Telstar

song by Joe Meek, first recorded by the Tornados
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2004626
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Telstar

Summary

Telstar is a musical work/composition[1]. Telstar ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (643 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Telstar received the Ivor Novello Awards[3].
  • Telstar's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • Telstar's composer is recorded as Joe Meek[5].
  • Telstar's genre is electronic rock[6].
  • Telstar's genre is space age pop[7].
  • Telstar's genre is pop music[8].
  • Telstar 1 is named after Telstar[9].
  • Among the performers on Telstar was The Tornados[10].
  • Among the performers on Telstar was The Ventures[11].
  • Among the performers on Telstar was The Spotnicks[12].
  • Among the performers on Telstar was Hot Butter[13].
  • Telstar's place of publication is recorded as England[14].
  • Telstar's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • Telstar was published on 1962[16].
  • Telstar's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Telstar'}[17].
  • Telstar's form of creative work is recorded as instrumental music[18].
  • Telstar's form of creative work is recorded as song[19].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 12d16477-db74-3c38-ac58-912cc57b026e[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Tornados[10], The Ventures[11], The Spotnicks[12], and Hot Butter[13].

Publication

Telstar was released on 1962[16]. Telstar's place of publication is recorded as England[14]. Telstar's language of work or name is recorded as English[15]. Genres include electronic rock[6], space age pop[7], and pop music[8].

Reception

Telstar received the Ivor Novello Awards[3].

Why It Matters

Telstar ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (643 views/month).[2] Telstar has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

FAQs

What awards did Telstar receive?

Honors received include Ivor Novello Awards[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . ivorsacademy.com. ivorsacademy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer The Tornados, The Ventures, The Spotnicks +1
    Form of creative work instrumental music, song
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    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0101626236, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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