Editing Shirley Bassey (section)

===1970s===
[[File:Shirley Bassey à Munster ( Allemagne ) début des années 70.jpeg|right|thumb|upright=0.8|Bassey performing in [[West Germany]] in 1973]]
Bassey's UK comeback came in 1970 leading to one of the most successful periods of her career. Starting the year with a BBC Television 'Special', ''[[Dougie Squires|The Young Generation]] Meet Shirley Bassey'', recorded in Sweden and shown on [[BBC1]] on 18 March.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3a3321e9515f451283f407c6059d126d |title=The Young Generation meet Shirley Bassey – BBC One London |date=18 March 1970 |website=BBC Genome |access-date=25 June 2016}}</ref> She returned to the UK with a record-breaking run of performances at the [[Talk of the Town (nightclub)|Talk of the Town]] nightclub. Also that year, her album ''[[Something (Shirley Bassey album)|Something]]'' was released, and showcased a new Bassey style, a shift from [[traditional pop]] to more contemporary songs and arrangements (the eponymous single was more successful in the UK charts than the original recording by [[The Beatles]]) – although Bassey would never completely abandon that which had been her forte: standards, [[show tunes]], and [[torch songs]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

Her song "[[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]" was also a top 10 US hit on the [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|Adult Contemporary]] chart. Other singles of this period included the hit "[[Grande grande grande|Never Never Never]]", an English version of the Italian "Grande grande grande", reaching the top 10 in the US Adult Contemporary Chart, the UK top 10 and number one in Australia and South Africa.

Returning to the James Bond franchise, she recorded the theme song for ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (soundtrack)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'' (1971). Bassey appeared on the ''[[Morecambe and Wise]] Christmas Show'', broadcast on Christmas Day in 1971.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1181838/ |title=1971 Christmas Show |date=25 December 1971 |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=25 June 2016}}</ref>

Bassey was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' on two occasions: firstly, in November 1972 when she was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at [[Heathrow Airport]],{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} and then in January 1993, when [[Michael Aspel]] surprised her at the curtain call of a sell-out concert at the [[Royal Albert Hall]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

Bassey recorded a series of successful albums on the United Artists label, including: ''[[Something Else (Shirley Bassey album)|Something Else]]'' (1971); ''[[And I Love You So (Shirley Bassey album)|And I Love You So]]'' (1972); ''[[I Capricorn]]'' (1972); ''[[Never Never Never]]'' (1973); ''[[Good, Bad but Beautiful]]'' (1975); ''[[Love, Life and Feelings]]'' (1976); ''[[You Take My Heart Away (album)|You Take My Heart Away]]'' (1977) and ''Yesterdays'' (1978). Additionally, two of Bassey's earlier LPs also entered the charts in the '70s: ''[[And We Were Lovers]]'' (1967, re-issued as ''Big Spender''), and ''[[Let's Face the Music]]'' (1962, re-issued as ''What Now My Love''). Two compilations, ''[[The Shirley Bassey Singles Album]]'' (1975) and ''[[25th Anniversary Album (Shirley Bassey album)|25th Anniversary Album]]'' (1978), both made the top three of the UK charts: ''[[The Shirley Bassey Singles Album]]'', her highest-charting album, reached number two and earned a [[British Phonographic Industry#Certifications|gold disc]], and the ''25th Anniversary Album'' eventually went platinum.<ref name="officialcharts" /><ref name="BPI">{{cite web |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |title=BPI Database (must manually enter Shirley Bassey) |website=British Phonographic Industry |access-date=10 April 2016 |archive-date=24 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124005813/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Between 1970 and 1979, Bassey had 18 hit albums in the UK Albums Chart.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums" /> Her album ''The Magic Is You'' (1979) featured a portrait by the photographer [[Francesco Scavullo]]. In 1973, her sold-out concerts at New York's [[Carnegie Hall]] were recorded and released as a two-LP set, ''Shirley Bassey: Live at Carnegie Hall''; this album reached No. 20 on the Billboard R&B album chart.<ref name=":3" />

In 1976, Bassey starred in the six-episode ''[[Shirley Bassey (TV series)|Shirley Bassey]]'' show, the first of her television programmes for the BBC, followed by a second series of six episodes in 1979. The final show of the first series was nominated for the [[Golden Rose of Montreux]] in 1977. The series featured guests including [[Neil Diamond]], [[Michel Legrand]], [[The Three Degrees]] and [[Dusty Springfield]] and featured Bassey in various international locations as well as in the television studio. In 1978, Bassey pleaded guilty to being [[Public intoxication|drunk and disorderly]] "after shouting abuse in the street and pushing a policeman".<ref name="GuardInt"/> In 1979, Bassey recorded the title theme song for the Bond film, ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]''.