{"id":64782,"date":"2013-02-08T11:04:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T11:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/02\/08\/dame-shirley-bassey-to-make-1st-appearance-at-academy-awards\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:39:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T09:39:40","slug":"dame-shirley-bassey-to-make-1st-appearance-at-academy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/dame-shirley-bassey-to-make-1st-appearance-at-academy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Dame Shirley Bassey to make 1st appearance at Academy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dame Shirley Bassey to make 1st appearance at Academy Awards<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>February 8, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/oscars-music-william-ross-conduct-419606\">THR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/William-Ross.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-34917\" title=\"William Ross\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 200'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/William-Ross-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>William Ross<\/strong> returns to conduct the Oscars orchestra this year, and <strong>Dame Shirley Bassey<\/strong> will perform at the Feb. 24 ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Ross has scored such films as <strong>The Tale of Despereaux, Ladder 49<\/strong> and <strong>Harry Potter<\/strong> and the<strong> Chamber of Secrets<\/strong>. He last conducted the Academy Awards&#8217; 79th and 83rd editions. For the upcoming 85th installment, Ross reconnects with <strong>Barbra Streisand<\/strong>, who will perform at the event for the first time in 36 years. Ross has arranged music for Streisand as well as <strong>Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Michael Buble<\/strong> and the late <strong>Whitney Houston<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Shirley-Bassey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-34918\" title=\"Shirley Bassey\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 223 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Shirley-Bassey-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As for Bassey, the singer best known for recording the themes to such Bond films as<strong> Diamonds Are Forever<\/strong> and <strong>Goldfinger<\/strong> joins Streisand and a roster of previously announced Oscar performers including <strong>Adele <\/strong>and <strong>Norah Jones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;We are thrilled to welcome the legendary Dame Shirley Bassey to our Oscar show,&#8221;<\/strong> the show&#8217;s producers, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, said in a statement. <strong>&#8220;Her association with film music is world renowned and we are proud that she will be making her first Oscar appearance on our telecast.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Welsh-born Bassey has sold more than 135 million records during her illustrious career, and last year, was among the artists who performed at the Queen&#8217;s Diamond Jubilee Concert.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" codebase=\"https:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-orFtcORyuM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-orFtcORyuM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 5pt 1em 1em 5pt; float: right;\">\n<p><a type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\">Share<\/a> <script src=\"https:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dame Shirley Bassey to make 1st appearance at Academy AwardsPosted by Wilson Morales February 8, 2013 Source: THR William Ross returns to conduct the Oscars orchestra this year, and Dame Shirley Bassey will perform at the Feb. 24 ceremony. 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