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London, Sept 22 (ANI): Legendary singer Dame Shirley Bassey launched her first studio album in 20 years at a glittering reception in London.

The Welsh singer, famous for singing Bond-film themes such as Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever, held the preview of her new album ‘The Performance’ in the London hotel.

The 72-year-old songtress had asked songwriters like ‘Take That’ star Gary Barlow to provide songs for her album, which will be released on November 9.

‘I was asked in January to write a song, but I heard there were loads of other great people writing songs too, so I didn’t really do much about it,” the Telegraph quoted Barlow as saying.

‘I didn’t so much think my song would be rejected, but I did think they would definitely take the very best songs that were offered.

‘I kept trying though, I tried about three times but nothing was quite right, so I went on Wikipedia and starting reading all about her life story. That’s when I decided to make the song a conclusion of that and came up with This Time.

‘She’s got that massive voice, and I could hear that as I was writing the song. It’s impossible not to,’ he added.

Other songs on ‘The Performance’ were provided by Rufus Wainwright, KT Tunstall, Nick Hodgson from the Kaiser Chiefs and Richard Hawley.

Barlow also said he hoped his career would last as long as that of Bassey.

‘She’s 72, and I’m only 38 so I’ve got a few years left in me I hope. I can definitely imagine still writing songs when I’m the same age as the Dame,’ he said. (ANI)