15 Things That Will Make You (Even More) Obsessed With Shirley Bassey

[geardaddy]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/15-things-that-will-make-you-even-more-obsessed-with-shirley

1. Bassey was born in 1937, and grew up in Cardiff Bay, Wales. (back then it was called "Tiger Bay"-gd)

2. She is of Welsh, English, and Nigerian descent. Here she is in 1955, the year her career began to take off.


more at link.

[closeupready]

1. I thought she was from Trinidad?

Why did I think that? LOL

[geardaddy]

2. Dunno.

[closeupready]

3. Anyway, she's a fave that never seems to fade away -

I loved that pop remix she did back around 2002 or 3 - what was that tune???

On edit, "History Repeating".

[geardaddy]

4. Yeah, she's awesome.

Both her and Tom Jones are always remaking themselves.

[graham4anything]

5. Yes, and both have kept their voice (and both sang a Bond song).

Not that many keep their voice.
Roy Orbison was another who had but then died suddenly in the end of the 80s, just when he was back on top.

[geardaddy]

6. I loved Roy

He was great when he was part of the Wilburys.

[graham4anything]

7. Yeah, it's a damn shame that he died. So unfair.

Saw Roy a good number of times over the years, and he was always great, same voice.
And as he got older, people were more and more surprised he still had it.