Joe Meek
| Joe Meek | |
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Meek at his home recording studio, c. 1960s
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robert George Meek |
| Also known as | Robert Duke, Peter Jacobs |
| Born |
5 April 1929 Newent, Gloucestershire, England |
| Died | 3 February 1967 (aged 37) London, England |
| Genres | Experimental pop,outsider |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, sound engineer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1954–1967 |
| Labels | UK: Triumph (co-owner), Pye Nixa, Piccadilly, Decca, Ember, Oriole, Columbia, Top Rank, HMV, Parlophone USA: Tower, London, Coral |
Robert George "Joe" Meek (5 April 1929 – 3 February 1967) was an English record producer, sound engineer, and songwriter who pioneered experimental pop music and assisted the development of recording practices like overdubbing, sampling and reverb. He is considered one of the most influential engineers of all time, being one of the first to exploit the use of recording studios as instruments, and one of the first producers to assert an 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). He also produced music for films such as Live It Up! (US title Sing and Swing, 1963), a pop music film which featured Gene Vincent, the Outlaws rock band, jazz musician Kenny Ball and others. 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. Meek's concept album I Hear a New World (1960), which contains innovative use of electronic sounds, was not fully released in his lifetime.
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