The Tornados
The Tornados were an English instrumental group of the 1960s that acted as backing group for many of record producer Joe Meek's productions and also for singer Billy Fury. They enjoyed several chart hits in their own right, including the UK and U.S. Number One "Telstar" (named after the satellite and composed and produced by Meek), the first U.S. No.1 single by a British group.
Career
From January 1962 to August 1963, The Tornados were the backing band of Billy Fury (as well as recording and performing as an act in their own right); they toured and recorded with Fury as The Tornados. Their recordings with Fury were produced by Mike Smith and Ivor Raymonde.
The Tornados made a scopitone film (an early form of music video) for "Telstar" and another for their chart hit "Robot" featuring members of the group walking around woodland dressed in appropriate headgear with their guitars, flirting with various young women and being finally arrested by policemen after lighting a campfire.
Podcasts:
The Tornados
ALBUMS
- Play Telstar and Other Hits released: 2008
- Ridin' the Wind - The Anthology released: 2002
- Telstar: The Complete Tornados released: 1998
- Telstar: The Original Sixties Hits released: 1994
- Historia de la música rock - 35 released: 1982
- We Want Billy! released: 1963
- The Original Telstar: The Sounds of the Tornadoes released: 1962
- Telstar released:
Play Telstar and Other Hits
Released 2008- Telstar
- Love and Fury
- Exodus
- Stingray
- Joystick
- Robot
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Ridin' the Wind [UK version]
- Granada
- Life on Venus
- Early Bird
- Aqua Marina
- The Ice Cream Man
- Dragonfly
- Hot Pot
- The Breeze and I
- Pop Art Goes Mozart
- Monte Carlo
- Theme From the Scales of Justice
- Blue, Blue Beat
- Jungle Fever
- Chattanooga Choo Choo
- Theme From a Summer Place
- Globetrotter
Ridin' the Wind - The Anthology
Released 2002- Love and Fury
- Popeye Twist
- Telstar
- Jungle Fever
- Globe Trotter
- Locomotion With Me
- Ridin' the Wind (U.S. version)
- The Breeze and I
- Robot
- Life on Venus
- The Ice Cream Man
- Theme From "The Scales of Justice"
- Dragonfly
- Hymn for Teenagers
- Joystick
- Hot Pot
- Monte Carlo
- Blue, Blue Beat
- Exodus
- Blackpool Rock
- Granada
- Ragunboneman
- Early Bird
- Stompin' Through the Rye
- Stingray
- Aqua Marina
- Pop-Art Goes Mozart
- Too Much in Love to Hear
- Is That a Ship I Hear?
- Do You Come Here Often
Telstar: The Complete Tornados
Released 1998- Love and Fury
- Popeye Twist
- Telstar
- Jungle Fever
- Globetrotter
- Locomotion With Me
- Robot
- Life on Venus
- The Ice Cream Man
- Theme From 'The Scales of Justice'
- Dragonfly
- Hymn for Teenagers
- Hot Pot
- Joystick
- Monte Carlo
- Blue, Blue, Blue Beat
- Exodus
- Blackpool Rock
- Granada
- Ragunboneman
- Early Bird
- Stompin' Through the Rye
- Stingray
- Aqua Marina
- Pop-Art Goes Mozart
- Too Much in Love to Hear
- Is That a Ship I Hear?
- Do You Come Here Often?
Telstar: The Original Sixties Hits
Released 1994- Telstar
- Jungle Fever
- Globetrotter
- Locomotion With You
- Ridin' the Wind
- Robot
- Life on Venus
- The Ice Cream Man
- Theme From "The Scales of Justice"
- Dragonfly
- Hymn for Teenagers
- Dreamin' on a Cloud
- Hot Pot
- Joystick
- Monte Carlo
- Blue, Blue, Blue Beat
- Exodus
- Red Roses and a Sky of Blue
- Popeye Twist
- Love and Fury
Latest News for: the tornados
25 years later: Remembering the tornado that reshaped Fort Worth (City of Fort Worth, TX)
'Tis the tornado season
Vincennes Sun-Commercial
22 Mar 2025
See the tracks of the tornadoes that touched down March 14
St Louis Post-Dispatch
19 Mar 2025
No: 58, 16 March 2025, Regarding the Tornadoes and Severe Storms in the USA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey)
No:58, 16 March 2025, Regarding the Tornadoes and Severe Storms in the USA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey)
Aerial footage of the tornado damage in Gordo, Alabama.
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