Dame Shirley Bassey on the brink of stardom: Photos 逮捕（する） the teenage singer backstage at London theatres and 主要な a family singalong

存在 fitted for a ballgown, relaxing backstage, and having a cigarette at her sister's house in Highgate, these photographs 逮捕（する） a teenage Dame Shirley Bassey on the brink of stardom. The images, recently 明らかにするd by a photography 機関, show a budding young singer relaxing at home with her family and 準備するing for 業績／成果s on London's West End. The snaps were taken in 1955 and 1956, when Shirley Bassey was in her late teenage years and still a １０年間 away from her first James 社債 主題 song. Scroll through to see the 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の vintage images of the 未来 星／主役にする...

Shirley is fitted for a gown, trimmed in mink, for her 行為／法令／行動する at Caf? de Paris, off Leicester Square. The 星／主役にする had a nine-week residency at the London nightclub in 1956.

The singer is snapped relaxing at her sister's house in?Highgate, London, in 1956.

The singer takes phone calls from excited fans に引き続いて her successful debut at?Caf? de Paris.

Shirley leads her mother, sister, brother-in-法律 and niece in a family singalong at her sister's house in Highgate, north London, in 1956. It was the same year Shirley 解放（する）d her debut 選び出す／独身, 燃やす My Candle.

The then teenage singer lights up the 行う／開催する／段階 in a dazzling 業績／成果 at?Caf? de Paris, London's ritziest nightclub at the time, in 1956.

Shirley enjoys afternoon tea with her mother, Eliza, whom she often credits for her success. The mother and daughter were photographed together in London in 1956.

The singer spends time with her niece Margaret backstage at the?Adelphi Theatre, in London, where she was appearing in Jack Hylton's 1955 musical revue Such Is Life.

Shirley Bassey and スパイ／執行官 Michael Sullivan 雑談（する） backstage in her dressing room at the?Adelphi Theatre in 1955. Shirley's talents were showcased in?Jack Hylton's musical revue Such Is Life.

The teenage 星／主役にする tries on a string of diamonds that were 雇うd for her 開始 night at?Caf? de Paris, London, in 1956.

Michael Sullivan speaks to Bassey backstage at?Caf? de Paris, London, in 1956. The 星／主役にする wears a strapless gown trimmed with mink that was created for the residency.

Shirley Bassey reads through 公式文書，認めるs backstage at?Caf? de Paris, London, in 1956. The year 示すd a major turning point in the 星／主役にする's career and saw the 解放（する） of her first 選び出す／独身.

The teenage 星／主役にする 直す／買収する，八百長をするs her hair before a 業績／成果 at the Adelphi Theatre or the?Caf? de Paris, London, circa. 1955. The young talent had been 成し遂げるing since she was just 14 years old.

Shirley Bassey dazzles the audience with a showstopping 業績／成果 in the revue Such Is Life at London's Adelphi Theatre in 1955. It （機の）カム almost a １０年間 before James 社債.