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| Format 7" vinyl | Recorded RGM Sound London 1962 | Genre Space rock | Length 3:15 | Label Decca Records lt;small> (UK)
London Records lt;small> (USA) | Writer Joe Meek | Producer Joe Meek | Audio sample? | Certification | Last single "Love and Fury
(1962) | This single "Telstar
(1962) | Next single "Globetrotter"
(1963) | Misc }} "Telstar – – is a 1962 instrumental gramophone record performed by The Tornados It was the first single (music) by a United Kingdom band to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was also a number one hit in the UK The record was named after the American Telephone & Telegraph communications satellite Telstar which went into orbit in July 1962. The song was released five weeks later on 17 August 1962. It was written and produced by Joe Meek and featured a clavioline a keyboard instrument with a distinctive electronic sound. "Telstar" won an Ivor Novello Award and is estimated to have sold at least five million copies worldwide. This novelty song was intended to evoke the dawn of the space age complete with sound effects that were meant to sound "space-like". A popular story at the time of the records release was that the weird distortions and background noise came from sending the signal up to the Telstar satellite and re-recording it back on Earth. It is more likely that the effects were created in Meeks recording studio which was a small flat above a shop in London

Plagiarism claim

A France composer, Jean Ledrut, accused Joe Meek of plagiarism claiming that the tune of "Telstar" had been copied from "La Marche dAusterlitz", a piece from a score that Ledrut had written for the 1960 film [[Austerlitz (film)|Austerlitz]] This led to a lawsuit that prevented Meek from receiving royalties from the record during his lifetime, and the issue was not resolved in Meeks favour until just three weeks after his death in 1967. Austerlitzwas not released in the UK until 1965, and Meek was unaware of the film when the lawsuit was filed in March 1963.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053638/ Austerlitz (1960) at IMDb]http://www.joemeekpage.info/essay_07_E.htm The cases Telstar, Heinz, Madras Place, Howard/Blaikley]

"Magic Star" and other vocal versions

Meek produced later in 1962 a vocal version of "Telstar" titled "Magic Star", sung by Kenny Hollywood. It was released as a single by Decca Records (cat. nr F11546), with on the B-side "The Wonderful Story of Love", written by Geoff Goddard The musical direction for both songs was done by Ivor Raymonde }. "Magic Star" was covered by Margie Singleton released by Mercury Records (cat. nr 72079) in January 1963, backed with "Only Your Shadow Knows". Two Spanish vocal versions were released by Alberto Cortez and The Latin Quartet titled "Magica Estrella." Poet and musician Robert Calvert wrote lyricslt;/ref> to accompany the song, which he performed in 1981. In 1986, Scottish duo The Knits sampled the original sounds and mixed them with text excerpts from Marxs "18th Brumaire of Louis Napoleon". Their song was called "Passivism". With French lyrics by Jacques Plante, the song was released by Les Compagnons de la chanson under the title "Telstar - Une étoile en plein jour" (a star in broad daylight) Luxembourg-born German language singer Camillo Felgen recorded the German vocal version as "Telstar (Irgendwann Erwacht Ein Neuer Tag)" with lyrics by Carl Ulrich Blecher in 1963}.

Track listing

*UK: Decca Records F11494 *USA: London Records Lon 9561 (as The Tornadoes) *France: Decca 72.009 Simple *West Germany: London 20654

Personnel

The Tornados

*Clem Cattini – Drum kit *Alan Caddy – lead guitar *Roger LaVern – additional Keyboard instrument *George Bellamy – rhythm guitar *Heinz (singer) – Bass guitar

Other

*Joe Meek – composer Record producer *Geoff Goddard – clavioline (on both sides), plus subtle Singing towards the end of "Telstar" *Dave Adams – transcription of Meeks composition recording

Chart performance

The record was an immediate hit after its release, remaining in the UK pop charts for 25 weeks, five of them at number one, and in the USA charts for 16 weeks. "Telstar" was the first U.S. number one by a British group. Up to that point, and since World War II there had only been three British names that topped the U.S. chart: in May 1962 "Stranger on the Shore by clarinetist Acker Bilk the second was "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands by Laurie London (1958), whilst the first was "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart by Vera Lynn (1952). See List of songs by British artists which reached number-one on the Hot 100 (USA) |class"wikitable sortable" !align"left"|Chart (1962) !align"center"|Peak
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Cover versions

