Guide Note:
Joe Meek was an important figure of the British rock & roll. He was record producer and songwriter and his best-known work was The Tornados' "Telstar" which became # 1 in the US Hot 100 (one year before The Beatles). He became an innovator of modern music to make use of electronic sounds in his album I Hear a New World. Meek committed suicide with a gun in 1967.
Fast Facts:
- Birth name: Robert George Meek
- Also known as: Robert Duke, Peter Jacobs
- Born: 5 April 1929
- Died: February 3, 1967
- Origin: London, England
- Years Active: 1954 to 1967
- Record Label: Triumph
- Meek received an Ivor Novello Award in 1962.
