This article presents the discography of
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer. Best known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the theme songs to three James Bond films, Bassey is widely regarded as one of the most popular vocalist ...
.
Bassey's biggest selling solo
album
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s are ''
The Shirley Bassey Singles Album
''The Shirley Bassey Singles Album'' is a compilation album released in 1975 by British singer Shirley Bassey.
Having seen a sales dip in the latter half of the 1960s, Bassey enjoyed a successful comeback in the 1970s, beginning with the single ...
'', peaking at number two and earning a
gold disc
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, and the
limited edition
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double album
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, ''Shirley Bassey 25th Anniversary Album'', a platinum record charting at number three in 1978 on the
UK Albums Chart
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. Her Top 10 album ''
Something
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Albums
* ''Something'' (Chairlift album), 2012
* ''Something'' (Shirley Bassey album), 1970
* ''Something'' (Shirley Scott ...
'' is her biggest-selling
studio
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album, remaining in the UK Albums Chart for five months. In 2020, the album ''
I Owe It All to You'' entered the UK Top 5, and Bassey became “the first female artist to claim a Top 40 album in seven consecutive decades.”
Bassey's highest-peaking single in the US is
"Goldfinger", peaking at number eight on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 and appearing on the number one
soundtrack album from
the 1964 James Bond film. Bassey has two
number one UK singles to her credit: "
As I Love You
"As I Love You" is a 1958 hit song by Shirley Bassey with Wally Stott & His Orchestra, written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans for the Universal International motion picture, '' The Big Beat'' (1958).
From 20 February 1959, it was number one on t ...
" and the double A-sided, "
Reach for the Stars" / "
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''The Sound of Music.'' It is sung at the close of the first act by the Mother Abbess. It is themed as an inspirational piece, to encourage people to take ever ...
", as well as a number one on the dance chart; "
History Repeating" in 1997. She reached the top spot on the Australian and South African charts with 1973's "
Never, Never, Never". On the release of "
The Living Tree" in 2007, she marked a 50-year span of appearances in the UK Singles Chart.
Although her only solo album to enter the Top 20 of a US chart (
R&B) is ''Live at Carnegie Hall'', she has enjoyed five Top 10 singles on US charts over the decades: "Goldfinger" (''Billboard'' Hot 100 Top 10); "
Something
Something may refer to:
Philosophy and language
*Something (concept)
*Something, an English indefinite pronoun
Music
Albums
* ''Something'' (Chairlift album), 2012
* ''Something'' (Shirley Bassey album), 1970
* ''Something'' (Shirley Scott ...
"; "Never, Never, Never"; "History Repeating" and "Get the Party Started".
[BPI certification did not begin until 1973; To date, Bassey has no RIAA certification]
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Albums
Studio albums
Live albums
Cast recording albums
Remix albums
Compilation albums
Repackaged albums
EPs
Singles
Original soundtrack recordings
Notes
References
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