... Rat falling from White House ceiling fears for his life, begs reporters for protection, offers a tell-all memoir. Dame Shirley’s beach point condo was built in 1979 and offers 2,918 square feet of living space. Bassey collaborated with Chris Rea in the film La Passione (1996), appearing in the film as herself and releasing the single "'Disco' La Passione". [20] Bassey's "History Repeating" (1997), written for her by the Propellerheads, reached number one on the UK Dance Chart, and number 10 on the US Dance Chart. This Disky collection includes 20 ballads from the first decade of Shirley Bassey's career, roughly the late '50s through the mid-'60s. Shirley will be joined by her fellow judges - who … The series (excluding the 7th highlights episode) was repeated on BBC2 on non-consecutive Thursdays from 23 June – 4 August 1977. Other notable current and former Palm Beach homeowners include Manchester United owner Malcolm Glazer, Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Rod Stewart and Donald Trump. [4] Bassey performed a 45-minute set at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival wearing a pink Julien Macdonald dress, and customised Wellington boots. Bassey won the case. [91] Bassey resides in Monaco. [17], 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). The success of "Something" (single number four, album number five in the UK) spawned a series of successful albums on the United Artists label, including Something Else (1971), And I Love You So (1972), I Capricorn (1972), Never Never Never (1973), Good, Bad but Beautiful (1975), Love, Life and Feelings (1976), You Take My Heart Away (1977) and Yesterdays (1978). 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". [22] Her collaboration with Nelson Riddle and his orchestra, the album Let's Face the Music (1962), reached number 12 in the UK album chart; and the single, "What Now My Love" made it to number five. According to gossip-mongers in the US, 76-year-old singer Dame Shirley has already received advances from one wealthy suitor, Art Rooney II, the owner of American football team the Pittsburgh Steelers. [34] The liner notes of the Propellerheads' album Decksandrumsandrockandroll included the lines: "We would like to extend our maximum respect to Shirley Bassey for honouring us with her performance. Tom Lewis, co-managing director of Decca Records, said: 'Dame Shirley Bassey is a living legend and she is still at the peak of her powers. 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. All By Myself: 6. She recorded an album of James Bond themes, The Bond Collection in 1987, but was apparently unhappy with the results so she declined to release it. A few months later, Bassey signed to EMI's Columbia label, and the second phase in her recording career had begun. Her mother was originally from Yorkshire, and her father was a Nigerian seaman who left the family when she was less than two. [citation needed], Bassey released another album, Hello Like Before, was released on 17 November 2014. In 1955, Bassey toured various theatres until she was noticed by the impresario Jack Hylton. And I Love You So: 8. [40] In 2007, Bassey performed in Fashion Rocks in aid of The Prince's Trust at the Royal Albert Hall. Produced by American musician and record producer John Robie “War Boys” debuted on the US Billboard Hat Dance Music/Club Play chart on April 5, 1986 spending six weeks on the survey peaking at #28. Bassey provided vocals for Swiss artists Yello on "The Rhythm Divine" (1987), a song co-written by Scottish singer Billy Mackenzie. She began as she meant to continue, with a powerful rendition of Diamonds Are Forever. But big spenders beware, the glitzy pad has a reported asking price of $900,000 – just over half a million pounds. Mr James added: “We don’t see many searches for properties in Monaco. Making for BBC Television the first series in her outstanding career. [15] 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. [46] She performed at the 2013 Academy Awards on 24 February 2013 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the James Bond movie franchise. Dame Shirley Bassey: November 6, 2020, Orchestre de chambre Louis de Froment, Lara Fabian: A Foggy Day (In London Town) Shirley Bassey: 1959: Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Skinny Ennis: A House Is Not a Home: Shirley Bassey: 1968: Brook Benton: All by Myself: Shirley Bassey: 1982: Eric Carmen: All I Ask of You: Shirley Bassey: 1991 Dame Shirley meanwhile is unlikely to be selling up for lack of cash based on the location of her current permanent home in Monaco. Her 1960 recording of "As Long As He Needs Me" from Lionel Bart's Oliver! [45] Ruth Negga played the title role. Blues in the Night: 13. Marks & Spencer signed her for their Christmas 2006 James Bond-style television advertising campaign. Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (/ ˈ b æ s i /; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer. The accompanying booklet opened with a poem by Marc Almond. A documentary portrait of the internationally-acclaimed vocalist, following her travels through New York, London and Monte Carlo. 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Shirley Bassey, Soundtrack: Moonraker. [20][29], Between 1970 and 1979, Bassey had 18 hit albums in the UK Albums Chart. It's a far cry from Tiger Bay but potential holiday-home buyers looking for something a little more luxurious than a static caravan in Porthcawl might be tempted by this beach-front condo overlooking America’s stunning south-east coast. Returning to the James Bond franchise, she recorded the theme song for Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Complete your Propellerheads Featuring Miss Shirley Bassey* collection. Orchestra directed by, From the Cirkus Studio in Stockholm, Sweden. 