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Today, from the Bond on Vinyl archives, we’re still listening to music featured in From Russia With Love!
Ramsey Lewis was a jazz pianist, composer, and eventually a Chicago radio personality and TV host. Lewis contributed to more than 80 albums during his career, five of which were certified gold. He successfully crossed over from the Jazz charts to the Pop charts, winning three Grammy awards beginning with “The In Crowd” in 1965, and finally in 1973 with “Hang On Sloopy”.
This compilation album was recorded in the summer of 1966 and finally saw a release in June 1967, making it to #5 on the US R&B charts. While the album also features tunes from a bunch of 1960s films I’ve never heard of, I picked this up for the inclusion of the main theme from ‘From Russia With Love.’ Just like the opening of the film, this jazzy version does not feature any vocals, with the focus being on Lewis on the piano.
68. Ramsey Lewis – The Movie Album
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