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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)
The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull is an album by the band the Ventures, released in 1963.It consists entirely of cover versions of popular instrumentals from the late 1950s to early 1960s (all of which reached the Top 15 on Billboard, including eleven Top Tens and three #1's) and became their highest charting album, peaking at #8 on Billboard and earning the band a gold record for ...
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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 ...
The following is a list of the CHUM Chart number-one singles of 1962. ... Song Artist Reference January 1 "The Twist" ... "Telstar" The Tornados [49] December 10 [50]
Cattini was portrayed by James Corden in the 2009 film Telstar and appeared himself, playing John Leyton's chauffeur. [8] In 2016, he recorded a new version of the 1960s hit "Telstar" with the north London ska band the Skammers. [9] Cattini's memoirs, My Life, Through the Eye of a Tornado, was published in July 2019. [10] He lives in North ...
Matthew James Bellamy was born on 9 June 1978 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.He has an older brother named Paul. His father, George Bellamy, was the rhythm guitarist of the 1960s pop group the Tornados, whose 1962 single "Telstar" was the first US number one by an English band. [3]