Moonraker song lyrics shirley bassey biography

          Guest writer Brendan Edwards looks at how a chance encounter with John Barry led Shirley Bassey to sing the theme for Moonraker..

          Moonraker (soundtrack)

          1979 soundtrack album by John Barry

          Moonraker is the soundtrack for the eleventh James Bondfilm of the same name.[2]

          Moonraker was the third of the three Bond films for which the theme song was performed by Shirley Bassey.

          Frank Sinatra was considered for the vocals, before Johnny Mathis was approached and offered the opportunity.

          Moonraker Lyrics: Where are you / Why do you hide / Where is that moonlight trail that leads to your side / Just like the moonraker goes / In search of his.

        1. Moonraker Lyrics: Where are you / Why do you hide / Where is that moonlight trail that leads to your side / Just like the moonraker goes / In search of his.
        2. Take my unfinished life and make it complete.
        3. Guest writer Brendan Edwards looks at how a chance encounter with John Barry led Shirley Bassey to sing the theme for Moonraker.
        4. Moonraker Lyrics by Shirley Bassey from the The EMI/UA Years album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: Where are you?
        5. She became well known for recording theme songs of the James Bond films Goldfinger (), Diamonds Are Forever (), and Moonraker ().

          6. Mathis was unhappy about the song and withdrew from the project, leaving the producers scrambling for a replacement. Kate Bush declined as she was due to embark on her British tour, so John Barry offered the song to Bassey just weeks before the release date.

          As a result, Bassey made the recordings at very short notice and never regarded the song 'as her own' as she had never had the chance to perform it or promote it first. Indeed, Bassey has seldom performed the song live in comparison to her other two Bond themes, "Goldfinger" and "Diamonds Are Forever".

          The film uses two versions of the title theme song, a