"playing a number of such title characters (e.g. Richard Hannay and Bulldog Drummond). The documentary included James Bond in dramatised scenes from ""Goldfinger""—notably featuring 007 being threatened with the novel's circular saw, rather than the film's laser beam—and ""Diamonds Are Forever"". In 1991 a TV cartoon series ""James Bond Jr."" was produced with Corey Burton in the role of Bond's nephew, also called James Bond. In 1956 the novel ""Moonraker"" was adapted for broadcast on South African radio, with Bob Holness providing the voice of Bond. According to ""The Independent"", ""listeners across the Union thrilled to Bob's cultured tones as"
"Diamonds Are Forever (soundtrack) Diamonds Are Forever is the soundtrack by John Barry for the seventh James Bond film of the same name. ""Diamonds Are Forever"", the title song with lyrics by Don Black, was the second Bond theme to be performed by Shirley Bassey, after ""Goldfinger"". The song was also recorded in Italian by Bassey as ; this version was only issued on 7-inch single in Italy, and was intended to be included in a (cancelled) 3-CD box set titled ""Shirley"" released in 2012. Producer Harry Saltzman hated the song and it only made the film due to co-producer"
"Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song) ""Goldfinger"" is the title song from the 1964 James Bond film ""Goldfinger"". Composed by John Barry and with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, the song was performed by Shirley Bassey for the film's opening and closing title sequences, as well as the soundtrack album release. The single release of the song gave Bassey her only ""Billboard"" Hot 100 top forty hit, peaking in the Top 10 at No. 8 and No. 2 for four weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart, and in the United Kingdom the single reached No. 21. The song finished at"
"the title role. Bassey was one of the line-up of artists on 4 June 2012 who performed at the Queen's 60th Jubilee Party at Buckingham Palace, singing ""Diamonds Are Forever"". She performed at the 2013 Academy Awards on 24 February 2013 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the James Bond movie franchise. It was her first appearance at an Oscars ceremony as a performer. She sang ""Goldfinger"" to a standing ovation. Bassey performed ""I'm Still Here"" and ""The Lady Is A Tramp"" on 13 November 2014 at the 2014 Royal Variety Performance in the presence of The Duke and Duchess"
"Shirley Bassey Sings the Movies Sings the Movies is a studio album from Shirley Bassey released in 1995. In 1995 Shirley Bassey signed a deal with the PolyGram TV label, she recorded and released two albums with the label. The first was a themed album of movie songs. The songs were personally selected by Bassey for the album, and are a diverse range of ballads and pop classics, some were originally composed for original soundtracks, but several were classic songs that appeared in successful movies. One re-recording was made of the classic James Bond theme ""Goldfinger"", this is the fourth"
"the theme song was performed by Shirley Bassey (following ""Goldfinger"" and ""Diamonds Are Forever""). Frank Sinatra was originally considered for the vocals, and Kate Bush was asked, but she declined. Johnny Mathis was approached and offered the opportunity. However, Mathis—despite having started recording with Barry—was unable to complete the project, leaving producers to offer the song to Bassey just weeks before the premiere date in England. Bassey made the recordings with very short notice and as a result, she never regarded the song 'as her own' as she had never had the chance to perform it in full or promote"
"Diamonds from Sierra Leone ""Diamonds from Sierra Leone"" is a song by American hip-hop artist Kanye West. It was released on July 4, 2005, as the lead single of his second studio album, ""Late Registration"". The song contains a sample of the theme song for the 1971 James Bond film, ""Diamonds Are Forever"" as performed by Shirley Bassey. Bassey was reported to be very impressed with Kanye's performance and stated that she wished to work with him in the future. The song peaked at number 43 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, was moderately successful on the iTunes music service, and"
"as the lead single of his second studio album, ""Late Registration"", containing a repeated sample of the theme song for the 1971 James Bond film, ""Diamonds Are Forever"" as performed by Shirley Bassey. The song is revealing the hard life of child workers in Sierra Leone, like other West African nations who since 1991 having been forced to mine conflict diamonds and die in civil wars financed by them: """"Good Morning! This ain't Vietnam. Still, people lose hands, legs, arms for real/Little was known of Sierra Leone, and how it connect to the diamonds we own..."""". The music video was"
"her recordings from this period have been released on CD by EMI and BGO Records. Returning to the James Bond franchise, she recorded the theme song for ""Diamonds Are Forever"" (1971). Bassey was the subject of ""This Is Your Life"" on two occasions, in November 1972 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at Heathrow Airport, and in January 1993, when Michael Aspel surprised her at the curtain call of a sell-out concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Bassey appeared on the ""Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show"", broadcast on Christmas Day in 1971. Bassey starred in the six-episode ""The Shirley"
