Apollo 100 | |
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Background information | |
Genres | Instrumental rock |
Years active | 1971 | –1973
Past members | Tom Parker Clem Cattini Vic Flick Zed Jenkins Jim Lawless Brian Odgers |
Apollo 100 was a British instrumental group that had a U.S. Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit with the Bach–inspired single " Joy" in 1972. [1]
Apollo 100 was founded by arranger and multi-instrumentalist Tom Parker, who was known for his arrangements from the Young Blood catalogue, such as the Top 20 American hit " Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" and a number of Don Fardon's recordings. Parker had played keyboards, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone and a number of other instruments from an early age, and entered the music industry as a session musician by the 1960s. [2] In the intervening time, he associated with a number of groups, including The Mark Leeman 5, Jimmy James and the Vagabonds and Eric Burdon with the New Animals. [3] [1]
Parker formed Apollo 100 in the latter part of 1971 with fellow session musicians drummer Clem Cattini, guitarist Vic Flick, guitarist Zed Jenkins, percussionist Jim Lawless, and bassist Brian Odgers. [1] In December 1971, they released their first single, "Joy", an electrified arrangement by Clive Scott of Bach's " Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". [1] [4] The single rose to number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. None of their subsequent efforts was as successful, and they broke up in 1973. [1]
Parker went on to form the New London Chorale.
"Joy" has been featured on the soundtracks of the films Boogie Nights, [5] One Day in September [4] and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, [6] as well as the television series The Man Who Fell to Earth. [7] While not featured on the Battle of the Sexes soundtrack, the song is heard during a scene in the film and is cited in the end credits. [8]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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AUS [9] |
US | ||
Joy |
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- | 47 |
Master Pieces |
|
62 | - |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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AUS [9] | ||
Reach for the Sky |
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37 |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | |||
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AUS [9] | CAN | RSA | US 100 [11] | ||
1971 | " Joy" | 3 | 24 | 18 | 6 |
1972 | "Mendelssohn's 4th (Second Movement)" | - | - | - | 94 |
One Day in September tells such a compelling story that miscalculations like the banal narration (read by Michael Douglas) and the sometimes incongruous soundtrack [...] of Philip Glass [...] and Apollo 100's electro-Bach "Joy" are not fatally distracting.
Apollo 100 | |
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Background information | |
Genres | Instrumental rock |
Years active | 1971 | –1973
Past members | Tom Parker Clem Cattini Vic Flick Zed Jenkins Jim Lawless Brian Odgers |
Apollo 100 was a British instrumental group that had a U.S. Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit with the Bach–inspired single " Joy" in 1972. [1]
Apollo 100 was founded by arranger and multi-instrumentalist Tom Parker, who was known for his arrangements from the Young Blood catalogue, such as the Top 20 American hit " Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" and a number of Don Fardon's recordings. Parker had played keyboards, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone and a number of other instruments from an early age, and entered the music industry as a session musician by the 1960s. [2] In the intervening time, he associated with a number of groups, including The Mark Leeman 5, Jimmy James and the Vagabonds and Eric Burdon with the New Animals. [3] [1]
Parker formed Apollo 100 in the latter part of 1971 with fellow session musicians drummer Clem Cattini, guitarist Vic Flick, guitarist Zed Jenkins, percussionist Jim Lawless, and bassist Brian Odgers. [1] In December 1971, they released their first single, "Joy", an electrified arrangement by Clive Scott of Bach's " Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". [1] [4] The single rose to number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. None of their subsequent efforts was as successful, and they broke up in 1973. [1]
Parker went on to form the New London Chorale.
"Joy" has been featured on the soundtracks of the films Boogie Nights, [5] One Day in September [4] and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, [6] as well as the television series The Man Who Fell to Earth. [7] While not featured on the Battle of the Sexes soundtrack, the song is heard during a scene in the film and is cited in the end credits. [8]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
---|---|---|---|
AUS [9] |
US | ||
Joy |
|
- | 47 |
Master Pieces |
|
62 | - |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
---|---|---|
AUS [9] | ||
Reach for the Sky |
|
37 |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AUS [9] | CAN | RSA | US 100 [11] | ||
1971 | " Joy" | 3 | 24 | 18 | 6 |
1972 | "Mendelssohn's 4th (Second Movement)" | - | - | - | 94 |
One Day in September tells such a compelling story that miscalculations like the banal narration (read by Michael Douglas) and the sometimes incongruous soundtrack [...] of Philip Glass [...] and Apollo 100's electro-Bach "Joy" are not fatally distracting.