"Telstar (instrumental) ""Telstar"" is a 1962 instrumental written and produced by Joe Meek for the English band the Tornados. The track reached number 1 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in December 1962 (the second British recording to reach number 1 on that chart in the year, after ""Stranger on the Shore"" in May), and was also a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart. It was the second instrumental single to hit number 1 in 1962 on both the US and UK weekly charts. The record was named after the Telstar communications satellite, which was launched into orbit"
"The Tornados The Tornados were an English instrumental group of the 1960s that acted as backing group for many of record producer Joe Meek's productions and also for singer Billy Fury. They enjoyed several chart hits in their own right, including the UK and U.S. No. 1 ""Telstar"" (named after the satellite and composed and produced by Meek), the first U.S. No. 1 single by a British group. From January 1962 to August 1963, The Tornados were the backing band for Billy Fury (as well as recording and performing as an act in their own right); they toured and recorded"
"Heart of Texas Twist"" ""Nobody's Child""; ""What Did I Do""; ""I Can't Help Loving You""; ""Keep Away"" The Tornados The Tornados were an English instrumental group of the 1960s that acted as backing group for many of record producer Joe Meek's productions and also for singer Billy Fury. They enjoyed several chart hits in their own right, including the UK and U.S. No. 1 ""Telstar"" (named after the satellite and composed and produced by Meek), the first U.S. No. 1 single by a British group. From January 1962 to August 1963, The Tornados were the backing band for Billy Fury"
"Telstar Records Telstar Records was a British record label that operated from 1982 to 2004. Telstar was founded in 1982 by Sean O'Brien and Neil Palmer with a government loan of £120,000. It was launched as a specialist compilation marketing label and had hits with a range of compilation franchises such as the Deep Heat, Kaos Theory and 100% ranges. As well as these brands, the company licensed a number of major artist recordings (for example ABBA and the Four Tops) to release telemarketed compilations. In the mid-1990s it diversified its output into the singles market and long-term artist development"
"February, the Beatles finally achieved their first number 1 in ""Billboard"", emulating the success of another British group, the Tornados with ""Telstar"", which topped the ""Billboard"" chart for three weeks in December 1962. ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"" finally relinquished the number 1 spot after seven weeks, succeeded by the song they had knocked off the top in Britain: ""She Loves You"". ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"" sold around five million copies in the US alone. The replacement of themselves at the top of the US charts was the first time since Elvis Presley in 1956, with ""Love"
"to replicate American rock and roll mostly failed, the trad jazz–inspired skiffle craze, with its do it yourself attitude, was the starting point of several British Billboard singles. Young British groups started to combine various British and American styles in different parts of the U.K., such as the 1962 movement in Liverpool known as Merseybeat or the ""beat boom"". That same year featured three instrumentals, each from an act with British roots, to reach the Hot 100's summit. This included the Tornados' instrumental ""Telstar"", written and produced by Joe Meek, becoming the first record by a British group to reach"
"number 7 in the main chart in the days before the exclusion of such various artist albums. Telstar Records Telstar Records was a British record label that operated from 1982 to 2004. Telstar was founded in 1982 by Sean O'Brien and Neil Palmer with a government loan of £120,000. It was launched as a specialist compilation marketing label and had hits with a range of compilation franchises such as the Deep Heat, Kaos Theory and 100% ranges. As well as these brands, the company licensed a number of major artist recordings (for example ABBA and the Four Tops) to release"
"and the 1962 song ""Telstar"", originally recorded by The Tornados. The 1960s saw the utilization of studio techniques and new technologies to achieve unusual and new sounds. Small guitar stomp boxes and various guitar effects are developed which distort or alter the sound quality of the electric guitar in various ways. The Mellotron was used by multi-instrumentalist Graham Bond from 1965 and soon adopted by Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues from 1966 on songs including ""Nights In White Satin"" and by The Beatles from ""Strawberry Fields Forever"" (1967). Ian McDonald of King Crimson, Rick Wakeman of Yes and Tony"
"at #7 and spent ten weeks in the Top 40. Moreover, it reached #1 on the Easy Listening chart, remaining at the top for one week in October 1961. It reached #22 on the R&B chart. Outside the U.S., ""Mexico"" was a #1 hit in both Australia and Germany, and it sold over two million records worldwide. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass recorded a version of the song on their first album in 1962. The Ventures released a version on their 1963 Dolton album ""The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull"", BST 8019. Dick Dale (and his Del"
