When she was at school the music teacher asked her to sing out in the hall as her voice was too powerful for the class. She kept saying Shirley further back, further. The music teacher ought to have spotted talent right there & then rather than send her into the hallway.
A Girl From Tiger Bay... I love this girl since 1971! /not yesterday/She has an ageless Voice & body /as Cher=my other No. 1/I love Them until my Die. /about + 30 yrs. later/God Bless Them still so far...
Hard to believe this was 13 years ago, time just flies by like that, but definitely a classic episode of Graham's show. Lovely guests especially Dame Shirley, she's charming, adorable, down for anything if it's meant to entertain as long as it's classy, because that's what she's about, sheer class and talent. She's just a legend and lovely to be around, her fans in the audience were lovely too💖
Class. Dame Shirley, just class. Her range is undermined because of the people who take her off because they can but she is perfect, like Joan Collins. She is just beautiful and a perfect example of a mixed race woman. Beautiful .
I was thinking the same. I watched an interview he did a few days ago about one of his new books, and they asked him about his chat show host career and he specifically talked about how much he's changed his style, in reference to other times when some things were commonly mocked about, and this is a perfect example. The guy the put the camera on at the beginning was clearly mortified lol that's not nice to do. I'm just glad course correction is a thing and people can do it without a scandal needing to happen
I've watched this episode so many times before thank you for up loading it Debra. A brilliant sofa but my love for dame Shirley was passed down from my dad. Dame Shirley is such a class act, funny, doesn't mind sexual innuendo and has talent running through her and would be another dream dinner guest.
I always watch Graham's show when there are people I'm interested in on, especially Shirley, but I don't recall seeing this one and I'd certainly have watched it. Very funny show and thanks for posting it. DSB is one of the very few superstars which are still around.
When Dame Shirley Bassey is talking about the impersonater, she is talking about Bob Lockwood who did an amazing job and tragically died in a car accident in Spain. Dame Shirley Bassey stunning and funny as always…love her to death 💝💖💝
Aaargh! James Dean Bradfield is playing guitar for Dame Shirley!! He wrote the song with the other 2 Manic Street Preachers....brilliant!!!! What a treat.
La cantante que mas admiro y respeto...su tecnica es extraordinaria...sublime..su voz me emociona hasta las lagrimas..todo lo que canta lo transforma en extraordinario...desde la Argentina diganle que hay alguien que la adora y admira...ojala un dia pudiera conocerla....un beso gigante...siempre la escucho y se me transforma el peor dia en el mejor...y siempre que escucho este tema..ya me siento bien...Señora Shirley bassey...IM LOVE YOU...
Thank you for this upload. A delightful experience to see Shirley Bassey, Hard to believe how many years have passed since I heard her record album for the first time. I was 14 in NYC. In our building lived friends of my mother's also in show business who had a nanny for their baby boy. She was from Ireland. I would visit them from time to time and the Irish nanny who's name I have forgotten asked if I'd heard of Shirley Bassey and I said no. She went over the moon in that charming Irish way about Shirley and presented an LP and proceeded to play it. This was 1962. I was immediately overwhelmed by her power house voice and talent. She is a legend of the highest order and it is wonderful to see her still beautiful, charming, gracious and going strong as an entertainer. I feel Graham neglected his other two guests, perhaps unconsciously due to admiration or fawning, not sure. He gave due attention to Michael although he was very offensive about Michael's home town plus other subtle slams which Gilbert joined into, not nice. Michael diplomatically responded and defended his home town. One must acknowledge he behaved as a gentleman whether acted or genuine but he'd have been justified lashing out at both Graham and Rod. He was visibly a bit insulted and maybe hurt which was sad. There is no call for this. He is a fine actor and seems a very pleasant chap. Graham never got to the real home town of Rod Gilbert and actually gave him minimal attention. Cheers. Ps, I am really not sure whether the comments about the man who impersonated Shirley was terrifyingly good or terrible??