"1971 James Bond film, ""Diamonds Are Forever"" as performed by Shirley Bassey and layered it with lush arrangements featuring instruments such as live drums, horns, strings and a harpsichord that all build in intensity with his voice. ""Late Registration""s longest track, the seven-minute-long ""We Major"", implements exuberant, amplified backing vocals and a ""splashy disco groove"" featuring a bassline, electric piano Glissandos and horns. The melody of ""Hey Mama"" is laced with a folksy looped ""La-la-la"" vocal sample from ""Today Won't Come Again"" by Donal Leace, while its beat is produced by Tin Pan Alley-styled Drums. Additionally, it contains vocoder-processed background"
"the main themes of three films in the James Bond series. Although Martin did not produce the theme for the second Bond film, ""From Russia with Love"", he was responsible for the signing of Matt Monro to EMI, just months prior to his recording of the song of the same title. Martin also produced two of the best-known James Bond themes. The first was ""Goldfinger"" by Shirley Bassey in 1964. The second, in 1973, was ""Live and Let Die"" by Paul McCartney and Wings for the film of the same name. He also composed and produced the film's score. In"
"inspired by ""Goldfinger""; as with that film, Guy Hamilton was hired to direct, and Shirley Bassey performs vocals on the title theme song. Locations included Las Vegas, California, Amsterdam and Lufthansa's hangar in Germany. ""Diamonds Are Forever"" was a commercial success, but received criticism for its humorous camp tone. The film marked the final appearance of the SPECTRE organization (though not by name) in Eon's Bond films until the 2015 film of the same name. James Bond—Agent 007—pursues Ernst Stavro Blofeld hunting down SPECTRE operatives across the world. He eventually finds him at a facility where Blofeld look-alikes are being"
"the instrumental score versions of songs, while the main musicians (on Goldfinger: Vic Flick) were given the main film theme song to solely record, to be featured at the beginning of the film. Co-producer Harry Saltzman is said to have hated the song as too old fashioned for 1960s youth culture and only agreed to use it when persuaded by Albert Broccoli Originally, Newley recorded a version of the theme song, but it was later re-recorded with Bassey's voice for the film and soundtrack album. In 1992, Newley's version was released for the 30th Anniversary of James Bond on film,"
"listening devices. In ""Goldfinger"", the ""James Bond Theme"" can be heard on the soundtrack in ""Bond Back in Action Again"" (gunbarrel and pre-title sequence). The ""James Bond Theme"" for this movie is heavily influenced by the brassy, jazzy theme song sung by Shirley Bassey. ""Thunderball"" featured a full orchestral version of the theme in the track ""Chateau Flight"". Another full orchestral version was intended for the end titles of the film. ""You Only Live Twice"" featured a funereal orchestration with Bond's ""burial"" at sea sequence in Hong Kong harbour. A full orchestral version of the theme was used in the"
"""Goldfinger"" for her 2014 album ""Hello Like Before"". In doing so she addressed two notes that she thought ""sounded wrong"" in the original. Parodies of the song include ""Dr. Evil"", written by They Might Be Giants for """", and ""Max Power"", from ""The Simpsons"" episode ""Homer to the Max"". In 1989, after the release of the James Bond theme song ""Licence to Kill"", from the film of the same title, it was felt to significantly reuse important elements of ""Goldfinger"", and so the songwriting credits for the former were adapted for all subsequent releases. Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song) ""Goldfinger"" is"
"10); ""Something""; ""Never, Never, Never""; ""History Repeating"" and ""Get the Party Started"". Shirley Bassey discography This article presents the discography of Shirley Bassey. Bassey's biggest selling solo albums are ""The Shirley Bassey Singles Album"", peaking at #2 and earning a gold disc, and the limited edition double album, ""Shirley Bassey 25th Anniversary Album"", a platinum record charting at #3 in 1978 (UK Albums Chart). Her Top 10 album ""Something"" is her biggest-selling studio album, remaining in the UK Albums Chart for five months. Bassey sang the title song for the #1 ""Billboard"" soundtrack of ""Goldfinger"" in 1964. Bassey has two"
"version based on the James Bond Theme. The guitar riff heard in the original recording of the theme was played by Flick. The prospect, however, fell apart and Gladys Knight's song and performance was chosen, later becoming a Top 10 hit in the United Kingdom. The song was composed by Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Walter Afanasieff, based on the ""horn line"" from ""Goldfinger"", which required royalty payments to the original writers. At 5 minutes 13 seconds it is the longest Bond theme, though 45 single releases featured a shorter edit, running 4 minutes 11 seconds. The music video"