"The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull 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 50's to early 60's (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 over 500,000 copies sold. In his review for Allmusic, critic Fred Thomas wrote of the album ""Despite a somewhat wooden performance on"
"Lester, Ian McAndrew and Capital Radio in a joint venture with Telstar. In February 2017, Sony Music acquired Wildstar from Global Radio and Telstar for £1.8m. In the late 1990s, Telstar's successful dance music compilation series ""Euphoria"" and ""Breakdown"" (full name ""The Very Best of Euphoric Breakdown"") were launched, both of which lasted into the days when BMG were co-credited on compilations, and transcended Telstar Records' closure when they were continued on the Ministry of Sound label. Chart Attack was Telstar Records first chart hit in the UK Top 75 album charts. It was released in autumn 1982 and reached"
"on 10 July 1962. Written and produced by Joe Meek, it featured either a clavioline or the similar Jennings Clavioline, both keyboard instruments with distinctive electronic sounds. It was recorded in Meek's studio in a small flat above a shop in Holloway Road, North London. ""Telstar"" won an Ivor Novello Award and is estimated to have sold at least five million copies worldwide. ""This was one of the first sci-fi-influenced pop songs,"" observed Tim Wheeler of Ash. ""For its time it was so futuristic and it still sounds pretty weird today. It features Matt Bellamy's dad George on guitar… You"
"one on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 where it was issued by Atlantic Records on the Atco label, but it was quickly followed, on 22 December, by British band The Tornados' ""Telstar"", another instrumental. In the pre-rock era, Vera Lynn's ""Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart"" had reached #1 in 1952, on the shorter ""Best Sellers In Stores"" survey. After ""Telstar"", the next British performers to top the U.S. charts were the Beatles, with their first Capitol Records single ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"". ""Stranger on the Shore"" was ""Billboard""'s #1 single of 1962, and it spent seven weeks atop the ""Easy"
"on variable-speed record players. His 1955 single ""Nuevo Laredo"" features phase shifting, as does the 1953 single ""Mammy's Boogie."" American music industry veterans David S. Gold and Stan Ross, founders of Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, claim they made the first commercial recording—the single ""The Big Hurt"" by Toni Fisher—at Gold Star in late 1959 and a hit in the United States in early 1960, rising to #3 on ""Billboard"" magazine's singles chart. Flanging is also heard in the opening of The Ventures' 1962 cover of The Tornados' ""Telstar"", in a rocket launch sound effect. Further development of the classic"
"group's drummer. They also occasionally performed with singer Beryl Marsden. By the end of 1962, the group were one of the most successful in the area, and placed second in the ""Mersey Beat"" annual poll, behind the Beatles but ahead of Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Searchers, and other groups who later became nationally and internationally renowned. Lee Curtis and the All-Stars were signed by Decca Records, and released two singles in early 1963, ""Little Girl"" and ""Let's Stomp"". However, neither made the charts, and in mid 1963 the rest of the band decided to split from Curtis to form"
"Eddie"" (Heinz, 1963), ""Angela Jones"" (Michael Cox, 1963), ""Have I the Right?"" (the Honeycombs, 1964), and ""Tribute to Buddy Holly"" (Mike Berry, 1961). The Tornados' instrumental ""Telstar"" (1962), written and produced by Meek, became the first record by a British rock group to reach number one in the US Hot 100. It also spent five weeks at number one in the UK singles chart, with Meek receiving an Ivor Novello Award for this production as the ""Best-Selling A-Side"" of 1962. He also produced music for films such as ""Live It Up!"" (US title ""Sing and Swing"", 1963), a pop music"
"1962: ""1. The Beatles"" ""2. Gerry and the Pacemakers"" ""3. The Remo Four"" ""4. Rory Storm and the Hurricanes"" ""5. Johnny Sandon and The Searchers"" ""6. Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes"" ""7. The Big Three"" ""8. The Strangers"" ""9. Faron & The Flamingos"" ""10. The Four Jays"" ""11. Ian and the Zodiacs"" ""12. The Undertakers"" ""13. Earl Preston & The TTs"" ""14. Mark Peters and the Cyclones"" ""15. Karl Terry and the Cruisers"" ""16. Derry and the Seniors"" ""17. Steve and the Syndicate"" ""18. Dee Fenton and the Silhouettes"" ""19. Billy Kramer and the Coasters"" ""20. Dale Roberts and the"
"with the launch of the Multiply Records and Wildstar Records subsidiaries. Until then, Telstar normally only released singles that were tele-marketed and associated products like The Chippendales or PJ and Duncan. Acts signed in this period included Conner Reeves, Sash!, Phats & Small and Basement Jaxx. Craig David had the label's first UK number one single. Other artists included Victoria Beckham (a sub-licence deal from 19 Records), Rosie Ribbons, Skream!, The Cheeky Girls and Mis-Teeq. In the late 1990s, Telstar became closely associated with BMG Records, especially with the Telstar TV compilation arm and The Hits Album releases. Telstar Records"
