• Battle of the Bands

    BoTB 2021 Round 3 Showdown – Goldfinger

    In November I started using James Bond movie theme songs for my Battle of the Bands installments.  Today, resuming the series with the third film self-titled song from 1964, Goldfinger, <–link to song for reference only] first released by the amazing Shirley Bassey. Did  you know that it was actually recorded first by another artist, Anthony Newley (FYI only) the same year. Representing the women in this BoTB showdown is the recording from 2004 of the London Symphony Orchestra featuring Chaka Khan. This may not be an entirely fair showdown but then again what do you expect to happen against…