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The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt
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Wikipedia article
'"The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt"' is an instrumental by British group the Shadows. It peaked at number 5 in the UK Singles Chart.
Release and reception
"The Rise an Fall of Flingel Bunt" was written by all members of the Shadows. Flingel Bunt is an imaginary character invented by the actor Richard O'Sullivan, a friend of the Shadows. The full title was given to the tune after the group had been to see the film 'The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond'. It was released with the B-side "It's a Man's World", written by Malcolm Addey and Norman Smith.
Reviewed in 'Record Mirror', it was described as being "completely different from all the Shads' previous ones". "Good beat and it has plenty of blues' feeling, plus an air of earthiness". For 'Disc', Don Nicholl wrote that "the actual instrumental itself is a steady, fairly dramatic production with thudding drumwork persisting behind the guitars".
Track listing
'7": Columbia / DB 7261'
# "The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" 2:46
# "It's a Man's World" 2:03
Personnel
* Hank Marvin electric lead guitar
* Bruce Welch acoustic rhythm guitar
* John Rostill electric bass guitar
* Brian Bennett drums
* Norrie Paramor piano
Charts
Covers
* The song was covered by Hank Marvin in the 1996 collection 'Twang!: A Tribute to Hank Marvin & the Shadows'.
* It was covered by American bluesman Albert Castiglia on his 2006 album, 'A Stone's Throw'.
References
Category:Songs about fictional male characters
Category:1964 singles
Category:Songs written by John Rostill
Category:The Shadows songs
Category:Songs written by Bruce Welch
Category:Rock instrumentals
Category:1960s instrumentals
Category:Songs written by Hank Marvin
Category:1964 songs
Category:Columbia Graphophone Company singles
Category:Songs written by Brian Bennett
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