"songwriter Joe Meek. The album was inspired by the space race and concerned man's first close encounter with alien life forms. Meek then went on to have a UK and US No 1 success in 1961 with ""Telstar"", named after the newly launched communications satellite and thus intended to commemorate the new space age. Its main instrument was a clavioline, an electronic forerunner of synthesizers. Space rock emerged from the late 1960s psychedelic music scene in Britain, and was closely associated with the progressive rock movement of the same era. Pink Floyd's early albums contain pioneering examples of space rock:"
"the Telstars, having a popular hit with ""So Lucky in My Life"". The Telstars toured Brazil, later visiting Barbados and recording their album ""Orbiting"", and in 1975 Cummings returned for six months to Brazil, where he was well received in Rio and Brasilia. In 1978, Cummings migrated to Barbados, and built an active career as a guitarist and vocalist — musicians he played with include John Roett, Charlie King, Nicholas Branker, and Johnny Glasgow (Linus Yaw) — and subsequently established himself as a painter. His CD ""Moon Over Me"" was issued in 2005. He was found dead in his car"
"they became famous. In the start they just played on special occasions and in the yearly review in Salhus, but after they played ""Singel og Sand"" on radio in 1962 they turned into pop stars. It was Rolf Wesenlund from Norsk A/S Philips who spotted them and helped them get a contract with Philips. The single ""Singel Og Sand"" were on ""VG-lista"" for 27 weeks and sold 30,000 copies. They decided to call it a day after 23 years, 21 singles and 5 LPs. After that they have only played on special occasions. In the later years, three of them"
"Telstar Ponies Telstar Ponies are a rock band formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1994. They were signed to Fire Records. Their musical style varies considerably but displays influences from Krautrock, folk (especially latterly), and experimental noise. They were formed in 1994 by David Keenan on leaving 18 Wheeler. The original line-up included drummer Neil Grant as well as Sushil K Dade (ex-Soup Dragons, BMX Bandits, later of Future Pilot A.K.A.) on bass and John Hogarty (ex-BMX Bandits, later of National Park) on guitar. Grant was replaced on drums by Brendan O'Hare (ex-Teenage Fanclub) in time for the recording of their"
"Multiply Records Multiply Records was a subsidiary of Telstar Records, that launched in 1993 and went into liquidation in 2004. Its major signings included Sash!, Phats & Small and The Cheeky Girls. It was the brainchild of Mike Hall, who already worked for the parent company Telstar.<br>Early successes included signing Bassment Jaxx's ""Flylife"", TJR feat Xavier, one of the garage scene's foremost hits, as well as Lil Mo Yin Yang's ""Reach"", and Junior Vasquez's ""If Madonna Calls"". As a label they balanced credible releases with commercial hits, and enjoyed considerable success, as well as providing content for Telstar's huge compilation"
"Len Barry as the lead singer, released ""Bristol Stomp"", which reached #2 in late 1961, followed by ""Bristol Twistin' Annie,"" ""(Do The New) Continental,"" ""Hully Gully Baby"" and other dance-related songs in 1962 and 1963. ""You Can't Sit Down,"" a vocal version of the Phil Upchurch instrumental hit, was #35 in Cash Box magazine's year end-survey for 1963. The R&B quartet the Orlons released ""The Wah-Watusi"", which hit #2 in the summer of 1962. They had a few more top 20 hits, including ""Don't Hang Up"", ""South Street"", ""Not Me"" and ""Crossfire!"". Fifteen-year-old Dee Dee Sharp had done a duet"
"Meek. However, the group reached new heights with their song ""Telstar"", which reached number one all over the world and was the first British rock song to be a number-one single in the United States. Bellamy wrote one of The Tornados' tracks, ""Ridin' the Wind"", which also was a hit single in the USA. Bellamy left the Tornados in 1963 when it became necessary to cease touring because of problems with his lower spine. After medical treatment, he worked with Don Charles, who had set up his own recording company with Alan Caddy named ""Sound Venture"". Bellamy continued doing session"
"Allstars (band) Allstars (stylised allSTARS*) are a former British pop group, who were active between 2001 and 2002, achieving some chart success in the UK. Consisting of Sam Bloom, Thaila Zucchi, Ashley Taylor Dawson, Rebecca Hunter and Sandi Lee Hughes (the initial letters of the band members' names making up the ""stars"" of in the name of their group), they were probably best noted for having their own television show, ""STARStreet*"", on CITV between 2001 and 2002. The group managed to score four Top 20 singles in a year. The first was ""Best Friends"", which peaked at No. 20 in"
"Hep Stars The Hep Stars were a Swedish rock group, formed in 1963 in Stockholm. During 1965-66 the band was the most successful of contemporary 1960s Swedish pop groups performing in the English language. Outside The Nordic Countries the band is best known as a launching point for the keyboard player and composer Benny Andersson, who went on to enjoy worldwide success with ABBA. The band was founded by the drummer Christer ""Chrille"" Pettersson (3 November 1942 – 27 August 2006) and the bass guitarist Lennart ""Lelle"" Hegland with the keyboard player Hans Östlund and the guitarist-singer Jan ""Janne"" Frisk."
