The Tornados Telstar Jungle Fever Decca F 11494 1962 Joe struggles to sleep this night. In the early hours a tune came to him He rushed to 'hum' and 'sing' the melody onto tape. He called it 'The Theme Of Telstar', this was stage one stage two, also described in Joe Meeks 4 Disc Set, A Portrait Of A Genius, describes Dave Adams, Joes right hand man, transcribing Joes piece, one fingered onto a keyboard after breakfast the next day. The Tornados recorded it the following Sunday Writers struggle for perfection, it's hard to imagine what Robert George Meek felt when he finally finished this. At the end of the second stage we hear an extract from the hit version. We then hear a full imitation of what a Stereo mix would have sounded. 'this mix is not included in the box set' ..apologies, I could not find the previous stereo mix of this to give recognition ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uOTWsa47qA

Vera Lynn The Homing Waltz -- Yours Decca F 9959 1952 Before the birth of the 'New Musical Express' single's chart the UK relied on the sales of Sheet Music. There were a few attempts at this until May 1949 when the Music Publishers Association compiled a chart which was published by Melody Maker and the NME up until 1959. the first number one record being 'Here In My Heart -- Al Martino' Nov 15 1952 but it could have been Vera Lynn with The Homing Waltz as Vera Lynn was no.1 in the Sheet Music chart prior to Al Martino, even though Vera Lynn only appeared in the first singles chart at no.9 whilst You Belong To Me -- Jo Stafford at no.2...whoever it was, no-one remembers the runner up. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaYtn8UXi2E