After Dinner Speakers: Shirley Bassey, David Coulthard, Tony Ball

She was a factory worker from Wales. Her firsthits were in the late 50s - Banana Boat Song and Kiss Me Kiss Me. By the 60s, she had developed a powerful and exciting presentation style and had a string of hits. As Long As He Needs Me, You'll Never Know, I'll Get By, Reach For The Stars, What Now My Love, I Who Have Nothing, Something, For All we Know, Never, Never, Never, Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever amongst them. Shirley's`theme tune' is Big Spender. These days she lives in Switzerland in semi-retirement but makes occasional excursions onto tv or in concert.