Shirley Bassey
Nacimiento : 1937-01-08, Butetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Historia
Shirley Bassey is a Welsh singer known for both her powerful operatic voice and for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films 'Goldfinger' (1964); 'Diamonds Are Forever' (1971) and 'Moonraker' (1979).
Born on Bute Street in Butetown (also known as 'Tiger Bay') in the docklands area of Cardiff, she was was the sixth and youngest child of Henry Bassey, from Nigeria, and Eliza Jane Start, from the north-east of England, but grew up in the adjacent community of Splott.
After leaving Splott Secondary Modern School at the age of 14, Bassey found work at the local Curran Steels factory, while singing in public houses and clubs in the evenings and on weekends. In 1953, she signed her first professional contract and went on to work for the impresario Jack Hylton. She recorded her first single in 1956.
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Concierto que celebra el 60 aniversario de la franquicia Bond. Dirigido por el legendario compositor de films de Bond David Arnold y cuenta con distintos especiales artistas invitados que realizan sus propias interpretaciones de temas musicales clásicos de Bond. La fecha del concierto coincide con el estreno del primer film de Bond, "007 contra el Dr. No".
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Abre el telón de la notable historia de seis décadas de música de James Bond, desde "Dr. No" de Sean Connery hasta la última salida de Daniel Craig en "No Time to Die".
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To celebrate St David’s Day, this trip through the BBC’s music archives features a selection of tracks from some of the most important and innovative Welsh artists of the past few decades. The programme includes performances by Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia, Super Furry Animals, Marina and the Diamonds, Stereophonics, Feeder, Shakin’ Stevens, Bonnie Tyler, Dame Shirley Bassey and Sir Tom Jones.
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Ahead of her 80th birthday in Janurary 2017, comic actor David Walliams hosts this special night of entertainment paying tribute to Welsh diva Dame Shirley Bassey. Featuring songs, interviews and comedy sketches.
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More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On features previously banned songs by the BBC including "Lola" by the Kinks, "Jackie" by Scott Walker and "(We Don't Need this) Fascist Groove Thang" by Heaven 17.
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Cuenta la historia de tres hombres que comparten un sueño: son los productores Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman y el autor Ian Fleming. Riley narra las batallas de la vida real y las amenazas que debe afrontar la franquicia durante cinco décadas y 23 películas del héroe de ficción más legendario de los tiempos modernos. El documental se centra no sólo en Bond, sino también en las peripecias emocionales de Broccoli, Fleming, Saltzman y sus respectivas familias. La película incluye entrevistas exclusivas con los actores George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan y Daniel Craig, así como imágenes de archivo de EON Productions de escenas tras las cámaras.
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BBC archive performances from musicals, including Ella Fitzgerald singing Mack the Knife, Captain Sensible performing a classic from South Pacific and Jay Z taking on Annie.
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A compilation from the BBC archive of performances featuring songs written by, or associated with, Neil Diamond. Featuring Lulu, UB40, Vince Hill, Robert Wyatt, Gladys Knight, Urge Overkill, Lena Zavaroni, The Hollies and a duet by Neil Diamond and Shirley Bassey.
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Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall is a charity music concert held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England on 12 November 2009. The concert was organised by Take That singer Gary Barlow as one of a series of events to raise money for Children in Need 2009. The huge success of the concert inspired Barlow to organise Children in Need Rocks Manchester at the Manchester Arena, Manchester in 2011.
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Dame Shirley Bassey graced the Roundhouse stage with a unique performance celebrating 50 years at the top of show business.
The legendary Welsh songstress delights a select crowd for the second time in this television special.
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Well known performers accompanied by 12,000 selected members of the public on the lawn of Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
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A full concert film featuring Shirley Bassey on stage in Antwerp, Belgium during the 'Diamond Awards Festival', including some of her greatest hits, interspersed with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews.
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Documentary discussing the many songs featured in the James Bond films
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For one young boy, a passion can be more than just a dream.
Elizabeth Hurley hosts a one hour documentary on the history of the James Bond film series to tie in with the seventeenth Bond film, GoldenEye.
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Showbiz legend Dame Shirley Bassey delights a celebrity audience by singing songs and answering light-hearted questions. Enjoy renditions including Born to Sing and George Harrison's Something from the sequin-gowned Welsh songstress.
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In 1985 Dame Shirley Bassey gave a performance to help raise money for the 1986 Commonwealth games that were held in Edinburgh in Scotland. Dame Shirley sang four songs: Nobody does it like me, Arthur's theme, You ain't heard nothing yet and This is my life.
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Recorded and broadcast by British TV (Thames Television) in 1980 with special guests Robert Goulet and Richard Clayderman
Theme Song Performance
El agente secreto James Bond recibe de sus superiores la orden de localizar el paradero de la nave espacial Moonraker, que ha desaparecido misteriosamente. Sus primeras investigaciones le llevan a seguir la pista del millonario Hugo Drax, constructor de la cápsula. Después de investigar en Venecia y en Río de Janeiro, Bond es capturado por Drax, y descubre que el villano posee una base de lanzamiento para cohetes espaciales, con los que se propone esparcir un gas tóxico que acabe con le vida terrestre, siendo ésta la primera fase de un perverso plan que el agente, ayudado por la Doctora Goodhead, intentará frustrar.
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Narrada en tono de policial negro, su protagonista es un detective de historieta que es contratado en Subterra, un país de fantasía del mundo real por una pareja para investigar una serie de asesinatos, para lo cual concurre con Mark Dent, alias Super-Super, a Expovaca, una megaexposición internacional montada por los gobernantes para distraer al pueblo.
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Tras pasar unas merecidas vacaciones en Francia, el agente secreto James Bond recibe una llamada del Jefe M para realizar una peligrosa misión relacionada con unos diamantes en bruto desaparecidos.
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Un malvado magnate, Auric Goldfinger, quiere hacer estallar una bomba atómica en Fort Knox, donde está toda la reserva federal de oro de los Estados Unidos, para poder así incrementar enormemente el precio del metal dorado.
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Guests: Bob Hope, Marion Ryan, Dave King, Terry-Thomas, Shirley Bassey. Filmed on location in London, where Bing was filming Road to Hong Kong. Bing wanders the streets of London encountering his guests, including Bob Hope (in drag).
