Joe Meek Britain's first independent record producer, sonic innovator and eccentric uncle to studio geeks everywhere. From a chaotic flat on London's Holloway Road he made futuristic tunes that caught the imagination of the not-quite-swingin' 60s. A true original.
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JOE MEEK IN ONE MINUTE
Producer of the Tornados' massive 1962 hit "Telstar", Margaret Thatcher's favourite record and the first single by a British group to reach #1 in the US
He was tone deaf
Claimed to have made contact with Buddy Holly during a séance
The first producer to record Tom Jones and Screaming Lord Sutch
On the February 3 1967, at the age of 37, Joe shot his landlady then killed himself
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