"The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" is an instrumental by British group

the Shadows The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the late 1950s and early 1960s, in the pre- Beatles era. They served as the backing band for Cliff Richard ...

. It peaked at number 5 in the

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Release and reception

"The Rise and 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 Richard O'Sullivan (born 7 May 1944) is an English comedy actor, who is known for his role as Robin Tripp in the 1970s sitcoms ''Man About the House'' (1973–1976) and ''Robin's Nest (TV series), Robin's Nest'' (1977–1981) and as the title c ...

, 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 ''

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'', 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 Hank Brian Marvin (born Brian Robson Rankin, 28 October 1941) is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter. He is widely known as the lead guitarist for The Shadows, a group which primarily performed instrumentals and was the ba ...

– electric lead guitar *

Bruce Welch Bruce Welch (born 2 November 1941 as Bruce Cripps) is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman best known as a founding member of the Shadows. Biography Welch's parents (Stan Cripps and Grace Welch) moved him to 15 B ...

– acoustic rhythm guitar * John Rostill – electric bass guitar *

Brian Bennett Brian Laurence Bennett, (born 9 February 1940) is an English drummer, pianist, composer and producer of popular music. He is best known as the drummer of the UK rock and roll group the Shadows. He is the father of musician and Shadows band me ...

– drums *

Norrie Paramor Norman William Paramor (15 May 1914 – 9 September 1979), known professionally as Norrie Paramor, was a British record producer, composer, arranger, pianist, bandleader, and orchestral conductor. He is best known for his work with Cliff R ...

– 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

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on his 2006 album, ''A Stone's Throw''.

References

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