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SHIRLEY BASSEY is a Welsh singer of Nigerian and English descent whose career began in the mid-1950s. She is best known for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964) Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and Moonraker (1979). In 2000 Bassey was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the performing arts. In 1977 she received the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist in the previous 25 years. Bassey has been called "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century.