Vic Fontaine is a hologram character, created as part of a program simulating 1962 Las Vegas on Earth. Vic’s program was a lounge singer modeled after popular mid-20th century entertainers such as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.
Doctor Julian Bashir had the program installed in one of the station’s holosuites at Quark’s.
Vic had a variety of cabaret songs that he would performed with his band. Vic was designed to be self-aware and fully interactive with the program’s participants and in fact was fully aware of his status as a hologram as seen in the opening episode of ‘His Way’ of DS9.
DS9 episode ‘His way’ – Vic singing ‘Come Fly with Me’
Like The Doctor from Star Trek: Voyager, Vic Fontaine was able to turn himself on and off whenever he desired. Furthermore, he was programmed to be highly perceptive and intuitive, creating a warm, welcoming, down-to-earth character that everyone found very approachable and endearing. In that capacity he proved to be a valuable mentor to many residents of DS9. Nog was helped by Vic in the episode ‘It’s Only a Paper Moon’.
DS9 episode ‘It’s Only a Paper Moon’ – Vic singing ‘It’s Only A Paper Moon’
In the episode ‘Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang’ holographic mobsters assume control of Vic Fontaine’s lounge and the crew of DS9 plot to run Vic’s rival out of business and restore the program to normal.
DS9 episode ‘Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang’ – Vic and Sisko singing ‘The Best Is Yet To Come’
In the final episode of DS9 ‘What You Leave Behind’ Vic puts on a farewell party for the command crew of DS9 after the end of the Dominion War. This would be the last time they were all gathered together before many took new assignments and left the Station.
DS9 episode ‘What You Leave Behind’ – Vic singing ‘The Way You Look Tonight’
James Darren – This One’s from the Heart
Music straight from the episodes of DS9 in this 17 song album, with all the songs made popular again by the character Vic Fontaine.
Songs include:
- “The Best Is Yet To Come” (from “Badda-Bing Badda-Bang”)
- “Come Fly with Me” (from “His Way”)
- “That Old Black Magic”
- “All the Way (from “Image in the Sand”)
- “It’s Only a Paper Moon” (from “It’s Only a Paper Moon”)
- “I’ve Got the World on a String” (from “It’s Only a Paper Moon”)
- “You’d Better Love Me”
- “Sophisticated Lady”
- “Just In Time” (from “It’s Only a Paper Moon”)
- “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (from “His Way”)
- “The Way You Look Tonight” (from “What You Leave Behind”)
- “Here’s to the Losers” (from “Tears of the Prophets”)
- “You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You” (from “His Way”)
- “Dancing in the Dark”
- “Night And Day”
- “I’ll Be Seeing You” (from “The Siege of AR-558” & “It’s Only a Paper Moon”)
- “Satin Doll”
Download your copy now
- Amazon UK – James Darren – This One’s from the Heart
- iTunes – James Darren – This One’s from the Heart
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