This was amazing! You have a new American fan! What a great show! The emotions came thru! I will be watching Twilight, searching for the new comedy CD, and of course purchasing Dame Shirley Basseys new album. Bravo! Hope to see many more of your shoes! 💚
I am usually decent at identifying where people come from, but I can never seem to identify people from Wales nor can I recognize a common accent. I can’t figure out why. I clicked for Rod, who was one of my favorite guests on taskmaster, but I enjoyed meeting 2 new Welsh people.
What sort of humour is this that the host and audience roar with laughter when a woman is compared to a hippo and described as 'past her sell-by date' (2:54 - 3:20). I liked Graham Norton show till I saw this but I think this belongs in the gutter. How would you feel if you were Kim Woodburn? Wonder how Graham would like being compared to a leprechaun or gremlin, as he's not the prettiest human being? Turn things around and it feels very different.
@ Catherine Hooper OK you don't like gays, no-one is forcing you to but why then are you watching a show hosted by a well known gay guy? And why feel the necesssity to participate in the comments?
If you’ve watched interviews and looked at articles she’s far from being full of herself. She’s always said how she is fortunate to have the life she has. This is a chat show and a bit of fun. Do you feel better now you’ve had your moan?
From Tiger Bay to Monaco and collected a fan base on the way that is second to none .
Shirley Bassey is 100% old school class and talent. I just wish they still made class acts like her in 2020.
she really is
Just watched a good documentary of her. Powerful.
@@theseeker1237 Hi can you remember the name of it.
I do too.👍
When she was at school the music teacher asked her to sing out in the hall as her voice was too powerful for the class. She kept saying Shirley further back, further. The music teacher ought to have spotted talent right there & then rather than send her into the hallway.
Dame Shirley Bassey is not only an extraordinary singer but also a great comedian.
i agree 110%
She is very entertaining on talk shows.
well she is certainly a better comedian than Rhod Gilbert...
Yes, she did a few skits with Les Dawson & Morecambe & Wise.
She is
She will always be the one lady I admire most ...a legend a great singer a great person ...one of a kind. Always a dame Shirley Bassey ❤️🇸🇬
I think we are all so lucky to have grown up with Shirley Bassey .
Shirley bessy is the most beautiful lady and the best singer in the world God bless her and thanks for the video
AWESOME!!! Shirley Bassey is one classy lady with a ‘big’ voice.👌🏾❤️🌺🎶🎶🎶
A Girl From Tiger Bay... I love this girl since 1971! /not yesterday/She has an ageless Voice & body /as Cher=my other No. 1/I love Them until my Die. /about + 30 yrs. later/God Bless Them still so far...
Shirley is a living legend....
Shirley Bassey is undeniable. What a woman!!
What a fantastic trio and interview. Dame Shirley Bassey is incredible.
Her voice speaks for itself.
Hard to believe this was 13 years ago, time just flies by like that, but definitely a classic episode of Graham's show. Lovely guests especially Dame Shirley, she's charming, adorable, down for anything if it's meant to entertain as long as it's classy, because that's what she's about, sheer class and talent. She's just a legend and lovely to be around, her fans in the audience were lovely too💖
This interview with dame zhirley is hilarious one of the best I have seen laugh zt it every te
One of the best Norton shows I’ve seen, had me smiling throughout x
Yeah I’m beaming!
Me too😁💗
One of the best Graham Norton Shows ever What a inspiration 😁
She has a twinkle in her eyes, so did my mum. We used to call her sparky. Two beautiful people.
Shirley is AMAZING! Her personality is fabulous! 🎶💎🎶
Class. Dame Shirley, just class.
Her range is undermined because of the people who take her off because they can but she is perfect, like Joan Collins. She is just beautiful and a perfect example of a mixed race woman.
Beautiful .
What a lovely lovely lady Dame Shirley Bassey is.
I love Dame Shirley!
Oh dear. Thank God Graham Norton has grown up.
