The Tornadoes - Telstar download

This track brings tears every time I hear it. I always did think of it as a sad but hopeful tune, from the first time I heard it in 1963. Like sitting in a room, weeping over a loss, but the sunrise is so beautiful outside.

Just love this instrumental...

This song always reminds me of my childhood sweetheart. We were neighbors from the ages of 1-5 and we were inseparable. Then we moved to another side of town and I only saw her every once in a while. She grew beautiful and I became the typical awkward nerdy kid. I last spoke to her her at an 8th grade dance. As this song played, I fumblingly tried to tell her I always loved her and would never forget her. We moved to a new town a couple of years later and she became a lovely memory. I married my dear wife and am a grandfather. She died not long ago. Whenever I hear this song, I wish her gentle spirit the very best. The first love always seems so pure and innocent. Rest in Peace, Judee.

This song always makes me think of the Camelot Years of JFK and Jackie Kennedy when I was 12 or 13 .... The last time America was OK.

If I ever get to travel in space, I'll definitely take off with this song.

This song was a homage to the Telstar satellite.

I just have to tell this story. For some damn reason, my twin brother was humming this once and I decided to ask him what it was and he told me I had to figure it out. Every few months, in very random circumstance, he would remember it out of the blue and hum it and tell me to figure it out - and I thought it’d be a song I knew. You couldn’t imagine my joy and excitement when the most wonderful coincidence happened. In quarantine, I’ve started Mad Men. And at the very end of episode 10 of season 2, I hear the tune that’s been bugging me for quite literally maybe 2 years or a bit more. I rushed downstairs and told him I figured out and he was just as shocked as me. What a wonderful coincidence, such a random burst of happiness, as random as every other time it came up. I love my twin, and I’m so happy to have figured out the tune :).

I was at secondary school when this came out. Before every morning assembly the music teacher was required to play a short piece of classical music on the organ to settle us down. One morning he cleverly sneaked a few bars of Telstar into the middle of piece. I don't know if any of the other teachers noticed, but all of us pupils shared knowing grins as we relished the music teacher's subversive act. He rose mightily in our estimation from that moment onwards.

They need to play this during the SpaceX launch

I remember coming home on the school bus 1962 top deck and everyone was whistling this, remember whistling?

My dad absolutely loved this song and played it all the time when we were young. So when he passed away and they asked what songs we wanted played at his funeral all 3 of us called out "telstar" and this was one of the 2 songs we chose. We know our dad would be thrilled to have this song played at his memorial we did it for him. He loved this song so much.

For something so old, out of the loop of current CRAP I marvel at the extremely current comments....KEEP IT UP folks....lets never let these studio musicians be forgotten !

This song actually explains so much about the way Matthew Bellamy (son of the Tornados' guitarist) plays guitar. It could 100% be a Muse song.

I lived about 5 miles from the groundstation in Cornwall when Telstar was launched so I remember it like it was yesterday.

This song is always a joy to hear. A truly timeless classic. It will never get old.

This is a hymn on human inventiveness and the opportunities that it brings us. It conveys uninhibited optimism and a believe in a bright and happy future for all as only was seen in the sixties. It gives me wings listening to it and at the same time makes me sad when I think where we stand now in the world.

I cry each time. Everyone I knew r dead already miss them so much