{"product_id":"various-artists-telstar-hot-100-december-22nd-1962-various-artists-cd","title":"Various Artists - Telstar Hot 100 December 22nd 1962 (Various Artists) (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eAs adjuncts to our highly popular \"America's Greatest Hits\" series of collections for each calendar year in the 50s and early '60s, we have already produced collections based on landmark moments in the Billboard charts - \"The First Top 100 Nov. 1955\" (ACQCD7062), \"The First Hot 100 Aug. 1958\" (ACQCD7083), \"The First Hot 100 of the '60s\" (ACQCD7097), \"The 'Heartbreak Hotel' Top 100\" (ACQCD7122)and \"The Day The Music Died - Feb 3rd 1959 Hot 100\" (ACQCD7134) each comprising all the records in the Top 100 for the date in question. This collection celebrates a landmark event of 1962, the launching of the first telecommunications satellite Telstar on July 10th, a multinational project involving the USA, UK and France, which revolutionised transatlantic TV broadcasting as well as telephone and other communications, and helped bring the world closer together. Within weeks the event had inspired the British band The Tornados to record Joe Meek's iconic instrumental composition and production \" \"Telstar\" which made No. 1 in the UK in September and stayed there for five weeks. It entered the US Hot 100 while it was at No. 1 in the UK, and rose to make No. 1 in Christmas week. This collection comprises just about all the records in the Billboard Hot 100 of that week (a couple of records are unavailable for copyright reasons) and it provides a fascinating and evocative snapshot of the music scene at the end of an important and optimistic year. It's a window onto a dynamic and exciting musical environment, and includes a number of unfamiliar names and recordings of which even pop enthusiasts may not be too aware, and which will be welcome additions to their collections. It contains a 12,000+ word booklet featuring background notes on every record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tornadoes - Telstar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chubby Checker - Limbo Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Elvis Presley - Return to Sender\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Marcie Blane - Bobby's Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Orlons - Don't Hang Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Steve Lawrence - Go Away Little Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \"Little Esther\" Phillips - Release Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ray Charles - You Are My Sunshine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dion - Love Came to Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Herb Alpert ; the Tijuana Brass - the Lonely Bull\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Little Eva - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dee Dee Sharp - Ride!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Brook Benton - Hotel Happiness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bob B. Soxx ; the Blue Jeans - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Johnny Crawford - Rumors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Marty Robbins - Ruby Ann\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Routers - Let's Go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cookies - Chains\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Duane Eddy - (Dance with the) Guitar Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Exciters - Tell Him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lou Monte - Pepino the Italian Moue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Les Cooper - Wiggle Wobble\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mary Wells - Two Lovers:\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Brenda Lee - All Alone Am I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Paul Petersen - My Dad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ray Charles - Your Cheating Heart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Crystals - He's a Rebel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gene McDaniels - Spanish Lace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Stan Getz ; Charlie Byrd - Desafinado\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Harry Simeone Chorale - Little Drummer Boy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Four Seasons - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bobby Vee - the Night Has a Thousand Eyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Paul Anka - Eso Beso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mark Valentino - the Push and Kick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Jerry Wallace - Shutters and Boards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mel Torme - Comin' Home Baby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bobby (Boris) Pickett ; the Crypt Kickers - Monsters' Holiday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Drifters - Up on the Roof\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dickey Lee - I Saw Linda Yesterday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bobby Vinton - Let's Kiss and Make Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Duprees - My Own True Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Rick Nelson - It's Up to You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bing Crosby - White Christmas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e David Seville ; the Chipmunks - the Chipmunk Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lavern Baker - See See Rider\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gene (Duke of Earl) Chandler - You Threw a Lucky Punch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gabriel ; the Angels - That's Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bobby Rydell - the Cha-Cha-Cha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Beach Boys - Ten Little Indians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Johnny Tillotson - I Can't Help It\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ray Stevens - Santa Claus Is Watching You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gene Pitney - Half Heaven Half Heartache\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Excellents - Coney Island Baby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chris Montez - Some Kinda Fun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Timi Yuro - the Love of a Boy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bobby Vinton - Trouble Is My Middle Name\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Majors - a Little Bit Now\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Connie Francis - I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Jimmie Rodgers - Rainbow at Midnight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nat King Cole - the Christmas Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Belmonts - Diddle-De-Dum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Frank Sinatra ; Sammy Davis Jr. - Me and My Shadow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ben Colder - Don't Go Near the Eskimos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Brian Hyland - I May Not Live to See Tomorrow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lester Flatt ; Earl Scruggs - the Ballad of Jed Clampett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Jimmy Dean - Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Marvelettes - Strange I Know\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Earls - Remember Then\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Miracles - You've Really Got a Hold on Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Barbara Lynn - You're Gonna Need Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lonnie Russ - My Wife Can't Cook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e John D. 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