No, this isn't another list of the "best" Bond themes, because there's enough of those about already. Besides, the answer is Moonraker. This is more about categorising the artists who performed the Bond themes. It's a moment in history, an admittance to a rarefied pantheon, and as such only the very best should caterwaul over three minutes of naked women. It doesn't always work out that way.
Division One: artists for whom performing a Bond theme is just another diamond in their glittering crown of achievements.
Shirley Bassey
Tom Jones
Louis Armstrong
Paul McCartney & Wings
Duran Duran
Gladys Knight
Tina Turner
Madonna
Adele
Division Two: artists who are well respected and popular though perhaps not legends.
Matt Monro
Lulu
Carly Simon
Sheryl Crow
Garbage
Jack White & Alicia Keys
Division Three: artists who were in a bubble of popularity that quickly faded.
Nancy Sinatra
Sheena Easton
a-ha
Sam Smith (he's only had ONE album; let's see him try to squeeze out another one)
Division Four: who did you sleep with to get this gig?
Rita Coolidge
Chris Cornell (if he's such a legend, how come his solo career died so fast and now he's back with Soundgarden, eh?)
P.S. Lani Hall would definitely be in Division Four, not least because she actually did get the gig by being married to Herb Alpert.
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