Vic Reeves

Vic Reeves

Vic Reeves (actually: James Roderick Moir ; born January 24, 1959 in Leeds ) is an English singer and comedian. His pseudonym goes back to his favorite singers Vic Damone and Jim Reeves .

Live and act

He usually appears as a comedian with his partner Bob Mortimer .

Reeves had the number one hit Dizzy with the group The Wonder Stuff in the 1990s - a remake of the classic by Tommy Roe .

In 2004, he participated in the fourth season of I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! part. From the fourth season in 2007, the British show Brainiac moderated , replacing Richard Hammond .

Discography

album

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		AT	UK
1991	I will cure you	-	UK16 silver (9 weeks)UK

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		AT	UK
1991	Born Free I Will Cure You	-	UK6 (6 weeks) UK	with The Roman Numerals Authors: Don Black , John Barry Original: Roger Williams , 1966
1987	Dizzy I Will Cure You	AT14 (9 weeks) AT	UK1 silver (12 weeks)UK	with The Wonder Stuff Authors: Freddy Weller, Tommy Roe Original: Tommy Roe, 1969
1991	Abide with Me I Will Cure You	-	UK47 (3 weeks) UK	Traditional , producer: The Grid
1995	I'm a Believer The Very Best of EMF	-	UK3 (11 weeks) UK	with EMF and Bob Mortimer Original: The Monkees , 1966

swell

1. ↑ Vic Reeves, 'Now I'm 50, I'm Starting to Worry About My Looks,' Feb.15 , 2009, Daily Mirror
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK1 UK2
3. ↑ ^{a b} UK gold / platinum database

Web links

• Vic Reeves at Allmusic (English)
• Vic Reeves at Discogs (English)