... Before Bassey Goldfingered her way on stage in a blaze of cinematic splendour, the seated masses had been quaffing champagne and flapjacks to the vaguely contemporary sound of Ronan Keating and Gabrielle. Bassey's 30-piece orchestra brought gravitas to a typically excessive display of kitsch theatrics and dramatic phrasing. This formula came into it's own on Light My Fire, a version so erotically charged it made Will Young sound like an android..

As she left in an emerald cape...

Where Bassey's hair was set in stone, the wind played havoc with the Motown mop...

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