Dame Shirley Bassey - "Where Do I Begin (Love Story)"

The “Tigress of the Thames” Dame Shirley Bassey has always known how to captivate an audience. From her early days singing upbeat and cutsie love songs to her legendary days as the Bond chanteuse, she has been able to tell a story through tone, technique and movement. Hers is a talent we don’t often see.

Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (/ˈbæsi/; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer, whose career began in 1953, well known for her expressive voice and for recording the soundtrack theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). In January 1959, Bassey became the first Welsh person to gain a No. 1 single.

In 2000, Bassey was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to the performing arts. In 1977 she received the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist in the previous 25 years. Bassey is one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain.

So today, with claws retracted, I choose Dame Shirley Bassey’s "Where Do I Begin (Love Story)" as my, lips and eyes, hips and thighs, shouts and sighs, song for a, with a claw, a nail, a tooth, Thursday.