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Vic Flick
Victor Harold Flick (14 May 1937 – 14 November 2024) was an English studio guitarist, prominent in the 1960s and known for playing the guitar riff in the "James Bond Theme".
Flick was born in Worcester Park, Surrey, on 14 May 1937. Both of his parents were involved with music – his father taught piano and his mother sang. He began playing guitar when he was fourteen, and he joined his father's dance band.
By the mid 1950s, Flick worked regularly in bands at Butlin's holiday camps, where he was seen and recruited by bandleader Eric Winstone for his BBC radio shows. He also joined the Bob Cort Skiffle Group, who toured Britain with Paul Anka in 1957. He met John Barry, and joined the John Barry Seven, contributing guitar to the soundtrack of the 1960 film Beat Girl starring Adam Faith. The John Barry Seven had a hit with Flick's 1961 composition “Zapata”. His guitar work is prominent on "Hit and Miss", the theme song of the television show Juke Box Jury.
Flick left the John Barry Seven in 1963 and established himself as one of the leading session guitarists in London. 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. 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.
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 plays solo guitar, using his Olympic white 1961 Fender Stratocaster, on the song "Ringo's Theme (This Boy)" in the Beatles' 1964 film A Hard Day's Night, heard on the American soundtrack album. He was also the guitarist for Paul McCartney's Thrillington album.
Flick also collaborated with Merchant Ivory Productions as composer/music arranger for Autobiography of a Princess (1975), The Europeans (1979), Quartet (1981), and Heat and Dust (1983).
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. In 2003, he recorded the album James Bond Now, featuring tracks from James Bond movies and new compositions.
In 2005, he played on the soundtrack of the From Russia With Love video game by Electronic Arts.
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Vic Flick
Victor Harold Flick (14 May 1937 – 14 November 2024) was an English studio guitarist, prominent in the 1960s and known for playing the guitar riff in the "James Bond Theme".
Flick was born in Worcester Park, Surrey, on 14 May 1937. Both of his parents were involved with music – his father taught piano and his mother sang. He began playing guitar when he was fourteen, and he joined his father's dance band.
By the mid 1950s, Flick worked regularly in bands at Butlin's holiday camps, where he was seen and recruited by bandleader Eric Winstone for his BBC radio shows. He also joined the Bob Cort Skiffle Group, who toured Britain with Paul Anka in 1957. He met John Barry, and joined the John Barry Seven, contributing guitar to the soundtrack of the 1960 film Beat Girl starring Adam Faith. The John Barry Seven had a hit with Flick's 1961 composition “Zapata”. His guitar work is prominent on "Hit and Miss", the theme song of the television show Juke Box Jury.
Flick left the John Barry Seven in 1963 and established himself as one of the leading session guitarists in London. 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. 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.
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 plays solo guitar, using his Olympic white 1961 Fender Stratocaster, on the song "Ringo's Theme (This Boy)" in the Beatles' 1964 film A Hard Day's Night, heard on the American soundtrack album. He was also the guitarist for Paul McCartney's Thrillington album.
Flick also collaborated with Merchant Ivory Productions as composer/music arranger for Autobiography of a Princess (1975), The Europeans (1979), Quartet (1981), and Heat and Dust (1983).
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. In 2003, he recorded the album James Bond Now, featuring tracks from James Bond movies and new compositions.
In 2005, he played on the soundtrack of the From Russia With Love video game by Electronic Arts.