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. Other UK top 10 singles of the period included her second number-one, 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. [19] She next took up a professional engagement in Hot from Harlem, which ran until 1954. Just now I am not ready for marriage to anyone. [90], In a 2009 interview, Bassey stated that she and her son, Mark, had reconciled. In the latter mid-1980s Bassey had started working with a vocal coach, a former opera singer, and her album Keep the Music Playing (1991) displayed a grand, operatic pop style on several songs (perhaps also influenced by her album with the LSO seven years earlier). With, Tonight this international singing star makes one of her rare appearances in this country. [20], In 1957 she also recorded under the direction of American producer Mitch Miller in New York City for the Columbia Records label (which at the time had a distribution deal with Philips), producing the single "If I Had a Needle and Thread" b/w "Tonight My Heart She Is Crying". Something went wrong, please try again later. Bassey recorded a song for the next Bond film, Thunderball (1965). 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. The resulting live album The Birthday Concert received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance. [2][3][4] In January 1959, Bassey became the first Welsh person to gain a number-one single on the UK Singles Chart. Two of her mother's four children from previous relationships lived in the Bassey household. In 1985, Samantha, age 21, was found dead in the River Avon in Bristol, England. [citation needed]. Dame Shirley Bassey graced the Roundhouse stage with a unique performance celebrating 50 years at the top of show business. EMI released the five-CD box set Bassey – The EMI/UA Years 1959–1979 in 1994. In 2001, Bassey was principal artiste at the Duke of Edinburgh's 80th birthday celebration. During this time, Novak was Bassey's manager, and they adopted Mark, her grand-nephew.[86][13][14]. She grew up in the adjacent community of Splott. [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. Earlier this year it was reported that a traditional Bermudian villa owned by Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas can be rented by members of the public for a cool $28,000 (£18,000) a month. Bassey v. Icon Entertainment plc (1995) EMLR 596. Bassey was awarded the freedom of her hometown, Cardiff, in a ceremony at City Hall on 17 May 2019. [citation needed], On 9 August 2019, Dame Shirley performed at UNICEF's Summer Gala in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, singing "Goldfinger", "Diamonds Are Forever" and "S'Wonderful". 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. “Perhaps not surprising when you consider that a water-side apartment can easily fetch more than a million pounds.”. This was followed by a single and video to support the London Tourist Board, "There's No Place Like London" (1986), which was co-written by Lynsey de Paul and Gerard Kenny. This album and the majority of her recordings from this period have been released on CD by EMI and BGO Records. Shirley Bassey, this atypical configuration in your natal chart is one of the most complex to describe because of the very nature of the 8th house, the house of transformation, of crises leading to personal reconstruction, but also the house of sexuality, hidden knowledge, investment and inheritance. [3] The episode was lampooned by Alexander Baron in his one-act play The Trial of Shirley Bassey. [5], 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. The hard living and drinking potty mouthed actress was born on this day in Huntsville, Alabama in 1903. According to reports in the states Welsh star Dame Shirley Bassey is seeking a quick-sale for her seasonal retreat on Florida’s Palm Beach. The daughter of the speaker of the house of representatives and grand-daughter and niece of senators, Bankhead died at the age of 66 from pneumonia. Series repeated Mondays on BBC2 from 15 September – 20 October 1980 at 8:15 pm. Bassey celebrated 50 years in show business in 2003 with the release of the CD Thank You for the Years, which was another top 20 album. Dame Shirley Bassey: The Girl from Tiger Bay. [20] Bassey appeared on the cover of Ebony magazine in 1963, and sang at a Washington gala celebrating President Kennedy's second year in office.[23]. [96][97] In 2016, she was named as one of "the 50 greatest Welsh men and women of all time". [92], In 2018, Bassey reported that she had a great-granddaughter.[93]. 2009 (The Manic Street Preaches wrote this song for veteran songstress, Dame Shirley Bassey, which was included on her 2009 CD. Teachers and students alike at Moorland Road School noticed Bassey's strong voice, but gave the pre-teen little encouragement: "...everyone told me to shut up. 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. 1979 single released by Shirley Bassey. Guest stars Charles Aznavour, Rolf Harris, Johnny Nash and 'Emma'. She also performed a concert in front of 10,000 people at the Bryn Terfel Faenol Festival in North Wales broadcast by BBC Wales. Angel Eyes: 9. Bassey's first marriage was to Kenneth Hume in 1961. [5] In 2020, with the release of her final album, I Owe It All To You, Bassey became the first female artist to chart an album in the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart in seven consecutive decades. Bassey then announced to the press that she and Finch would not be marrying, telling the press: "It simply wouldn't work out. They own apartments in New York and Los Angeles, a country estate in New York, a ski house in Colorado, a villa on Majorca, a beach front property in the exotic Turks and Caicos Islands – and, of course, a house in Limeslade, Mumbles. [citation needed], 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. 