Editing Shirley Bassey (section)

===1960s===
Between 1960 and 1961, Bassey had four Top 10 hits in the UK.<ref name="officialcharts" /> Her 1960 recording of "[[As Long As He Needs Me]]" from [[Lionel Bart]]'s ''[[Oliver!]]'' peaked at No. 2,and had a chart run of 30 weeks.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> She made her American television début on 13 November 1960, when she performed on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''.<ref>Williams, ''Miss Shirley Bassey'', 219.</ref> In 1961, the double [[A-side and B-side|A-side]] "[[Reach for the Stars (Shirley Bassey song)|Reach for the Stars]]"/"[[Climb Ev'ry Mountain]]" reached number-one.<ref name="officialcharts" /> Bassey's version of "[[As Long as He Needs Me]]" reached No. 2.<ref name="officialcharts" /> Her single "[[I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)|I'll Get By]]" peaked at No. 10.<ref name="officialcharts" /> Bassey's rendition of "You'll Never Know" was one of the UK's top hits in 1961, reaching No. 6 on the charts.<ref>{{cite journal |date=30 December 1962 |title=England's Top Hits of 1961 (Singles) |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1961/CB-1961-12-30.pdf |journal=Cash Box |page=17}}</ref><ref name="officialcharts" /> She began to gain recognition in the American market and signed to [[United Artists Records]] in August 1961.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=28 August 1961 |title=Shirley Bassey Inks United Artists Pact |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HiEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=shirley+bassey+billboard+1961&pg=PA10 |magazine=Billboard |page=10}}</ref> The following month she began a five-week engagement at the Persian Room inside New York's [[Plaza Hotel]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Grevatt |first=Ren |date=18 September 1961 |title=Shirley Is on Her Way |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aCAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=shirley+bassey+billboard+1961&pg=PA74 |magazine=Billboard |page=74}}</ref>

Bassey's collaboration with [[Nelson Riddle]] and his orchestra, the album ''[[Let's Face the Music]]'' (1962), reached No. 12 in the UK album chart; and the single, "[[What Now My Love (song)|What Now My Love]]" made it to No. 5 in 1962.<ref name="officialcharts" /> Her [[cover version]] of the [[Ben E. King]] hit "[[I (Who Have Nothing)]]" reached No. 6 in 1963.<ref name="officialcharts" /> In January 1963, Bassey performed at a gala commemorating the second anniversary of [[John F. Kennedy|President John F. Kennedy]]'s inauguration in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite journal |date=7 February 1963 |title=At JFK 2nd Anniversary Fete |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LsDAAAAMBAJ&dq=President+Kennedy+shirley+bassey+1963&pg=PA9 |journal=Jet |page=9}}</ref><ref>Williams, ''Miss Shirley Bassey'', 247–248.</ref> In March 1963, she appeared on the cover of ''[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite journal |date=March 1963 |title=Shirley Bassey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u48FA0TY0MEC&q=bassey |journal=Ebony |pages=108–113}}</ref> Bassey made her [[Carnegie Hall]] debut on 15 February 1964.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=8 February 1964 |title=Bernstein Exits |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2EQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Carnegie+Hall+shirley+bassey+1964&pg=PA6 |magazine=Billboard |page=6}}</ref> The complete concert recording was not released until it was included in the EMI compilation [[Bassey – The EMI/UA Years 1959–1979|''The EMI/UA Years 1959–1979'']] in 1994.

In 1965, Bassey enjoyed her only [[Top 40]] hit on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] with the [[Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song)|title song]] of the James Bond film, ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]''. The single "[[Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song)|Goldfinger]]" was released in the US in January 1965, peaking at No 8.<ref name=":3">{{cite magazine |title=Shirley Bassey |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/shirley-bassey/ |access-date=14 February 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Goldfinger (soundtrack)|original soundtrack]] for ''Goldfinger'' hit number-one in the US that year. The "Goldfinger" theme song had a lasting impact on her career. In the [[sleeve notes]] for Bassey's ''25th Anniversary Album'' (1978), [[Peter Clayton]] noted that: "Acceptance in America was considerably helped by the enormous popularity of ("Goldfinger")...But she had actually established herself there as early as 1961, in [[cabaret]] in New York. She was also a success in Las Vegas...'I suppose I should feel hurt that I've never been really big in America on record since "Goldfinger"...But, concertwise, I always sell out.'..."<ref>{{cite web |author=Roman |url=http://home.arcor.de/bassey/ |title=See sleeve notes by Peter Clayton, ''25th Anniversary Album'' |website=Arcor.de |date=6 May 2004 |access-date=28 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307101359/http://home.arcor.de/bassey/ |archive-date=7 March 2014 }}</ref>

Her live 1965 album ''[[Shirley Bassey at the Pigalle]]'', recorded during a sold-out run at the Pigalle in London, peaked at No. 15 on the UK album chart.<ref name="officialcharts" /> Also in 1965, she sang the title song for the James Bond spoof ''[[The Liquidator (1965 film)|The Liquidator]].''<ref>{{cite book |last=Mavis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ehkcZFT8fMoC&dq=The+Liquidator+shirley+bassey&pg=PA178 |title=The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999 |date=8 June 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0427-5 |page=178 |language=en}}</ref> Bassey recorded a song for the next Bond film, ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'' (1965). "[[Thunderball (film)#Music|Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang]]" was not used in the movie, although the film's score follows its melodic theme. Written by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse, "Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" was re-recorded by American singer [[Dionne Warwick]], and then rejected in favor of a new song, "Thunderball", hastily written by Barry and given to Welsh singer [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] after the film's producers decided the song over the opening credits must feature the film's title.<ref>Williams, ''Miss Shirley Bassey'', 274–275.</ref>

In the aftermath of "Goldfinger" her UK sales started to falter as well: only two of her singles would enter the UK top 40 from 1966 to 1970. Her first album on United Artists, "[[I've Got a Song for You]]" (1966), spent one week on the chart. From 1966 to 1970, only two albums would chart, one of those a compilation. One of her best-known singles, "[[Big Spender]]" was released in 1967, charting just short of the UK top 20.<ref name=officialcharts/>

Bassey began to live as a [[tax exile]] in 1968, during [[History of taxation in the United Kingdom|a period of very high income tax]], and was unable to work in Britain for almost two years.<ref name=minute-she-walked-in-the-joint>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3594141/The-minute-she-walked-in-the-joint.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3594141/The-minute-she-walked-in-the-joint.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |title=The minute she walked in the joint |first=Nigel |last=Farndale |date=9 May 2003 |access-date=23 May 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Roman |url=http://home.arcor.de/bassey/ |title=See CD sleeve notes by Chris White, ''Something'' album |website=Arcor.de |date=6 May 2004 |access-date=28 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307101359/http://home.arcor.de/bassey/ |archive-date=7 March 2014 }}</ref> In 1969, she appeared in [[NBC]]'s ''The Spring Thing,'' a musical television special hosted by [[Bobbie Gentry]] and [[Noel Harrison]]. Guests included were [[Goldie Hawn]], [[Meredith MacRae]], Irwin C. Watson, [[Rod McKuen]], and [[Harpers Bizarre]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Of0QAAAAQBAJ&q=david+winters+variety&pg=PA343 |title=Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936–2012 |edition=2d |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |date=6 June 2013 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1240-9 |language=en}}</ref>