There have been numerous other artists who recorded "Telstar", most notable are: *Ad Infinitum (band) (1984) *Apollo 100 *Bud Ashton (1962) *Bitch Boys (2002)} *Black Market Audio *The Challengers (band) *The Champs *Les Compagnons de la Chanson ("Telstar - Une étoile en plein jour", French vocal version)http://www.compagnonsdelachanson.com/ Les Compagnons de la chanson *Alberto Cortez (Spanish vocal version, titled "Magica Estrella") *The Eagles (UK band) (1960s) *Camillo Felgen (German vocal version, titled "Telstar (Irgendwann Erwacht Ein Neuer Tag)") *Les Fingers *Les Fradkin (2008) *The Gaylads (vocal version called "Red rose", includes the Studio One (record label) band doing an organ version) *Joe Goldmark *Kenny Hollywood (vocal version, titled "Magic Star", 1962) *Hot Butter *Ashley Hutchings (1994)} *Ricky King *Laika and the Cosmonauts *James Last (1966) *The Latin Quartet (Spanish vocal version, titled "Magica Estrella") *Les Deux Love Orchestra ("Planet Claire 3D Maxi-Single", 2009) *The Lively Ones *Stephan Mathieu *Midnight Oil (live, from "Oils on the Water") *Takako Minekawa (1998) *Jackie Mittoo *Models (band) *Monsters From Mars *Ronnie Montrose (The Speed of Sound (album) 1988 *Los Mustang (Spain, 1960s) *Not Breathing (2000) *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1979)} *OVNI (band) (1978) *Portsmouth Sinfonia *The Rapiers (2001) *The Residents (1974) *The Rockin' Rebels *The Roosters (1981) *The Routers *The Shadows (1981) *Margie Singleton (vocal version, titled "Magic Star (Tel-Star)", 1963) *The Spotnicks *Los Straitjackets *The Supertones *Susan and the Surftones (1996) *Symarip *The Television Personalities (1993) *The Ukrainians *The Ultras *Caterina Valente *Billy Vaughn ("1962s Greatest Hits," first track) *Venus Gang (1978) *Velvett Fogg ("Telstar 69", 1969) *The Ventures *Wolfman Jack *Sam Wright Group (Big/C-17)

Use in popular culture

*This song was utilised as ongoing theme music for the 1979 film [[Mr. Mikes Mondo Video]] in the same vein as the song "More (Theme from Mondo Cane) was used in this films inspiration, [[Mondo Cane]] *The Finland rock band Eppu Normaali borrowed the opening of "Telstar" as the guitar solo for their song "Science Fiction" (1979). *In the movie [[The Prophecy 3: The Ascent]](2000), the angel Gabriel played by Christopher Walken plays trumpet to this song while driving on the highway. *A "sound-alike of this song appears in the film [[Strangers with Candy (film)|Strangers with Candy]](2006). According to the audio commentary for the film, they were unsuccessful in getting the rights to the actual song. *The song was used on a second season episode of the AMC (TV channel) series [[Mad Men]]entitled "The Inheritance" (2008). *A modern version of the song is used as the intro for the Flanders television comedy Willy's en Marjetten (2006). *"Knights of Cydonia , a 2006 song by rock band Muse (band) was influenced by "Telstar". Lead guitarist and vocalist Matthew Bellamy is the son of The Tornados rhythm guitarist, George Bellamy

Other uses

*A number of football teams, such as East Fife F.C. and Telstar (football club) walk out on to the field of play to this song. *The former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher named "Telstar" as one of her favourite pop songs, and chose it as one of her records on BBC Radio 4 programme [[Desert Island Discs]]| date2006-11-11}}} *The WFMU Radio Show [[Seven Second Delay]]used this song as a theme song. It was picked by a listener who won a contest to pick the theme song during one of WFMU s pledge drives in 2001. They used it as a theme for one year, up through early 2002. * The song and the life of its composer Joe Meek, was the basis of Nick Morans directing debut in the 2008 film Telstar (film)

References

External links

* http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/telstar.htm Roger LaVern: The Recording Of The Worldwide Hit "Telstar"] Category:1962 singles Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles Category:Number-one singles in Belgium Category:Irish Singles Chart number-one singles Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Category:Rock instrumentals Category:Electronic songs Category:Songs produced by Joe Meek Category:Margie Singleton songs de:Telstar (Lied) fr:Telstar (pièce musicale) hr:Telstar (pjesma) nah:Telstar (cuīcatl) fi:Telstar (kappale)