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"Licence to Kill" is a song by American singer Gladys Knight, written and recorded for the James Bond film Licence to Kill, taken from the soundtrack of the film's same name. The song was written by Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Walter Afanasieff, and produced by Walden and associate production helmed by Afanasieff.
Initially Vic Flick, who had played lead guitar on Monty Norman's original 007 theme, and Eric Clapton were asked to write and perform the theme song to Licence to Kill and they produced a theme to match Dalton's gritty performance, but the producers turned it down [30] and instead Gladys Knight's song and performance
Knight in 1974. Gladys Knight & the Pips joined the Motown Records roster in 1966 (with only three hits to their credit - "Every Beat of My Heart", "Giving Up" and "Letter Full of Tears"), [16] and, although initially regarded as a second-string act by the label, scored several major hit singles, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (#1 in 1967) (released later by Marvin Gaye), "The ...
When discussing music royalty, no one compares to Gladys Knight, the Empress of Soul herself. The Grammy Hall of Famer has contributed so many timeless songs to soul, R&B, and gospel history, that ...
1985: Dionne Warwick and Friends (Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Gladys Knight), #1 US pop, #1 R&B, #16 UK 1983 "Front Page Story" Neil Diamond Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond: 65 - 1984 "A Chance for Heaven" Christopher Cross Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross: 76 - "Turn Around" Neil Diamond Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond: 62 - 1986 "On ...
Gladys Knight also responded to the mix-up during U.S. Open coverage.
In 1975, Gladys Knight & the Pips had an international success with their version of "Try to Remember", combining it into a medley with a cover version of Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were". It reached no. 11 on the US Hot 100 chart and no. 4 in the UK (their biggest success there).
Dionne Warwick had the perfect response after she was mistaken for Gladys Knight during ESPN's broadcast of the U.S. Open -- and one of the commentators involved says there's a perfectly good ...