Joe Meek
Film Producer
English songwriter and producer who was known best for his 1962 hit song Telstar with his band the Tornadoes. The song was the first number one song by a British group on the US Hot 100.
He was interested in electronics from a young age and worked as a radar technician in the Royal Air Force.
He also worked as an audio engineer for an independent radio production company.
He had been a closeted homosexual due to the fact that it was not accepted in the UK at the time he was alive.
Sheryl Crow has said that her song A Change Would Do You Good was inspired by him.