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Book Description: Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Shirley Bassey: Diamond Diva This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Bookseller Inventory # W3-L1-R126H-06061

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Book Description: Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Shirley Bassey: Diamond Diva This book is in good or better condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages will be missing from the book. The spine of the book is still in great condition and the front cover is generally unmarked. It has signs of previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. Shipping is normally same day from our UK warehouse. We offer a money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. Bookseller Inventory # W3-L1-R009H-03217

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Book Description: Andre Deutsch, 2008. Book Condition: Good. N/A. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Bookseller Inventory # GRP23556391

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Book Description: Andre Deutsch Ltd 2008-05-05, 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. USED HARDBACK WITH DUST JACKET IN PROTECTIVE SLEEVE; VERY GOOD CONDITION; CLEAN TIGHT TEXT WITH NORMAL READING WEAR; EX-LIBRARY WITH USUAL STAMPS ETC; FOXED; SKEWED; Bookseller Inventory # BDSACD007L7-030

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Book Description: Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2008. Hardcover. 23.6 x 15.8 x 3 cm. Hardback with D/J in good condition. As the "Times" review pointed out, the overriding successes of 2007's Glastonbury Festival were those of two female performers. One was Lily Allen; the other was Dame Shirley Bassey. Conditions onstage were almost as bad as down in the mud with the crowd, yet the 70-year-old Bassey managed to pull her orchestra and the audience with her all the way.This long-awaited new biography opens with the now-famous helicopter emergency landing that followed Bassey's performance, then backtracks to her youth in Cardiff's Tiger Bay in the 1930s. From this moment on, the keyword in this sparkling biography is context. Most people have no real idea what the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s were actually like in Britain, because they believe the cliches. The reality was much bleaker - a grey world punctuated by the occasional flash of colour.and Shirley Bassey was undeniably one of those flashes.The list of obstacles she had to overcome on her way to stardom is daunting: extreme poverty, a mixed-race background, an illegitimate child at the age of 16.and yet within a few years she transformed herself into the Shirley Bassey we all know - and eventually into an icon and a diva. She may be only two years younger than Elvis, and only a few years older than the Beatles, but these acts were not her chart rivals - and nor were Tommy Steele or Cliff Richard. Bassey's competition lay in the orthodox showbiz world of performers such as Vera Lynn, Liberace and the Beverley Sisters. Bassey blasted her way through with sheer sex appeal, of which her sense of humour is as much a key ingredient as her shimmering skin-tight costumes.While very few "easy listening" acts of the 1960s and 1970s have managed to cross over into mass acceptance by a modern audience, Bassey is one who has. What's more, she seems now - much like Johnny Cash - to have been adopted by younger artists eager to work with her. In recent years she has collaborated with Yello, Billy Mackenzie, the Propellerheads and Never The Bride. In short, she still enjoys dizzying popularity, and Peter Hogan's refreshing new insights put her career into brilliant perspective. About the Author Peter Hogan is the author of a number of music biographies, including The Rough Guide to the Velvet Underground; The Monkees: Monkeemania; The Complete Guide to the Music of the Doors; and The Complete Guide to the Music of Queen. He lives in London. ISBN 978-0-233-00238-3 9780233002383. Bookseller Inventory # 27751

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