Stock Photo - 1968 - From A Street In Tiger Bay to London Bright Lights: Shirley Bassey gots a wave from her mother peeping out of the door of her little home, as she sets off for the station and her return to London after spending a weekend at her humble home. The Girl From Cardiff's 'Tiger Bay' For Las Vegas And Hollywood Shirley Bassey On The Skyway To Success In The States: Britain's recently risen coloured 18-year-old blues singer from the slum dock area of Cardiff (Wales) is soon to star in Las Vegas. She leaves for America in mid-January and after starring in Las Vegas will go on for film tests in Hollywood. Shirley not long ago was a factory worker and one of seven children of a poor family of a West Indian seaman in the district known as 'Tiger Bay'. Then she earned 12 dollars a week. But she got a job in a touring revue as a singer, and was soon noticed and signed up for a lush nite-spot in London. After her first night she was signed up by TV, and followed contracts for stage shows. She's England's Lena Horne, but insists that she first Shirley Bassey, and no imitator. Photo shows Shirley in her home background in Wales, already a far cry form her fabulous life, but not too far for her to remember and use every opportunity to get back there and to help her family. (Credit Image: © Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)