"released a version on their 1963 Dolton album ""The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull"", BST 8019. There is also a vocal version by Marino Marini, and a French language cover by Petula Clark, ""Ma Fête À Moi"". Calcutta (song) ""Calcutta"" is a German pop song. An instrumental version by American bandleader and TV host Lawrence Welk on the 1961 Dot Records album ""Calcutta!"" was a chart hit, the most successful of Welk's career. The tune was written in 1958 by the composer Heino Gaze. The original title was ""Tivoli Melody"", but it was re-titled several times, until it"
"to HMV which issued two singles, ""Skip to My Lou"" (1961) and ""San Fernando Valley"" (1962) before disbanding early in the next year. Burton on lead guitar formed his own instrumental group, the Telstars, and issued a single, ""Reef Ride"" (December 1963). He joined vocal harmony, rock 'n' roll group, the Delltones, for a year from 1965 to 1966. In 1967 Burton (under the name Raymond Doughty) was enlisted by pop group, the Executives, on lead guitar. According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, they had, ""scored a run of hit singles"" in Sydney with ""My Aim Is to Please You'"""
"Marcus Österdahl Marcus Österdahl, born 27 January 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Swedish musical director and entrepreneur. In 1963, Österdahl was one of the founder members of The Telstars, a pop-jazz group consisting of some of the most sought after session musicians in Sweden. They were the ""house-band"" in the monthly TV-Show Drop-In backing most artists in the show and were also the support act for The Beatles on their first tour of Sweden in 1963. After leaving The Telstars in 1966, Österdahl mainly devoted his talent and time to working as an independent arranger/producer for the major record"
"The Trashmen The Trashmen were a rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1962. The group's original lineup was Tony Andreason on lead guitar and vocals, Dal Winslow on guitar and vocals, Steve Wahrer on drums and vocals, and Bob Reed on bass guitar. The group played surf rock which included elements from garage rock. They have been described as being, along with Colorado-based band the Astronauts, ""the premier landlocked Midwestern surf group of the '60s."" The Trashmen's biggest hit was 1963's ""Surfin' Bird"", which reached No. 4 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in the latter part of that year."
"form The Fab Four, the ""Original"" Fab Four, at the top of 1962. The Fab Four had their own weekly television show on CHCH-TV. On April 25, 1965, they opened for The Rolling Stones at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, The Toronto Star put The Fab Four's picture in the ad, and not The Rolling Stones. Kalmusky stated in an interview with Stratford's The Beacon Herald, ""They thought we were The Beatles, girls were diving at the car, piling on, as we were driving out of the stadium"". In fact, the picture the Toronto Star ran did in fact look"
"guitar. Hep Stars The Hep Stars were a Swedish rock group, formed in 1963 in Stockholm. During 1965-66 the band was the most successful of contemporary 1960s Swedish pop groups performing in the English language. Outside The Nordic Countries the band is best known as a launching point for the keyboard player and composer Benny Andersson, who went on to enjoy worldwide success with ABBA. The band was founded by the drummer Christer ""Chrille"" Pettersson (3 November 1942 – 27 August 2006) and the bass guitarist Lennart ""Lelle"" Hegland with the keyboard player Hans Östlund and the guitarist-singer Jan ""Janne"""