Miss Shirley Bassey
by Williams John L (9781847249746)

From Hot from Harlem to Goldfinger, John Williams recounts the story of how a two-bit jazz singer from Cardiff became an immortal icon. Miss Shirley Bassey explores this remarkable transformation, both of an individual and of the British society and British psyche that made it possible. From the vibrant, multicultural oasis of Tiger Bay in the Cardiff docklands through the club-lands of Soho and Las Vegas to New York s Carnegie Hall, it is a journey from mere mortal to international icon. Along the way she would encounter homosexual husbands, predatory managers, newspaper scandals, and a range of friends and acquaintances from Sammy Davis Jr to Reggie Kray.

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