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Vic Flick | |
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 Vic Flick recording in London, 1989 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Victor Harold Flick |
| Born | 14 May 1937 Worcester Park, Surrey, England, UK |
| Genres | Film score |
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| Years active | 1957–2012 |
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Victor Harold Flick (born 14 May 1937) is an English studio guitarist, best known for playing the guitar riff in the "James Bond Theme".
In the late 1950s, Flick joined the John Barry Seven [1] who had a hit with his 1961 composition called “Zapata”. [2] His guitar work is prominent on "Hit and Miss", the theme song of the television show Juke Box Jury . [3]
On the Dr. No soundtrack, he was lead guitarist on the track "James Bond Theme". Flick continued to contribute to the James Bond soundtracks from the 1960s through the late 1980s. [1] [4] One of Flick's guitars, a Clifford Essex Paragon De Luxe, on which he played the original "James Bond Theme", was displayed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. [5]
Flick has worked with many recording artists, including Dusty Springfield, Engelbert Humperdinck, Nancy Sinatra, Cliff Richard, Shirley Bassey among countless others. He played his Vox 12 string guitar on Peter and Gordon's 1964 # 1 record " A World Without Love ". He is heard on all of Tom Jones' early hits including “ It's Not Unusual ” [2] and is the guitarist for the number 1 song “Downtown” by Petula Clark. [6] He recorded with Herman's Hermits, playing the distinctive guitar riff in the intro and bridge of " Silhouettes ", a 1965 UK Top 5 hit. [n 1] [7] With the George Martin Orchestra, he plays solo guitar, using his Olympic white 1961 Fender Stratocaster, on the song “ Ringo's Theme (This Boy) ” of the Beatles' 1964 film “ A Hard Day's Night ”, heard on the American soundtrack album. He is also the guitarist for Paul McCartney's " Thrillington " album. [2]
Flick also collaborated with Merchant Ivory Productions as composer/music arranger for Autobiography of a Princess (1975), [8] The Europeans (1979), [9] Quartet (1981), [10] and Heat and Dust (1983). [11]
In 1999, Flick worked with composer Nic Raine, backed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, on the James Bond tribute album titled Bond Back in Action. [12] In 2003, he recorded the album James Bond Now, featuring tracks from James Bond movies and new compositions. [4]
In 2005, he played on the soundtrack of the From Russia With Love video game by Electronic Arts. [13]
In 2008, his autobiography, Vic Flick Guitarman: From James Bond to The Beatles and Beyond, [n 2] was published by Bearmanor Media.
On 5 October 2012, Vic Flick was honoured at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for "The Music of Bond: The First 50 Years." He played the "James Bond Theme" to a live audience, on his 1939 Clifford Essex Paragon De Luxe “James Bond” Guitar. He also was interviewed on stage by Jon Burlingame, a writer on the subject of music for film and television. [14] He was also presented with the "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2013 by The National Guitar Museum for "contribution to the history of the guitar." He was the fourth recipient of the annual award. [15]
Flick appeared on a 2013 episode of the History Channel show, Pawn Stars , titled "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service". He brought in his 1961 Fender Stratocaster guitar to shop owner Rick Harrison, who, after consulting Jesse Amoroso, settled on a price of $55,000 for the guitar. [16] In 2014, the guitar sold at auction for $25,000. [17] [ failed verification ]
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