Editing Shirley Bassey (section)

===1980s===
Throughout most of the 1980s, Bassey focused on charitable work and performing occasional concert tours throughout Europe, Australia, and the United States. She had ended her contract with United Artists, whose former record division was now part of EMI, and began what she referred to as "semi-retirement". Bassey recorded an album entitled ''[[All by Myself (Shirley Bassey album)|All by Myself]]'' (1982) and made a TV special for [[Thames Television]] called ''A Special Lady'' with guest [[Robert Goulet]]. Around this time she recorded a duet with the French film actor [[Alain Delon]], "Thought I'd Ring You" (1983). Bassey was now recording far less often but an album of her most famous songs, ''[[I Am What I Am (Shirley Bassey album)|I Am What I Am]]'' (1984), was recorded with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] (LSO) conducted by [[Carl Davis]]. This was followed by a single and video to support the [[London Tourist Board]], "[[There's No Place Like London]]" (1986), which was co-written by [[Lynsey de Paul]] and [[Gerard Kenny]]. She recorded an album of James Bond themes, ''[[The Bond Collection]]'' in 1987, but was apparently unhappy with the results so she declined to release it. (Five years later it was released anyway, Bassey sued in court, and all unsold copies were withdrawn.)<ref>Bassey v. Icon Entertainment plc (1995) EMLR 596.</ref>

Bassey provided vocals for Swiss artists [[Yello]] on "[[The Rhythm Divine]]" (1987), a song co-written by Scottish singer [[Billy Mackenzie]].<ref name=a/> An album sung entirely in Spanish, ''[[La Mujer]]'' was released in 1989.