Joe Meek
Artist Title No Date
Gary Miller The Garden of Eden 14 January 1957
Gary Miller The Story of My Life 14 January 1958
Emile Ford and the Checkmates What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For ? 1 October 1959
David MacBeth Mr. Blue 18 October 1959
Lance Fortune Be Mine 4 February 1960
Lance Fortune This Love I Have For You 26 May 1960
John Leyton Johnny Remember Me 1 August 1961
Mike Berry Tribute to Buddy Holly 24 October 1961
John Leyton Wild Wind 2 October 1961
John Leyton Son This Is She 40 March 1962
John Leyton Lonely City 14 May 1962
The Tornados Telstar 1 September 1962
Mike Berry Do n't You Think It 's Time 6 January 1963
The Tornados Globetrotter 5 January 1963
The Tornados Robot 17 March 1963
The Tornados The Ice Cream Man 18 June 1963
Heinz Just Like Eddie 5 August 1963
The Honeycombs Have I the Right ? 1 July 1964
Heinz Diggin ' My Potatoes 49 March 1965
The Cryin ' Shames Please Stay 26 April 1966
Legacy -- Charted singles
The following Meek productions appeared on the British charts . [ 40 ] [ 41 ]
Robert George Joe Meek (5 April 1929 - 3 February 1967) was an English record producer, musician, sound engineer and songwriter who pioneered space age and experimental pop music. He also assisted the development of recording practices like overdubbing, sampling and reverb. Meek is considered one of the most influential sound engineers of all time, being one of the first to develop ideas such as the recording studio as an instrument, and becoming one of the first producers to be recognized for his individual identity as an artist. Meek's charting singles he produced for other artists include Johnny Remember Me (John Leyton, 1961), Just Like Eddie (Heinz, 1963), Angela Jones (Michael Cox, 1963), Have I the Right? (the Honeycombs, 1964), and Tribute to Buddy Holly (Mike Berry, 1961). The Tornados' instrumental Telstar (1962), written and produced by Meek, became the first record by a British rock group to reach number one in the US Hot 100. It also spent five weeks at number one in the UK singles chart, with Meek receiving an Ivor Novello Award for this production as the Best-Selling A-Side of 1962. He also produced music for films such as Live It Up! (US title Sing and Swing, 1963), a pop music film. Meek's concept album I Hear a New World (1960), which contains innovative use of electronic sounds, was not fully released in his lifetime. His reputation for experiments in recording music was acknowledged by the Music Producers Guild who in 2009 created The Joe Meek Award for Innovation in Production as a homage to [the] remarkable producer's pioneering spirit. In 2014, Meek was ranked the greatest producer of all time by NME, elaborating: Meek was a complete trailblazer, attempting endless new ideas in his search for the perfect sound.