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Shirley Bassey is a Welsh singer with an estimated net worth of $10 million. She is widely known for singing the theme songs to the James Bond films, Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker. In 1959, Bassey became the first Welsh person to gain a number-one single on the UK Singles Chart. In the following…

Shirley Bassey has two number-one UK singles to her credit: “As I Love You” and the double A-sided, Reach for the Stars/Climb Ev’ry Mountain, as well as a number one on the dance chart: “History Repeating” in 1997. Bassey reached the top spot on the Australian and South African charts with 1973’s “Never, Never, Never”.…

Shirley Bassey has announced her plans for the release of a new album. She said the album, which has been dubbed her grand finale, is a celebration of 70 years in showbiz. In 2020, with the release of her most recent album, I Owe It All To You, Bassey became the first female artist to…

Shirley Bassey was born the 6th and youngest child of Henry Bassey and Eliza Jane Start on Bute Street in Tiger Bay, Cardiff. She grew up in the nearby community of Splott. Her father was Nigerian and her mother came from New Marske, North Yorkshire. In 1959, Bassey became the first Welsh person to gain…

Shirley Bassey has six siblings. Two of her mother’s four children from previous relationships lived in the Bassey household. Bassey’s mother listed her first husband, Alfred Metcalf, as her own father in the registry of her marriage to Henry Bassey, giving rise to speculation that this marriage was bigamous in the absence of a prior…

Shirley Bassey had three children, Sharon Novak, Samantha Bassey and Mark Novak. The fathers of Bassey’s two daughters, Sharon Bassey and Samantha Novak are unknown. Bassey had Sharon at the age of 17 and her sister  Ella raised her as her daughter until the 1960s. Bassey’s first husband suggested that Samantha, born during the couple’s…

Shirley Bassey’s first marriage was to Kenneth Hume in 1961. The couple separated in 1964 and divorced in 1965 in the wake of Bassey’s affair with actor Peter Finch. She later announced to the press that she and Finch would not be marrying, telling the press: “It simply wouldn’t work out. Just know I am…

From 1968 until her divorce in  1976, Shirley Bassey was married to Sergio Novak. Novak was the assistant manager of the Excelsior Hotel in Venice. During this time, Novak was Bassey’s manager, and they adopted Mark, her grand-nephew. Sergio Novak was a private person and loved to keep his life away from the media. In…

Shirley Bassey is a Welsh singer best known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the theme songs to three James Bond films. Bassey is widely regarded as one of the most popular vocalists in Britain. In 1959, Bassey became the first Welsh person to gain a number-one single on the UK Singles Chart.…

Spike Lee’s mother died of liver cancer. Jacqueline Lee was a teacher of arts and black literature. There isn’t much information about her life on the internet. However, her husband, Bill Lee was a jazz musician and composer. Lee played the bass for artists including Chris Anderson, Cat Stevens, John Lee Hooker and many others.…