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"Telstar" is a 1962 instrumental by the English band the Tornados, written and produced by Joe Meek. It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 1962 (the second British recording to reach number one on that chart in the year, after "Stranger on the Shore" in May). It was the second instrumental single ...
The Original Telstar – The Sounds of the Tornadoes (London, 1962) (only released in North America and Australasia) – US no. 45 [5] Away from It All (Decca, 1963) We Want Billy! (Decca, 1963) (with Billy Fury, live album) – UK no. 14 [6] The World of the Tornados (Decca Records, 1972) Remembering... the Tornados (Decca Records, 1976)
Stranger on the Shore" by Acker Bilk was the number one song of 1962. Ray Charles had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100. Dion had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1962. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 29, 1962, is based on Hot 100 ...
It would later become the first song by a British group to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US. Cliff Richard had four top 10 singles this year, including "The Young Ones", the theme song from his film of the same name, which entered the chart at number-one in January and spent six weeks at the top spot. It remains Richard's biggest ...
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1962.. That year, 14 acts achieved their first number one songs, namely Joey Dee and the Starliters, Gene Chandler, Bruce Channel, Shelley Fabares, Mr. Acker Bilk, David Rose, Bobby Vinton, Neil Sedaka, Little Eva, Tommy Roe, The Four Seasons, Bobby "Boris" Pickett, The Crystals, and The Tornados.
Robert George "Joe" Meek (5 April 1929 – 3 February 1967) [5] was an English record producer and songwriter considered one of the most influential sound engineers of all time, being one of the first to develop ideas such as the recording studio as an instrument, and becoming one of the first producers to be recognised for his individual identity as an artist.
The following is a list of the CHUM Chart number-one singles of 1962. Issue date Song Artist Reference ... "Telstar" The Tornados [49] December 10 [50]
Telstar: 1962: UK: UK 1 – Aug 1962, US BB 1 – Nov 1962, Canada 1 – Nov 1962, Éire 1 – Nov 1962, South Africa 1 of 1962, RYM 2 of 1962, Norway 3 – Oct 1962, US CashBox 5 of 1963, Germany 6 – Jan 1963, Australia 8 of 1962, DDD 62 of 1962, Germany 224 of the 1960s, Acclaimed 739 4: Elvis Presley: Can't Help Falling in Love: 1962: US