The energy, craziness and often downright shabbiness of London's early '60s, pre-Beatles pop biz are vividly brought to life in "Telstar: The Joe Meek Story." ...

Hudson Joseph Meek was honored at his Celebration of Life in Homewood, AL on Saturday morning following his tragic death, at age 16, from blunt-force trauma on December 21. The 93-minute memorial ...

To his fellow Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 399th Training Regiment, 58-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Joe Meek is a kind, soft-spoken, grandfatherly-type person.

Cherry Red’s exhumation of Meek’s legendary Tea Chest tapes has already touched upon “Telstar” in the past. This collection, however, delves in to everything else Meek was doing that ...

Joe Meek blazed a trail for studio innovation that was followed by Phil Spector and The Beatles but, as Mark Beaumont discovers, some still find his death suspicious ...

It's presented here in three stages, from Joe's own pitch-seeking demo humming of the melody, through a cheesy early organ version, to its eventual space-surf splendour.

Music Reissues Weekly: Glenda Collins, Heinz, David John & The Mood - the latest treasures from Joe Meek's Tea Chest Tapes Unique perspective on the independent approach to getting a Sixties pop ...

Meek and his third wife, also a Nez Perce, whom he called Virginia after his birthplace in Washington County, Va., took up subsistence farming. They had 12 children, six of whom lived to be adults.

LONDON -- The long-gestating biopic of eccentric British record producer and 1960s music pioneer Joe Meek started spinning Monday after securing backing from flamboyant self-made multimillionaire ...

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story The energy, craziness and often downright shabbiness of London's early '60s, pre-Beatles pop biz are vividly brought to life in "Telstar: The Joe Meek Story." ...