My mom is a solid Dame Shirley Bassey’s fan and she passed on the love for Shirley’s music to me. Thanks to my mom, I have memorized her album and I can even lip sync to “Diamonds are forever” flawlessly.  There is really nothing to not like about her. Her voice is sultry and she […]

When Shirley Bassey recorded the music for Goldfinger, the writer of the song himself said that Shirley was the one who made the somewhat ridiculous lyrics work. The performance Dame Bassey gave for the opening sequence’s music, for me, prompted the bond movies to step up on the next opening sequence’s music. There was even […]