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Vic Flick
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Vic Flick (born Victor Harold Flick in Worcester Park, Surrey, on 14 May 1937; died 14 November 2024) was an English studio guitarist remembered for playing the guitar riff on the "James Bond Theme". Flick continued to contribute to the James Bond soundtracks from the 1960s through the late 1980s. Flick worked with many recording artists, including Dusty Springfield, 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” and “What’s New Pussycat?”, and is the guitarist for the number 1 song “Downtown” by Petula Clark. He recorded with Herman's Hermits, playing the distinctive guitar riff in the intro and bridge of "Silhouettes", a 1965 UK Top 5 hit. With the George Martin Orchestra, he played 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 was the guitarist for Paul McCartney's "Thrillington" album. On 5 October 2012, Flick was honoured at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. He was presented with the "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2013 by The National Guitar Museum for "contribution to the history of the guitar". User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
