Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE

Career: singer; early career as worker in local factory, perfomer Al Read Christmas Show (Adelphi Theatre London) 1955, performer Such Is Life 1956, live show NY and Las Vegas 1962, released numerous hit singles 1960s-; theme tunes for James Bond films Goldfinger 1964, Diamonds are Forever 1971 and Moonraker 1979; Albums incl: The Fabulous 1959, Shirley Bassey 1961, Shirley 1962, Lets Face the Music 1965, Shirley Bassey at the Pigalle 1965, Shirley Stops The Shows 1966, I've Got a Song For You 1967, And We Were Lovers 1968, This Is My Life 1969, Does Anybody Miss Me? 1970, Something 1970, Live at Talk of the Town 1970, Shirley Bassey Is Really Something 1971, Something Else 1972, I Capricorn 1972, And I Love You So 1973, Live at Carnegie Hall 1973, Never, Never, Never 1974, Nobody Does It Like Me 1974, Shirley Means Bassey 1975, Good, Bad But Beautiful 1976, Love, Life and Feelings 1978, Magic Is You 1982, All by Myself 1985, Sassy Bassey 1989, La Mujer 1991, New York, New York 1991, Keep the Music Playing 1995, Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber 1998, Birthday Concert 1998, 'S Wonderful, Nobody Does It Like Me 1998, Let Me Sing and I'm Happy 1998, Sings the Movies 1998, Power of Love 1999, Something 2002, That's What Friends Are For 2003, Old Friends and Lovers 2003, Thank You for the Years 2003