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Songs mentioned in Bond novels

Gerard · 2015-07-27 12:04:00

While Wikiwalking today, I found a mention of the great american singer Rosemary Clooney, and it reminded me of Thunderball, the Ian Fleming novel. Here, at the beginning, Bond is brought to Shrublands by a young taxi driver who tells him that, contrary to what Bond is thinking, the diet at Shrublands make men ready to "cut the mustard", adding "if you know that Rosemary Clooney's song". So I got curious, searched through YouTube, and found out the song, which in fact is a Marlene Dietrich/Rose…

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