IAN PEEL‘S A TO Z of POP
BIS FOR… BOND, JAMES BOND
ONE OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT ASPECTS OF THE NEW JAMES BOND FILM NO TIME TO DIE IS BILLIE EILISH’S TITLE SONG. BUT WHAT IS THE FRANCHISE’S MOST POPULAR THEME WITH CLASSIC POP ARTISTS – AND WHICH IS THE BEST FOR GETTING YOU OFF TO SLEEP?
When I received Spotify’s last end-of-year email with my top-played artists and favourite songs, I got quite a surprise. Surpassing the great works of Classic Pop stalwarts like Pet Shop Boys, New Order and even Furniture, my mostplayed artist across all of last 2020 was John Barry. And a short selection of John Barry tracks at that: the soundtrack to Moonraker.