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Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer whose career began in the mid-1950s. She is best known for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979).
In 2000, Bassey was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the performing arts. In 1977 she received the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist in the previous 25 years. Bassey has been called "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century."
Shirley Veronica Bassey was the sixth and youngest child of Henry Bassey and Eliza Jane Start, and was born in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales. Her father was Nigerian and her mother was English, from Teesside. Two of her mother's four children from previous relationships lived in the Bassey household. Bassey's mother listed her first husband, Alfred Metcalfe, as her own father in the registry of her marriage to Henry Bassey, giving rise to speculation that this marriage was bigamous in the absence of a prior divorce. Eliza and Henry's second child died in infancy, so Shirley was born into a household of three sisters, two half-sisters, and one brother.
Actors: Matthew Marsh (actor), Lesley Sharp (actress), Paula Jack (miscellaneous crew), Paula Jack (miscellaneous crew), Charlotte Holdich (costume designer), Charlie Creed-Miles (actor), Jonathan Rhodes (actor), Henry Lloyd-Hughes (actor), Ben Foster (composer), Ruth Negga (actress), Danny Sapani (actor), Eleanor Moran (producer), Colin Teague (director), Di Botcher (actress), Catrin Lewis Defis (producer),
Plot: In 1938 mixed race baby Shirley Bassey,her mother and eight siblings are living in a poor area of Cardiff after her father is imprisoned for sexual offences. The teen-aged Shirley will help the family finances bringing her big,impassioned singing voice to local clubs and,in 1954,aged seventeen,she moves to London,impressing agent Mike Sullivan. To further her career however she must give up her illegitimate daughter Sharon to be raised as her own child by Shirley's sister Iris. After winning over the famously hostile Glasgow Empire audience Shirley has arrived. Impresario Jack Hylton stars her in the West End and she has hit records. She rides out gutter press interest in Sharon and,after a row with Mike,takes fledgling film producer Kenneth Hume as her agent and husband. Not only does he fail to further her career but turns out to be a homosexual. Yet Shirley is a born survivor,weathering her divorce from Ken in 1965 and,decades later,still every inch a star,belting out the autobiographical song 'My Life'.
Keywords: cardiff-walesActors: Matthew Marsh (actor), Lesley Sharp (actress), Paula Jack (miscellaneous crew), Paula Jack (miscellaneous crew), Charlotte Holdich (costume designer), Charlie Creed-Miles (actor), Jonathan Rhodes (actor), Henry Lloyd-Hughes (actor), Ben Foster (composer), Ruth Negga (actress), Danny Sapani (actor), Eleanor Moran (producer), Colin Teague (director), Di Botcher (actress), Catrin Lewis Defis (producer),
Plot: In 1938 mixed race baby Shirley Bassey,her mother and eight siblings are living in a poor area of Cardiff after her father is imprisoned for sexual offences. The teen-aged Shirley will help the family finances bringing her big,impassioned singing voice to local clubs and,in 1954,aged seventeen,she moves to London,impressing agent Mike Sullivan. To further her career however she must give up her illegitimate daughter Sharon to be raised as her own child by Shirley's sister Iris. After winning over the famously hostile Glasgow Empire audience Shirley has arrived. Impresario Jack Hylton stars her in the West End and she has hit records. She rides out gutter press interest in Sharon and,after a row with Mike,takes fledgling film producer Kenneth Hume as her agent and husband. Not only does he fail to further her career but turns out to be a homosexual. Yet Shirley is a born survivor,weathering her divorce from Ken in 1965 and,decades later,still every inch a star,belting out the autobiographical song 'My Life'.
Keywords: cardiff-walesActors: Shirley Bassey (actress), Art Malik (actor), Sammy Davis Jr. (actor), John Barry (actor), Jess Conrad (actor), Paul Gambaccini (actor), John Humphrys (actor), Nick Packer (editor), John Farren (producer), Michael Wadding (director), Michael Wadding (producer), Trevor Phillips (actor), Don Black (actor), David McAlmont (actor), Ed Walters (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Shirley Bassey (actress), Art Malik (actor), Sammy Davis Jr. (actor), John Barry (actor), Jess Conrad (actor), Paul Gambaccini (actor), John Humphrys (actor), Nick Packer (editor), John Farren (producer), Michael Wadding (director), Michael Wadding (producer), Trevor Phillips (actor), Don Black (actor), David McAlmont (actor), Ed Walters (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Remember
Why must I remember
Why can't I simply close my eyes, go to sleep
And make him disappear
Why must I always hear
Dio come ti-amo
Those were the words he said
Oh god how much I love you
It still runs through my head
The wind began to blow
And all the leaves were flying
He stood there in the night
And tried to keep from crying
What could I have told him
What could I say of you
When love has lost it's meaning
It's over, it's through
And so I hurried on
For someone new was waiting
To hold me in his arms
In endless celebrating
But that was long ago
And many loves have I
But only one was real
And that I let slip by
Dio come ti-amo
I still can hear him say
Oh god how much I love you
Yet I walked away
I know, it's much to late
But I go right on praying
To have you back again
So you can hear me saying
Dio come ti-amo
Oh god how much I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
(transcribed by Roman