Shirley Bassey
Nascimento : 1937-01-08, Butetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
História
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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Celebrates 60 years of the Bond film franchise. The concert is curated by the legendary Bond composer David Arnold and will feature special guest artists all putting their own interpretation on classic theme songs, backed by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. The date marks the anniversary of the premiere of the first 007 film, Dr. No.
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Este documentário narra a história da música Bond, desde "007 Contra o Satânico Dr. No" (1962), com seu tema icônico, até a canção vencedora do Oscar® de Billie Eilish para "007, Sem Tempo Para Morrer", de 2021.
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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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The story of three men with a shared dream: James Bond franchise producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and Bond creator and author Ian Fleming. It’s the thrilling and inspiring narrative behind the longest running film franchise in cinema history, which began in 1962.
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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
Um avião carregando um foguete espacial sofre um acidente. Mas quando o Serviço Secreto Britânico vai examinar os destroços, não encontra nenhum vestígio da espaçonave. Assim, James Bond (Roger Moore) tem a missão de investigar o caso e começa indo visitar o multimilionário que construiu a aeronave e tem idéias bastantes estranhas de qual deva ser o destino da raça humana.
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Theme Song Performance
Quando o governo britânico suspeita da existência de uma rede mundial de contrabando de diamantes, 007 (Sean Connery) é chamado para investigar. Ele logo descobre a extensão do problema e viaja para a América, onde o milionário proprietário de um cassino é suspeito de estar por trás de tudo. Só que ele é ninguém menos que Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray), o arquiinimigo de James Bond, que sabe exatamente o que tem de fazer, principalmente quando as mais poderosas potências nucleares do planeta estão envolvidas.
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James Bond (Sean Connery) é encarregado de espionar Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe), um poderoso milionário cujas remessas de ouro espalhadas por diversos países podem esconder ações criminosas. Após ser capturado, Bond descobre que o plano de Goldfinger é bem maior do que ele imaginava: Goldfinger pretende roubar nada mais nada menos do que as reservas americanas de ouro, guardadas no Forte Knox.
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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).