I was thinking the same. I watched an interview he did a few days ago about one of his new books, and they asked him about his chat show host career and he specifically talked about how much he's changed his style, in reference to other times when some things were commonly mocked about, and this is a perfect example. The guy the put the camera on at the beginning was clearly mortified lol that's not nice to do. I'm just glad course correction is a thing and people can do it without a scandal needing to happen
Terrific couch. One of the funniest, naughtiest Graham shows ever.
I've watched this episode so many times before thank you for up loading it Debra. A brilliant sofa but my love for dame Shirley was passed down from my dad. Dame Shirley is such a class act, funny, doesn't mind sexual innuendo and has talent running through her and would be another dream dinner guest.
I always watch Graham's show when there are people I'm interested in on, especially Shirley, but I don't recall seeing this one and I'd certainly have watched it. Very funny show and thanks for posting it. DSB is one of the very few superstars which are still around.
I have a total crush on Michael Sheen! Just amazing....
Shirley Bassey is Legend
great bathroom story ! one of the best mix of people and stories the Norton show has put together
I love her!She's so sweet.Love her voice.Beautiful woman.I fell in love with her when I was a teenager.💚
When Dame Shirley Bassey is talking about the impersonater, she is talking about Bob Lockwood who did an amazing job and tragically died in a car accident in Spain. Dame Shirley Bassey stunning and funny as always…love her to death 💝💖💝
There was a pulpable love vibe here around Shirley Bassey💗what a show!
She's a doll, love her to pieces.
Stay Fabulous Dame Shirley 😘❤
She was so adorable as a kid and still is adorable
my favorite G N show love Dame Bassey
Simply the best
Aaargh! James Dean Bradfield is playing guitar for Dame Shirley!! He wrote the song with the other 2 Manic Street Preachers....brilliant!!!! What a treat.
I know and he doesn't even get a mention. On a side note Great episode, great guests, great music, great audience, thank you Debra Skinner.
I love Shirley Bassey.
Beautiful woman! Voice!
La cantante que mas admiro y respeto...su tecnica es extraordinaria...sublime..su voz me emociona hasta las lagrimas..todo lo que canta lo transforma en extraordinario...desde la Argentina diganle que hay alguien que la adora y admira...ojala un dia pudiera conocerla....un beso gigante...siempre la escucho y se me transforma el peor dia en el mejor...y siempre que escucho este tema..ya me siento bien...Señora Shirley bassey...IM LOVE YOU...
Thank you for this upload.
A delightful experience to see Shirley Bassey, Hard to believe how many years have passed since I heard her record album for the first time. I was 14 in NYC. In our building lived friends of my mother's also in show business who had a nanny for their baby boy. She was from Ireland. I would visit them from time to time and the Irish nanny who's name I have forgotten asked if I'd heard of Shirley Bassey and I said no. She went over the moon in that charming Irish way about Shirley and presented an LP and proceeded to play it. This was 1962. I was immediately overwhelmed by her power house voice and talent.
She is a legend of the highest order and it is wonderful to see her still beautiful, charming, gracious and going strong as an entertainer.
I feel Graham neglected his other two guests, perhaps unconsciously due to admiration or fawning, not sure. He gave due attention to Michael although he was very offensive about Michael's home town plus other subtle slams which Gilbert joined into, not nice. Michael diplomatically responded and defended his home town. One must acknowledge he behaved as a gentleman whether acted or genuine but he'd have been justified lashing out at both Graham and Rod. He was visibly a bit insulted and maybe hurt which was sad. There is no call for this. He is a fine actor and seems a very pleasant chap.
Graham never got to the real home town of Rod Gilbert and actually gave him minimal attention.
Cheers.
Ps, I am really not sure whether the comments about the man who impersonated Shirley was terrifyingly good or terrible??
She is a Goddess
DSB forever love every song she sings 😍❤️❤️🙏🏼💎🎵😎🤙 arrangement
Lovely show
Love this lady.
Beautiful voice, Shirley Bassey.
BRAVA DIVA I CAPRICORN TOO OOH 1/19...DAME SHIRLEY BASSEY ❤
Michael Sheen is hilarious
A convention of Dwarfs in Lake Tahoe? I'm DYING 😂😂😂😂. ❤️ Shirley Bassey!
