Stock Photo - 1968 - 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 Dardiff (Wales) is soon to star in Las Vegas. She leaves 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 teh 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. These pictures show Shirley in her home background in Wales, already a far cry from her fabulous life, but not too far for her to remember and use every opportunity to get back there and to help her family. Photo shows Shirley Bassey, the ex-factory girl, who made a hit on TV and is now about to star with Al Read in 'Such is Life', the new show opening at Adelphi on December 14th. (Credit Image: © Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)