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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).
Geoffrey Goddard (19 November 1937 – 15 May 2000) [1] was an English songwriter, singer and instrumentalist. Working for Joe Meek in the early 1960s, [2] he wrote songs for Heinz, Mike Berry, Gerry Temple, the Tornados, Kenny Hollywood, the Outlaws, Freddie Starr, Screaming Lord Sutch, the Ramblers and John Leyton. [2]
Heaven & Hell is a compilation album by American singer Meat Loaf and Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released in 1989 by Telstar Records . The majority of songs included on Heaven & Hell were written by Jim Steinman , who wrote some of Meat Loaf and Tyler's biggest hits.
In 1984, the group recorded its sole single, a cover of the Joe Meek song "Telstar", with the B-side being "Telstar in a Piano Bar". The song had original lyrics written by Reade in its first version, which were rejected by Meek's publishers, and replaced by more abstract and unintelligible vocals. [2] Lindsay Reade explained: [3]
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 ...
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 ...
"Go to Hell", a song by Post Malone from F-1 Trillion; See also. Going to Hell (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 21 ...
The Ventures in Space is an LP album by the guitar-based instrumental group the Ventures, released in 1964.Information on its jacket states that "All of these unusual & other-worldly sounds have been created with musical instruments rather than electronic gimmicks".