Joe Meek

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English person audio engineer record producer songwriter

Joe Meek was a pioneering English record producer and songwriter known for his innovative studio techniques and influential early 1960s pop and experimental recordings.

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instanceOf English person ⓘ
audio engineer ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1967 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950 ⓘ
birthDate 1929-04-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Newent, Gloucestershire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1967-02-03 ⓘ
deathPlace Holloway, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedLabel Triumph Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Robert George Meek NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre experimental music ⓘ
instrumental rock ⓘ
pop ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
space age pop ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
influenced British pop music ⓘ
electronic music ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
knownFor early 1960s pop productions ⓘ
innovative studio techniques ⓘ
pioneering overdubbing and compression ⓘ
use of homemade electronic effects ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
nickname Joe Meek NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Have I the Right? NERFINISHED ⓘ
I Hear a New World NERFINISHED ⓘ
Johnny Remember Me NERFINISHED ⓘ
Telstar NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation entrepreneur ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
sound engineer ⓘ
operatedStudioAt 304 Holloway Road, London ⓘ
posthumousRecognition regarded as a pioneer of independent record production ⓘ
producedForArtist Heinz Burt NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Leyton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Screaming Lord Sutch NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Honeycombs NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Tornados NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
studioName RGM Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf A Life in the Death of Joe Meek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story NERFINISHED ⓘ
wroteSong Have I the Right? NERFINISHED ⓘ
Johnny Remember Me NERFINISHED ⓘ
Telstar NERFINISHED ⓘ

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"Bad Penny Blues" reached the UK Singles Chart in 1956 → producer → Joe Meek ⓘ
subject surface form: Bad Penny Blues