THE NAME’S... PAUL McCARTNEY

MUSIC plays a huge part in the Bond legend — from the opening ‘gun-barrel’ sequence’, featuring Monty Norman’s classic theme, to the instantly recognisable incidental music and the chart-busting songs.

One of the biggest was Paul McCartney’s Live And Let Die, which nearly didn’t happen... because producer Harry Saltzman apparently had no idea who the Beatles were.

It was Joan Collins’s then husband, Ron Kass, who first suggested it. He was a music business lawyer who had represented the Fab Four’s record label, Apple.

At his urging, Paul agreed to write and perform the theme song, which turned out to be an absolute belter.

When he heard it, though, Harry wasn’t too sure. He turned to music producer George Martin and said: ‘So, who are we gonna get to sing it?’

George pointed out, as politely as he could, that they already had Macca and they weren’t going to find anyone bigger.