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Shirley Bassey is a singer born in Cardiff (United Kingdom).
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer. Known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the theme songs to three James Bond films, the only artist to perform more than one, Bassey is one of the most popular vocalists in Britain. Born in Cardiff, Bassey began performing as a teenager in 1953. In 1959, she became the first Welsh person to gain a number-one single on the UK Singles Chart. In the following decades, Bassey amassed 27 top 40 hits in the UK, including two number ones ("As I Love You" and the double A-side "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"/"Reach for the Stars") plus a number one on the Dance Chart ("History Repeating"). She became well known for recording theme songs of the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979).
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| Born | 8 January 1937, Cardiff |
| Profession | singer |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Educated at | Mayfield College |
| Awards | Order of the Companions of Honour, Knight of the Order of Saint-Charles, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Scorpio |
| Nakshatra | Anuradha (Pada 1) |
| Sun Sign | Sagittarius |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Capricorn |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Web) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 126 singers with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 9 of them (7%) have the Moon in Scorpio, like Shirley Bassey, and 4 (3%) share the Anuradha Nakshatra — the #15 most common Moon Nakshatra among singers, where Swati leads with 12 (10%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Shirley Bassey was born on 8 January 1937 in Cardiff. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Web) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Shirley Bassey's Moon sign (Rashi) is Scorpio and the Nakshatra is Anuradha, pada 1, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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