Dame is Shirley a true legend; Imagine: Dame Shirley Bassey-The Girl From Tiger Bay BBC 1, Thurs, 10.35pm.WHEN Dame Shirley Bassey went into the studio to record her first album for 20 years, she had no idea she had so many famous fans. Some of the biggest names in pop - including Gary Barlow of Take That, KT Tunstall, The Pet Shop Boys and The Manic Street Preachers - volunteered to write songs for her. Alan Yentob's in-depth profile of the Welsh diva goes behind the scenes of the project titled The Performance. He reveals the humble origins of the superstar, now aged 72, brought up in Tiger Bay This article relates to the place in Wales, for other meanings see Tiger Bay (disambiguation). Tiger Bay is the former dock area of Cardiff. It was rebranded as Cardiff Bay due to the building of the multi-million pound Cardiff Barrage which dams the tidal rivers , a tough docklands area of Cardiff. Yentob also looks back on her incredible 53-year career in which she's sold 135million records and unearths arch ive footage of the Big Spender Noun 1. big spender - one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment; "the last of the big spenders" high roller scattergood, spend-all, spendthrift, spender - someone who spends money prodigally legend in action. CAPTION(S): Imagine: Dame Shirley Bassey-The Girl From Tiger Bay BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. 1, Thurs, 10.35pm |
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