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Wednesday 8th January 2024.
January 8, 2025
WTW boys and girls. Today is a music Wednesday. Andres is still on vacation, but as always Ingrid check in with us for our everyday story of country folk! Yazmin takes a look at who was born on this day in music, and we have?
Dame Shirley Bassey. 1937 – Welsh singer. In January 1959, Bassey became the first Welsh person to gain a No. 1 single and later had the 1970 UK No.4 single with a cover of The Beatles George Harrison song ‘Something’ as well as hits with the James Bond themes ‘Goldfinger’ (1964) ‘Diamonds are Forever’, (1971) and Moonraker (1979). Bassey received the first award for Best British Female Solo Artist at the 1st Brit Awards in 1977 and she was appointed a Dame in 1999 for services to the performing arts. Bassey has sold over 140 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling female artists of all time. She is the first woman in history to claim a Top 40 album in seven consecutive decades in the United Kingdom.