Shirley Bassey Goldfinger
1978 (Sydney Concert TV Special) Shirley recorded two versions of this song. She recorded the soundtrack to the movie, Goldfinger and then she recorded a version to be sold as a Both versions are superb, but I believe she holds that big last note longer here, on the Single version Simply amazing And, based on the length of this last note it most likely was during the recording of this version where John Barry kept telling Shirley to hold it, ,,, hold it, ,,, hold it until as Shirley says, I almost passed out ABOUT the song, Goldfinger: Goldfinger was 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 ten hit, peak br, br,
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