Sinatra, Frank

Moonraker (1979) offers a similar theme of love found in dreams. Both songs share similarly lush, sensuous orchestration, and dreamy vocal performances. If they have any relation to the Bond movies, perhaps it could be as unintended meta-textual commentaries on the dreamlike quality of movies themselves. Coincidentally, for both movies, Saltzman and Broccoli apparently tried hard, but failed, to get their acquaintance Frank Sinatra to sing the theme songs. 

The popularity of the Bond novels had soared when President John F Kennedy mentioned how much he liked them in an interview. Kennedy s friend and supporter Frank Sinatra had looked into obtaining the rights to the books for his own production company. Failing that, he sought to have some involvement, and it was because of his recommendation that Saltzman and Broccoli interviewed, tested, and hired Lawrence Harvey to play Bond. 

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