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Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE (born 8 January 1937), is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the mid-1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century". In the US, in particular, she is best known for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979) and is the only artist to record more than one Bond theme song. Bassey is also a UNESCO Artist for Peace.<ref name="wshirley_bassey"/> | Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE (born 8 January 1937), is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the mid-1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century". In the US, in particular, she is best known for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979) and is the only artist to record more than one Bond theme song. Bassey is also a UNESCO Artist for Peace.<ref name="wshirley_bassey"/> | ||
From a Morrissey interview with Shaun Phillips in Sounds, June 18, 1988: | From a Morrissey interview with Shaun Phillips in Sounds, June 18, 1988:<ref name="sounds19880618"/> | ||
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'''...But this enthusiasm pales next to his desire to work with, or even meet, Shirley Bassey.'''<br/> | '''...But this enthusiasm pales next to his desire to work with, or even meet, Shirley Bassey.'''<br/> | ||
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<ref name="wshirley_bassey">{{cite | title=Shirley Bassey Wikipedia page | url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Bassey | pub=Wikipedia | author= | date= | dom=Wikipedia.org | type=ext }} | <ref name="wshirley_bassey">{{cite | title=Shirley Bassey Wikipedia page | url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Bassey | pub=Wikipedia | author= | date= | dom=Wikipedia.org | type=ext }} | ||
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<ref name="sounds19880618">{{cite | title=Morrissey interviewed by Shaun Phillips - Sounds, June 18, 1988 | url=http://motorcycleaupairboy.com/interviews/1988/diary.htm | pub=The Motor Cycle Au Pair Boy| author=Shaun Phillips | date=1988-06-18 | dom=motorcycleaupairboy.com | type=ext }} | |||
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<ref name="ms20080714">{{cite | | <ref name="ms20080714">{{cite | | ||