Editing Shirley Bassey (section)

===1990s===
Bassey had started working with a vocal coach, a former opera singer, and her album ''[[Keep the Music Playing]]'' (1991) displayed a grand, [[operatic pop]] style on several songs (perhaps also influenced by her album with the LSO seven years earlier).

EMI released the five-CD box set ''[[Bassey – The EMI/UA Years 1959 – 1979|Bassey – The EMI/UA Years 1959–1979]]'' in 1994. The accompanying booklet opened with a poem by [[Marc Almond]]. Bassey collaborated with [[Chris Rea]] in the film ''[[La Passione (1996 film)|La Passione]]'' (1996), appearing in the film as herself and releasing the single "[['Disco' La Passione]]". The [[remix]] of this single charted just outside the [[UK singles chart|UK]] top 40.<ref name=officialcharts/> Bassey's "[[History Repeating (song)|History Repeating]]" (1997), written for her by the [[Propellerheads]], reached number one on the [[UK Dance Chart]], and number 10 on the [[Hot Dance Club Songs|US Dance Chart]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=propellerheads|chart=Dance/Club Play Songs}} |title=History Repeating |magazine=Billboard |access-date=28 January 2011}}</ref> The [[liner note]]s of the Propellerheads' album ''[[Decksandrumsandrockandroll]]'' included the lines: "We would like to extend our maximum respect to Shirley Bassey for honouring us with her performance. We are still in shock...." Bassey celebrated her 60th birthday in 1997 with two open-air concerts, at [[Castle Howard]] and [[Althorp]] Park, and another TV special. The resulting live album ''The Birthday Concert'' received a [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album|Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metrolyrics.com/1999-grammy-awards.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831065812/http://www.metrolyrics.com/1999-grammy-awards.html|archive-date=31 August 2009|url-status=unfit |title=1999 Grammy Awards |website=Metrolyrics.com |date=25 February 1999 |access-date=28 January 2011}}</ref> On 7 October 1998 in Egypt, Bassey performed for a benefit at an open-air concert close to the [[Great Sphinx of Giza|Sphinx]] and the [[Great Pyramid of Giza|Great Pyramid]]. Bassey played the Friday night at [[Henley Festival]] in 1984.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

Bassey was sued in a breach of contract case in 1998 by her former personal assistant, who also accused Bassey of hitting her and making an ethnic slur. Bassey won the case.<ref name=GuardInt/> The episode was lampooned by [[Alexander Baron]] in his one-act play ''The Trial of Shirley Bassey''. The following year, she performed the official song for the rugby World Cup, "[[World In Union (song)|World in Union]]", with [[Bryn Terfel]] at the opening ceremony at The [[Millennium Stadium]], Cardiff, wearing a gown based on the [[Welsh flag]]. Their single made the top 40, and Bassey contributed two more songs to the official album ''Land of My Fathers'', which reached number one on the UK compilations chart, and went silver.<ref name=BPI/><ref>{{cite web |title=Official Compilations Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/19991017/7503/ |publisher=Official Charts |access-date=14 May 2020 |date=17 October 1999}}</ref>