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Dame Shirley Bassey (January 8, 1937) is a Welsh singer who found great fame in Great Britain the late 1950s and has been performing ever since. In the United States, Bassey is best known for singing . She holds the record for most James Bond themes by a singer with three of them. __TOC__

  • Shirley Bassey, DBE
  • Shirley Veronica Bassey
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    • Dame Shirley Bassey (January 8, 1937) is a Welsh singer who found great fame in Great Britain the late 1950s and has been performing ever since. In the United States, Bassey is best known for singing . She holds the record for most James Bond themes by a singer with three of them. __TOC__
    • Shirley Bassey (b. 1937) is a Welsh cabaret and pop singer. She was the guest star on The Muppet Show episode 504. Bassey sang the theme songs for three of the James Bond films: "Goldfinger" (1964, which she reprised on The Muppet Show), "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971) and "Moonraker" (1979). "Goldfinger" reached #8 on the Billboard Top 40 chart in February 1965. She was awarded the CBE in 1993 and named a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II on New Year's Eve, 1999.
    • Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (born January 8, 1937) is a Welsh cabaret and pop singer. Her only role in a Disney-related production so far was a guest appearance in episode 504 of The Muppet Show.
    • Welsh singer, 1937-. The only person to have sung more than one James Bond theme (Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker- she did one for Thunderball too called "Mr Kiss-Kiss Bang-Bang," but the studio went with the Tom Jones version. Affectionately and spooneristically referred to as "Burly Chassis". Her other famous songs include: * "Big Spender" ("Hey, Big Spender!") * "As Long As He Needs Me" (From Oliver!) * "History Repeating". * Believe it or not, a cover of "Get The Party Started" (even included on Dancing On Ice)
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    • 1953(xsd:integer)
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    • Welsh singer, 1937-. The only person to have sung more than one James Bond theme (Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker- she did one for Thunderball too called "Mr Kiss-Kiss Bang-Bang," but the studio went with the Tom Jones version. Affectionately and spooneristically referred to as "Burly Chassis". Her other famous songs include: * "Big Spender" ("Hey, Big Spender!") * "As Long As He Needs Me" (From Oliver!) * "History Repeating". * Believe it or not, a cover of "Get The Party Started" (even included on Dancing On Ice) Bassey's singing style, the singing equivalent of Chewing the Scenery, has been much imitated: * Geri Halliwell's "Look At Me" definitely has a hint of Bassey to it. * At points - the Title Song for Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, the song takes on the Bassey-style, appropriate considering the other Spy tropes it plays with. * Richard Cheese did a lounge cover of "Rock the Casbah". Changing the pitch of it turns the cover into a dead-on Bassey pastiche. * The opening theme for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is a parody of Bassey's Bond themes. * Roza Rymbaeva used this in her debut song "Alia."
    • Dame Shirley Bassey (January 8, 1937) is a Welsh singer who found great fame in Great Britain the late 1950s and has been performing ever since. In the United States, Bassey is best known for singing . She holds the record for most James Bond themes by a singer with three of them. __TOC__
    • Shirley Bassey (b. 1937) is a Welsh cabaret and pop singer. She was the guest star on The Muppet Show episode 504. Bassey sang the theme songs for three of the James Bond films: "Goldfinger" (1964, which she reprised on The Muppet Show), "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971) and "Moonraker" (1979). "Goldfinger" reached #8 on the Billboard Top 40 chart in February 1965. She was awarded the CBE in 1993 and named a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II on New Year's Eve, 1999.
    • Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (born January 8, 1937) is a Welsh cabaret and pop singer. Her only role in a Disney-related production so far was a guest appearance in episode 504 of The Muppet Show.
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