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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).
The majority of Telstar's back catalogue (the artists signed directly to the label not sub-licensed) ended up with Phoenix Music International alongside the rights to songs from Gut Records, Jet Star and Azuli, [9] whilst Ant & Dec's hits ended up being sub-licensed to BBC Studios' Crimson Productions/DMG TV in the early 2010s [10] (which ...
This article was created as Telstar (song) in December 2004. It is a pop song in the loose sense of the term, but instrumental might be more accurate. I'm not too bothered about this, although the article could be proposed for renaming.-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦ (talk to me) 17:33, 1 May 2014 (UTC) [ reply ]
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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The film tells the story of record producer Joe Meek, the songwriter-producer behind the 1960s hits "Have I the Right?", "Just Like Eddie" and "Johnny Remember Me".The film charts Meek's initial success with the multi-million-selling record "Telstar"; his homosexuality, which was illegal in the UK at the time; and his struggles with debt, paranoia and depression, which culminated in the ...
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]
It was the first single by a British group to reach the top 20 of the Hot 100, [7] predating the Tornados' number one "Telstar" by two months (and the Beatles' US chart entry by 16 months). The record peaked at No. 23 on the Cash Box chart and reached number one in Australia. [citation needed] It featured lead guitar by Judd Proctor.