This was amazing! You have a new American fan! What a great show! The emotions came thru! I will be watching Twilight, searching for the new comedy CD, and of course purchasing Dame Shirley Basseys new album. Bravo! Hope to see many more of your shoes! 💚
Top Show !!! He ist so witty
Thank you Debra so very much for posting...all those amazing videos of Dame Shirley Bassey ❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽
I JUST LOVED THIS DEBRA....LAUGHED SO HARD - AND OF COURSE DAME SHIRLEY SONGS AS ALWAYS
A voice like no other would love 2c DSB in a Bond movie......
I haven’t laughed this hard in ...... 4 years. and I’m only 5 minutes in ....
I agree. 💚
DSB playing up on the Welsh accent a bit. This lady knows how to please a crowd.
Michael Sheen could step on me an I'd thank him
one of the most loveable people on the planet
This show was very Funny!
Dear shirley ♥a lifetime of you is not enough so let catch up in heaven ok? Then its eternety of friends and fam.
Let's all try to get her in a movie-maybe a role in James Bond?
Michael Sheen has played the Emperor Nero and they don't get much badder than that. 😊
Michael Sheen was awesome in Tron : Legacy
Smoll michael sheen
DIVA FOR EVER!
15:07 Graham's reaction is golden
Wow 😮
Shirley should do a benefit for the Ukraninan refuges. I love her voice but also her philanthropy.
Dame Shirley has still got her Cardiff accent.
Rhod Gilbert is so hot
LOVE THIS SO SO MUCH👑👑👑👑👑👑❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 JOANN LAMONICA ONEONTA NEW YORK
11:01 its an industry town
why is it she was not invited to record a bond theme song for the past 30 years or so.....she still has it for GOD sakes !!!!!!
Where is Tom Jones?
I am usually decent at identifying where people come from, but I can never seem to identify people from Wales nor can I recognize a common accent. I can’t figure out why.
I clicked for Rod, who was one of my favorite guests on taskmaster, but I enjoyed meeting 2 new Welsh people.
37:40 is classic - Rhod 'Do you get sheep noises?
DSB 'not in Monte Carlo, no'
Tiger Bay in Guyana is extremely dangerous as well.
7:05 lol 😂 Im dying!
I didn't know that Shirley Bassey was Welsh!
40:31 It's the Knitted Character from TV Burp!
Shirley Bassey is a delight. Sadly, with all the musicians on stage she is practically drowned out during her musical number.
Are you people so ignorant of the FACT that she played SUN CITY when Mandela was serving 27 years in prison.........Shame on you ..........
Why not she wasn't responsible for him being imprisoned.
Yes Jessie Ware
"Is this the Wizard of Oz again?" 🤣🤣
Poderia ter a tradução!!!
Graham Norton
What sort of humour is this that the host and audience roar with laughter when a woman is compared to a hippo and described as 'past her sell-by date' (2:54 - 3:20). I liked Graham Norton show till I saw this but I think this belongs in the gutter. How would you feel if you were Kim Woodburn? Wonder how Graham would like being compared to a leprechaun or gremlin, as he's not the prettiest human being? Turn things around and it feels very different.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
Tree.. barking.. wrong..;)
I felt the Irish shirt lifter was taking the piss out of three superior talents personally.
ñlpĺ
the jokes did not age well at all
Not in to gays! Nope! Sorry!
@ Catherine Hooper OK you don't like gays, no-one is forcing you to but why then are you watching a show hosted by a well known gay guy? And why feel the necesssity to participate in the comments?
It's ok. The gays aren't into you either. Why are you watching, by the way?
Who’s Dame what’s her name
All I know is she is full of herself and I don’t like her
look on google you moron
You’re ignorant and disrespectful Cookie Kitcat! Knowledge is power.
What a cretin you are!
Putz!
If you’ve watched interviews and looked at articles she’s far from being full of herself. She’s always said how she is fortunate to have the life she has. This is a chat show and a bit of fun. Do you feel better now you’ve had your moan?