Goldfinger
premiered with it's high profile images of a fully armed Aston Martin DB5, a
nude women painted from head to toe in gold paint, the mute Korean manservant
Oddjob with his steel rimmed bowler, Bond's near emasculation by laser beam atop
a gold table, and the concept of a raid on fort Knox this third adventure
brought cinema's James Bond to a new level of popularity. Certainly contributing
to this was the first "important" Bond title theme and the series' first title
vocal composed and conducted by Barry. Shirley Bassey's powerful rendition of "Goldfinger"
not only added a rich shimmer to this third James Bond movie, it created the
first American hit song out of a Bond title theme shot to #8 on the U.S. charts
and #20 on the U.K. charts and transformed Bassey into an international singing
sensation.
Goldfinger
premiered with it's high profile images of a fully armed Aston Martin DB5, a
nude women painted from head to toe in gold paint, the mute Korean manservant
Oddjob with his steel rimmed bowler, Bond's near emasculation by laser beam atop
a gold table, and the concept of a raid on fort Knox this third adventure
brought cinema's James Bond to a new level of popularity. Certainly contributing
to this was the first "important" Bond title theme and the series' first title
vocal composed and conducted by Barry. Shirley Bassey's powerful rendition of "Goldfinger"
not only added a rich shimmer to this third James Bond movie, it created the
first American hit song out of a Bond title theme shot to #8 on the U.S. charts
and #20 on the U.K. charts and transformed Bassey into an international singing
sensation.