By bye, mr. Strange

Billy Strange, a prolific Los Angeles session guitarist who recorded with Elvis Presley, Nat King Cole and the Beach Boys, wrote a No. 1 single for Chubby Checker and arranged Nancy Sinatra’s No. 1 pop hit “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,” died on Wednesday in Franklin, Tenn. He was 81.Die in 24/02/2012

A mainstay of the celebrated team of Hollywood studio musicians known as the Wrecking Crew, Mr. Strange played on psychedelic touchstones like the Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds” and Love’s “Forever Changes.” In 1962 he arranged and played on Cole’s hit “Ramblin’ Rose.”

He also contributed the eerie tremolo guitar figure — a reverberating mix of country, pop and surf music — to Ms. Sinatra’s late ’60s cover of Cher’s 1966 hit, “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down).” The record later appeared on the soundtrack to the director Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 action thriller “Kill Bill.”

Mr. Strange made numerous recordings under his own name, including instrumental versions of “The James Bond Theme” and the theme from the movie “Goldfinger.” Both singles stalled just outside the pop Top 40, in 1964 and 1965, respectively. He made a series of guitar albums during this period as well, but his signature accomplishments remained his contributions, as a guitarist, conductor and arranger, to the recordings of others, among them Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans.