1. Elvis Presley's "Edge Of Reality"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-VSn-NHK2Q Before you throw food at the internet and scream obscenities out the window, read on. Anecdotal evidence suggests Elvis Presley was a big Bond fan who harboured a secret desire to record a theme song as part of his big comeback in 1968. Unfortunately for the King there wasn't a 007 film slated for '68 so, in the same year in Live a Little Love a Little, he performed a song that was a thinly-disguised audition for Bond stalwarts Cubby Broccoli and John Barry. Blogging about the Edge of Reality, Presley fans remark at how much of a departure it was for him; noting deeper tones, a more choral approach and a strong use of brass. All key elements of traditional Bond themes which would have helped distance Elvis from his sunshine jaunts and reposition him as a more edgy performer. There were were two huge obstacles. Presley was signed to MGM who were rivals of Bond distributors UA which pretty much killed the dream and even if Elvis could have negotiated a release he wasn't one for England, having only made the trip across the pond twice (if rumours are correct) - so any recording session would have been tricky. It gets better: the opening bars of his 1961 track Surrender pre-date the James Bond Theme by a year, so maybe Elvis felt it was his destiny. Of course the whole notion of a Bond theme sung by Elvis Presley could be on the edge of reality itself but there's never been a more exciting idea that somewhere in a vault is another track meant for 007's eyes only.