambertz Monday Night' at Alter Wartesaal on January 30, 2012 in Cologne, Germany.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29:  Shirley Bassey attends the Grey Goose Winter Ball at Battersea Park on October 29, 2011 in London, England.
  • Shirley Bassey - British singer Shirley Bassey and French singer Amanda Lear pose in front of a giant picture of Grace of Monaco as they arrive to attend the yearly Red Cross ball held in Monaco 27 July 2007.
  • Shirley Bassey - MONTE-CARLO, MONACO - JULY 30:  30:  Singer Shirley Bassey attends the 62nd Monaco Red Cross Ball at the Sporting Club Monte Carlo on July 30, 2010 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
  • Shirley Bassey - MONACO - JULY 16:  Singer Shirley Bassey attends the 2010 Annual FightAIDS Monaco Gala dinner on July 16, 2010 in Monaco, Monaco.
  • Shirley Bassey - MONACO - APRIL 11:  Dame Shirley Bassey poses for a photo at the players party red carpet during previews for the ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Tennis on April 11, 2010 in Monaco, Monaco.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18:  Sir Philip Green, Naomi Campbell, Vladimir Doronin, Kate Moss and Dame Shirley Bassey pose backstage during Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti London 2010 Fashion Show at Somerset House on February 18, 2010 in London, England.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18:  Dame Shirley Bassey appears backstage During Naomi Campbell's Fashion for Relief Haiti London at Somerset House on February 18, 2010 in London, England.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18:  Shirley Bassey backstage during Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti London 2010 Fashion Show at Somerset House on February 18, 2010 in London, England.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18:  Kate Moss and Dame Shirley Bassey backstage during Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti London 2010 Fashion Show at Somerset House on February 18, 2010 in London, England.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18:  L-R Kate Moss and Shirley Bassey backstage during Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti London 2010 Fashion Show at Somerset House on February 18, 2010 in London, England.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18: Dame Shirley Bassey walks down the catwalk at Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti London 2010 Fashion Show at Somerset House on February 18, 2010 in London, England.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18: L-R Andrew Flintoff, Shirley Bassey and Piers Morgan backstage during Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti London 2010 Fashion Show at Somerset House on February 18, 2010 in London, England.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18:  L-R Kate Moss and Shirley Bassey backstage during Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti London 2010 Fashion Show at Somerset House on February 18, 2010 in London, England.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18:  Dame Shirley Bassey walks down the catwalk at Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti London 2010 Fashion Show at Somerset House on February 18, 2010 in London, England.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18: L-R Kate Moss and Shirley Bassey backstage during Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti London 2010 Fashion Show at Somerset House on February 18, 2010 in London, England.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18:  Heather Kerzner and Shirley Bassey backstage during Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti London 2010 Fashion Show at Somerset House on February 18, 2010 in London, England.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18:  Heather Kerzner and Shirley Bassey backstage during Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti London 2010 Fashion Show at Somerset House on February 18, 2010 in London, England.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18:  Emilia Fox and Shirley Bassey backstage during Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti London 2010 Fashion Show at Somerset House on February 18, 2010 in London, England.
  • Shirley Bassey - LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18:  Shirley Bassey has makeup applied backstage during Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti London 2010 Fashion Show at Somerset House on February 18, 2010 in London, England.
Known to Americans most for her belting rendition of the theme to Goldfinger, the 1964 edition in the James Bond series (as well as 1971's Diamonds Are Forever and 1979's Moonraker), Shirley Bassey was one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century. Known as Bassey the Belter and also the Tigress of Tiger Bay, her early career in touring shows and ...more


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