Obviously, it's been a hallmark of the Bond films to make use of a song recorded by a popular artist of the time.  That will be a common thread throughout this whole week.  In 1963, when From Russia with Love was released, Matt Monro was already a very popular English balladeer, so he was tapped to perform the eponymous theme from that film.

A smooth British crooner doing a song for a Bond film would seem to make sense, would it not?

Watch the film's opening sequence on YouTube.

Wikipedia article on Matt Monro

This is part of week-long series on songs from the James Bond films.

Criminy.  After more than forty years, they are still making James Bond pictures.  Entry #22, Quantum of Solace, is coming out in about a month.

As it so happens, I dig a few of the tunes from the films, many of which were used in the racy opening credit sequences.  So, here are a week's worth of songs from the James Bond movies.  Shaken, not stirred.

Wikipedia article on James Bond