It crossed the Atlantic to top the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in December 1962, making it the first UK instrumental to achieve this feat.
Instrumentals
This is my first inductee for my Telstar Award. It is given to great instrumental 45’s, albums, individuals, or bands that are the best in this genre. This initial award will go to the single, Telstar, by the Tornadoes, and will be the name – “Telstar Award” – awarded for this honor.
The reason I worked so well with them [The Smothers Brothers] was that [like them] I had been a folksinger and I knew about 300 folk songs – Mason Williams
As a record collector, I went out and hunted down a lot of my favorites but obviously came nowhere near getting them all. These are some of the favorites that I didn’t own at the time.
