One of my all-time favorite instrumentals! The last #1 single of 1962 was likely the only record ever honoring a communications satellite. Telstar was launched several months before this tune by the Tornados, the first British group to top the American charts, 13 months before the Beatles. It was very spacey (pun intended) with lots of bizarre studio effects, including the sound of a rocket booster which was a tape of a toilet flush played backwards. Produced by Joe Meek, a tragic figure in rock music history. Joe was flamboyantly gay when that was still illegal in the UK. He was accused of plagiarizing this from another song and the court case dragged on for years, but was resolved in his favor just after he died. A very interesting read.
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