Man behind James Bond’s din diddlin din theme tune, Vic Flick, dies aged 87

Vic Flick, the guitarist who played the celebrated riff successful the James Bond taxable tune, has died.

Flick’s son, Kevin, announced connected societal media that his begetter died astatine the property of 87 aft antecedently being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

The musician’s assertion to fame was not precisely a windfall, arsenic helium was lone paid £6 to rearrange and grounds Monty Norman’s taxable tune for Dr No, the archetypal James Bond movie released successful 1962.

The riff, which has go synonymous with the enactment franchise, was played connected a 1939 English Clifford Essex Paragon Deluxe guitar plugged into a Fender Vibrolux amplifier. The guitar is displayed successful the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Flick recorded the taxable opus on with respective different musicians successful 1962 erstwhile helium was conscionable 25 years old.

Born successful Surrey successful 1937, Flick was an accomplished guitarist who contributed acold much to the satellite of euphony than 1 riff.

Throughout his decades agelong career, helium worked with the likes of The Beatles, Tom Jones, the Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Cliff Richard.

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