"would be seen as a generic action movie. Getting the balance right might be a ""poisoned chalice"", since the results could sound too much or too little like a Bond theme. Arnold collaborated with lyricist Don Black on the song. Black, with 30 years of experience writing Bond themes, wrote the lyrics to Tom Jones's ""Thunderball"", Shirley Bassey's ""Diamonds Are Forever"", Lulu's ""The Man with the Golden Gun"" and k.d. lang's closing credits theme, ""Surrender"", from ""Tomorrow Never Dies"". Arnold and Black met several times to discuss lyrics for ""The World Is Not Enough"", also collaborating by phone, fax and"
"of the CD reissue of her 1966 album, ""Nancy In London"", Sinatra states that she was ""scared to death"" of recording the song, and asked the songwriters: ""Are you sure you don't want Shirley Bassey?"" There are two versions of the Bond theme. The first is the lushly orchestrated track featured during the opening and closing credits of the film. The second—and more guitar-heavy—version appeared on the double A-sided single with ""Jackson"", though the Bond theme stalled at No.44 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100. ""Jackson""/""You Only Live Twice"" was more successful in the U.K., reaching No.11 on the singles"
"Diamonds Are Forever (film) Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 James Bond spy film and the seventh in the ""James Bond"" series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery, who returned to the role as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, for the first time since ""You Only Live Twice"" (1967), having declined to reprise the role in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969). The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name, and is the second of four ""James Bond"" films directed by Guy Hamilton. The"
"her third James Bond theme for the film ""Moonraker"", which marked the end of her 1970s output and led to a three-year break from recording. ""The Magic Is You"" was her final album for United Artists Records for which she had recorded throughout the decade. The album was remastered and re-released on CD in 2011 packaged with a 1976 compilation ""Thoughts of Love"". This version contained one bonus track – an extended 12"" version of ""This Is My Life"". Side One Side Two The Magic Is You The Magic Is You is a 1979 album by Welsh singer Shirley Bassey."
"Lee Hazlewood released a more guitar-based single version. The song has been extensively covered by artists, from Coldplay to Soft Cell, Björk and Little Anthony & The Imperials to Shirley Bassey. Robbie Williams notably re-recorded the opening bars of the song for his hit ""Millennium"". James Bond veteran John Barry returned to the franchise to produce the score. The lyrics were by Leslie Bricusse, who had previously cowritten the lyrics for the theme to ""Goldfinger"". Julie Rogers was asked to perform the song, and recorded it with a 50 or 60 piece orchestra at CTS Studios. The song was quite"
"Filming of James Bond in the 1960s Ian Fleming, the writer who created the fictional character James Bond, lived to see the success of his novels depicted on screen before he died. All fourteen books in the series created by Fleming went on to be huge successes on screen. ""Goldfinger"", one of the most epic stories in the James Bond saga, became a fan favorite with Shirley Bassey singing the iconic song, ""Goldfinger"", that was played for the fiftieth anniversary of the Bond series at the Oscars in 2012. Bond was played by Sean Connery and George Lazenby in the"
"Edelhagen, Peter Herbolzheimer, Horst Jankowski, Paul Kuhn, Rolf Kuhn, Kenny Clarke, Victor Feldman, Heinz von Hermann and Hans Rettenbacher, among many others. In addition to his many jazz connections, he also played with pop stars such as Tom Jones, Matt Monro, Engelbert Humperdinck, Cilla Black and Shirley Bassey. He also played on the Bond themes ""Diamonds Are Forever"" and ""You Only Live Twice"" and on other film scores, including ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"". Ronnie Stephenson Ronnie Stephenson (26 January 1937 – 8 August 2002) was an English jazz drummer. He was one of the most in-demand drummers on the British"
"also features the themes of classic film favourites from Khan's youth, ""To Sir With Love"" and the James Bond themes ""Goldfinger"" and ""Diamonds Are Forever"". The collection concludes with one new composition, the ballad ""I Believe"", co-written by Khan and the album's producer Ira Shickman. The title ""ClassiKhan"" is naturally also a reference to Khan's accompaniment on the set. On the ""Echoes of an Era"" album it was a five-piece all-star jazz ensemble, on ""ClassiKhan"" it is The New York All Star Musicians - but with the addition of the full London Symphony Orchestra, conducted and arranged by Eve Nelson"
"I Capricorn I Capricorn is a 1972 album by Shirley Bassey. Following on from the success of her previous two albums, ""I Capricorn"" saw Bassey still in the midst of her revival in the 1970s. Some months earlier she had released the single ""For All We Know"", which had become one of the biggest hits of her career, peaking at No.6 in the UK and remaining on the charts for half a year. This album was released just as the single was leaving the chart and just as her second James Bond theme, ""Diamonds are Forever"", was entering the chart."
