Dame Shirley Bassey celebrates her 75th birthday today

Legendary diva Dame Shirley Bassey celebrates her 75th birthday today. The Welsh singer is perhaps most famous for performing thee James Bond title songs: Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker.

During her career, she is estimated to have sold around 135 million records.

But biographer John Williams told the BBC Radio Wales that while she still "sounds great", Dame Shirley is "certainly winding down. We're never going to see another person like that.

He added that she now preferred to perform at "big gala shows" like the Royal Albert Hall tribute concert last year to the late film composer John Barry, than touring to promote her work.

007 fans can surely look forward to seeing her perform her Bond hits again at some stage of the series' 50th anniversary celebrations in 2012.

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