The Noah’s Ark Appeal: Until recently, Wales was the only country in Europe that did not have a dedicated children’s hospital. Determined to change the situation and ensure that childre…

In 1975 the album Good Bad But Beautiful was released. A great song from that album is the beautiful Send In The Clowns. A live version of the song below.

Today we go back to 1974. The Nobody Does It Like Me album was recorded in the USA. For some reason Shirley Bassey’s least favourite album but a great one to me! The song When You Smile was r…

The history of another of DSB’s gowns sold for charity at Christie’s. Courtesy of our Gowns Guru, Ian. GOWN OF THE WEEK The Black Velvet ‘Jewel’ Gown (Lot 12 Christie’…

Dame Shirley has never been afraid to speak her mind, and has become one of the most quotable artists in show business. Here are some of her most memorable remarks: (From the 50th Anniversary Tour …

The year 1973 was another extremely busy and successful year for Shirley Bassey.Is was the year the Never Never Never album was recorded and released. The song I chose from this year is Somehow. Sh…

Dame Shirley wearing the midnight blue dress during a performance screened on London Weekend Television, circa 1986.   The Midnight Blue Organza Gown Thanks to Ian, the official Gowns Guru to …

Born To Singalso entitledI Was Born To Sing ForeverWritten by M. Jouveaux / J.BarnelEnglish words penned by Norman Newell. Released in 1986 as B-side of a Towerbell single (A-side: There’s No…

The year 1972 was another extremely busy year for then miss Shirley Bassey. She recorded 2 albums that year: I Capricorn & And I love You So.  She did TV performances  and the recordi…

A fabulous new video appeared on the internet last week of a performance from 1970 called Bassey In Berlin. It aired on German TV February 25th 1970, a film by Dieter Finnern. You see Shirley Basse…

The year 1971 was also a very busy year. The year of the Something Else album, tours, recordings and the Royal Variety Performance. Below a video of one of the most memorable songs that was recorde…

In the year 2000 Dame Barbara Windsor (real name Barbara Ann Deeks London August 6. 1937-December 10. 2020) published her autobiography. Barbara Windsor received an CBE in 2000 when Shirley was bei…

The year 1970 was probably the most significant year of Shirley Bassey’s career. After two years in exile in Switzerland she returned to the UK and performed at The Talk Of The Town. One of h…

This morning we heard the very sad news of the passing of Paul O’ Grady. Dame Shirley wrote the following moving message on her Facebook and Instagram. In 2009 she was a guest on his show to …

Dame Shirley Bassey attends the “Bal de la Rose” (Rose Ball), in Monaco, March 25, 2023. The charity event is held annually in the principality. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, Pool) Isabel Pant…

For today’s blog we go back to 1969 when the album Does Anybody Miss Me was released. A very beautiful song from that album is It’s Always 4 a.m.  Also some newspaper articles from that…

For this blog we are revisiting Dame Shirley Bassey’s beautiful song, Thank You For The Years and republishing the answers writer Andy Neve gave to fans’ question back in 2003 when the …