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1. Telstar
Tue Jul 23, 2019, 11:59 AM
Jul 2019


Telstar (instrumental)

"Telstar"



German picture sleeve

Released: 17 August 1962
Format: 7" vinyl
Recorded: RGM Sound, London, 22 July 1962

"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.
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