 In a 1999 interview with Nigel Havers in her Monte Carlo apartment, Bassey pointed to a piece of paper framed on the wall and referred to it as her first contract, at a salary of £14 a week (a considerable sum for a sixteen-year-old in 1953).However, upon closer inspection of this document, dated 17 December 1953 (three weeks before her 17th birthday), it appears to be £10 for two performances.Also in 1953, Bassey signed a contract to sing in the touring variety show "Memories of Jolson", a musical based on the life of Al Jolson.