We've been looking back at some of the stories we heard on MORNING EDITION in the past year and bringing you encore performances of our favorites. 2012 marked the 50th anniversary of the first Bond ...

Vic Flick, the famed British session guitarist who picked out the twangy riff for the James Bond theme song introduced to moviegoers on Dr. No, has died. He was 87. His death on Thursday after a ...

It’s one of the most famous guitar riffs of all time - the twanging open E string riff in the James Bond theme. And the man who played it was Vic Flick. Vic passed away on 14 November, and is ...

Vic Flick, who has died aged 87, was a guitarist whose moment in the spotlight came when he performed the celebrated James Bond guitar riff; but there were many more credits over a long career, and ...

Since 1962, the James Bond theme song has become as much a topic of discussion and argument as which actor best portrays the British agent. There’s even a 007 chord: Em/Maj 7. From the (literal) gold ...

A James Bond theme song has two purposes — to lead the marketing charge that drives you to the box office and to be a sonic backdrop while nude women dance in silhouette over the opening credits. This ...

Many famous artists such as Adele, Sam Smith, and Paul McCartney made tunes for 007 movies. When Madonna wrote her James Bond theme song, she wanted to bring the Cold War spy into the modern era with ...

Eric Clapton is a proper British musician. Hence, it makes sense why he was asked to write the theme song for a James Bond movie. For a British musician, having the opportunity to write a Bond theme ...

Vic Flick, the guitarist on the famous James Bond theme song, has died. He was 87. The British session musician died last Thursday from Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced. Flick was brought in ...