"James Bond music The ""James Bond"" film series from Eon Productions features numerous musical compositions since its inception in 1962, many of which are now considered classic pieces of British film music. The best known of these pieces is the ubiquitous ""James Bond Theme"". Other instrumentals, such as the ""007 Theme"" or ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", and various songs, such as Shirley Bassey's ""Goldfinger"", Paul McCartney's ""Live and Let Die"", Carly Simon's ""Nobody Does It Better"", Sheena Easton's ""For Your Eyes Only"" and Duran Duran's ""A View to a Kill"" have also become identified with the series. Two Bond"
"to learning that she had won the award. In preparation for the performance, the singer took advice about breathing technique from Ayda Field, wife of Robbie Williams, to combat stage fright. Earlier in the ceremony, Shirley Bassey had performed another Bond theme, ""Goldfinger"", from the film of the same name, as part of an unrelated tribute to James Bond in film. Adapted from Discogs. Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Skyfall"", XL Recordings. Skyfall (Adele song) ""Skyfall"" is the theme song of the ""James Bond"" film of the same name, performed by English singer Adele. It was written by"
"keeping with the film's theme of gold and metal, make heavy use of brass, and also metallic chimes. The film's score is described as ""brassy and raunchy"" with ""a sassy sexiness to it"". ""Goldfinger"" began the tradition of Bond theme songs introduced over the opening title sequence, the style of the song from the pop genre and using popular artists. [Although the title song, sung by Matt Monro, in ""From Russia with Love"" was introduced in a few phrases on Bond's first appearance, a full rendition on the sound track only commenced for the final scene on the waters at"
"with the album stereo issues (on the film soundtrack, ""Golden Hits Of Shirley Bassey"" and subsequent releases) using an alternate mix in which the instrumental take is the same, but Bassey's vocal is different; a shade less intense and with a shorter final note. Newley's version was later released in 1992 to mark the 30th Anniversary of James Bond on film, in a compilation collector's edition: ""The Best of Bond...James Bond"". Bassey's title theme was almost taken out of the film because producer Harry Saltzman hated it, saying, """"That's the worst *** song I've ever heard in my *** life""."""
"given to Bond by Q, it was also a Geiger counter in the plot. ""Thunderball"" was the third James Bond score composed by John Barry, after ""From Russia with Love"" and ""Goldfinger"". The original title song was entitled ""Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang"", taken from an Italian journalist who in 1962 dubbed agent 007 as Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. The title theme was written by Barry and Leslie Bricusse; the song was originally recorded by Shirley Bassey, and later rerecorded by Dionne Warwick, whose version was not released until the 1990s. The song was removed from the title credits"
"Build a Mountain"", ""Once in a Lifetime"", ""On a Wonderful Day Like Today"", ""The Joker"" and comic novelty songs such as ""That Noise"" and ""The Oompa-Loompa Song"", and his versions of ""Strawberry Fair"" and ""Pop Goes the Weasel"". He wrote songs that others made hits including ""Goldfinger"" (the title song of the James Bond film, ""Goldfinger"", music by John Barry), and ""Feeling Good"", which became a hit for Nina Simone and the rock band Muse, as well as a signature song for singer Michael Bublé. It was featured in a jam recorded live at the Fillmore West for Traffic's 1969"
"on the charts, which may partly be attributed to Bassey's failure to promote the single, given the last minute decision and the way in which it was quickly recorded to meet the schedule. As with ""We Have All the Time in the World"" back in 1969, Hal David wrote the lyrics. Paul Williams's original lyrics were discarded. Finally in 2005, Bassey sang the song for the first time outside James Bond on stage as part of a medley of her three Bond title songs. An instrumental strings version of the title theme was used in 2007 tourism commercials for the"