First Bond theme nominated for Best Original Song Oscar

According to Official Guinness Records,

Sir Paul McCartney and Wings - with the help of producer Sir George Martin (all UK) - created perhaps the best ever Bond theme song with "Live and Let Die", the first to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song (1973), It charted at no.2 in the USA and no.7 in the UK, and lost the Oscar to "The Way We Were" from the movie of the same name. To date, no Bond music has won an Oscar.

For a complete list of 1973 records, please visit 1973 Guinness Records in United States.

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