An instrumental with space sound effects, this song is about the Telstar communications satellite, which was launched shortly before this song was written.
This instrumental hit was followed quickly by vocal versions in the UK first by a singer who called himself Kenny Hollywood and then by a young studio singer named Margie Singleton. When it topped the chart in the US, Bobby Rydell also did a cover (he had big hits with "Sway" and "The Cha-Cha-Cha"). There are also versions in French by Les Compagnons, in German by Camillo Felgen, and two Spanish versions by Alberto Cortez and The Latin Quartet, titled "Magica Estrella."
"Telstar" was the best-selling British single of 1962. It was also the first song by a British group to hit #1 in the US. This did not happen again until The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in 1964.
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