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. Bassey appeared on the Ball & Boe TV Christmas Special on Friday 20 December 2019, singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" with Michael Ball and Alfie Boe. The Diamonds are Forever star used a Jersey-based company called 50 States to shield her identity, According to a “source close to the sale” as quoted by American website Gossip Extra: “She enjoyed the condo while she had it and it was time for her to move on.”. 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, 2020: Official UK Chart Record – First female artist to claim a top 40 album in seven consecutive decades, "Shirley Bassey: Diamonds Are Forever" – Mary Long (2017), This page was last edited on 5 May 2021, at 13:10. She was forced to pull out of the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute concert because of her illness. 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 is 84 years old and is a Capricorn. Rooney, 60, is reported to have offered $950,000 for the condo on South Ocean Boulevard, less than the original reported asking price of $1.37 million and short of the $1,050,000 Bassey paid for the house when she bought it in 2009. [3] Bassey has four grandsons through her surviving daughter, Sharon Novak. [43] She also performed at the Classical Brit Awards in 2011, singing "Goldfinger" in tribute to John Barry. From the triumphs of a world tour, this superbly talented artist arrives for another high-flying television special. But Dame Shirley Bassey had more down-to-earth considerations on her mind than her brush with danger. [3] In 1979, Bassey recorded the title theme song for the Bond film, Moonraker. [85], From 1968 until they divorced in 1979, Bassey was married to Sergio Novak, the assistant manager of the Excelsior Hotel in Venice. [38] A new album, Get the Party Started, was subsequently released on 25 June 2007 and entered the UK Albums Chart at number six. Born in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, she began performing as a teenager in 1953. [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. He said: “Palm Beach is an affluent suburb where big-spenders from all over the world go to enjoy the tropical climate and high standard of living in retirement. More singles followed, and in February 1957, Bassey had her first hit with "The Banana Boat Song", which reached number 8 in the UK Singles Chart. The focus is on contemporary standards like "There Will Never Be Another You," "It Could Happen to You," "A House Is Not a Home," "Moon River," "I (Who Have Nothing)," and "Who Can I Turn To." [citation needed], Bassey recorded the album The Performance (2009), with James Bond composer David Arnold as co-producer (with Mike Dixon). Bassey recorded her first single, "Burn My Candle", released in February 1956, when she was 19. [14][26], In 1969, she appeared in NBC's The Spring Thing, a musical television special hosted by Bobbie Gentry and Noel Harrison. I need the bathroom' and she went to the house of one of my neighbours. Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (/ˈbæsi/; born 8 January 1937)[1] is a Welsh singer. Her mother was originally from Yorkshire, and her father was a Nigerian seaman who left the family when she was less than two. Join Facebook to connect with Nathaniel Apostol and others you may know. [11] Her father was Nigerian, and her mother came from Teesside.[2][12][13][14]. Shirley Bassey sings and introduces her guests, "Show of the Week: Shirley Bassey at Bern's Restaurant", Shirley Bassey at Bern's Restaurant, Stockholm. [24], The "Goldfinger" theme song, however, had a lasting impact on her career. All I Ask of You: 7. [48], In December 2016, Bassey starred in a 60-minute BBC broadcast hosted by David Walliams. Bassey recorded an album entitled All by Myself (1982) and made a TV special for Thames Television called A Special Lady with guest Robert Goulet. Although Dame Shirley’s management were unavailable for comment today she would not be the first Welsh global star to cash in on a rarely used holiday-home. [39] The same year, Bassey performed "Big Spender" with Elton John at his annual White Tie and Tiara Ball to raise money for The Elton John AIDS Foundation. [citation needed], "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. In a documentary that is almost as revealing as her dresses, Shirley Bassey talks about her work and the cost to her family life. 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. Shirley Bassey sang her theme song to the 1960s Bond tale "Goldfinger." “In fact, population statistics show that the average age of the population in Palm Beach is 67. [94] She was invited to perform in 2002 at the Party at the Palace, a public celebration of the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Also that year, her album Something was released, and showcased a new Bassey style, a shift from traditional pop to more contemporary songs and arrangements (the eponymous single was more successful in the UK charts than the original recording by The Beatles) – although Bassey would never completely abandon what that had been her forte: standards, show tunes, and torch songs. During the show's run, Philips record producer Johnny Franz spotted her on television, was impressed, and offered her a recording deal. 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