<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Telstar" is a 1962 instrumental written and produced by Joe Meek for the English band the Tornados . The track reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in December 1962 (the second British recording to reach No. 1 on that chart in the year, after "Stranger on the Shore" in May), and was also a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart . It was the second instrumental single to hit No. 1 in 1962 on both the US and UK weekly charts . </P> <P> The record was named after the Telstar communications satellite, which was launched into orbit on 10 July 1962 . Written and produced by Joe Meek, it featured either a clavioline or the similar Jennings Clavioline, both keyboard instruments with distinctive electronic sounds . It was recorded in Meek's studio in a small flat above a shop in Holloway Road, North London . "Telstar" won an Ivor Novello Award and is estimated to have sold at least five million copies worldwide . </P>

Telstar was an instrumental hit for which group