Movie Music
The song was written by Marvin Hamlisch (music) and Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics). Carly Simon recorded for the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, which starred Roger Moore. Bond was famous and infamous for his work as a spy and as a lover. “Nobody Does it Better” was released on the soundtrack album for the film as well as a single. It had international charting success, rising to #1 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks, #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box 100; #1 in Canada and Ireland; #5 in France and Norway; #7 in the U.K.; and #8 in Australia. The song sold more than one million copies and earned an RIAA gold record.
Carly Simon was born Carly Elisabeth Simon in The Bronx, New York and has been a highly successful singer-songwriter, musician, actress and writer. She is the former wife of singer-songwriter James Taylor, and their two children Sarah “Sally” Maria Taylor and benjamin “Ben” Simon Taylor are also musicians. She continues to record, tour and perform
