Apollo 100
{{short description|British musical group}}
{{redirect|Tom Parker (musician)|the member of The Wanted|Tom Parker (singer)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Apollo 100
| image = File:Apollo 100 - TopPop 1972 1.png
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| caption = Bandleader Tom Parker in 1972 on AVRO's TopPop.
| origin =
| genre = Instrumental rock, progressive pop, baroque pop
| years_active = {{Start date|1971}}–{{End date|1973}}
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| current_members =
| past_members = Tom Parker
Clem Cattini
Vic Flick
Zed Jenkins
Jim Lawless
Brian Odgers
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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.{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=Encyclopedia of popular music |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195313734.001.0001/acref-9780195313734 |date=1992 |publisher=Guinness Publishing |isbn=0-85112-939-0 |editor=Colin Larkin |edition=First |page=96}}
History
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.{{cite book|title=The Billboard book of one-hit wonders|page=306|first=Wayne |last=Jancik|publisher=Billboard Books|year=1998|isbn=0823076229}} 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.{{cite book|title=Good Times: The Ultimate Eric Burdon Audio - Videography, 1963-1991|first=Dionisio |last=Castello|publisher=Fondi|year=1991}}
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. In December 1971, they released their first single, "Joy", an electrified arrangement by Clive Scott of Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". 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.
Parker went on to form the New London Chorale.
Soundtrack appearances
"Joy" has been featured on the soundtracks of the films Boogie Nights,{{Cite web|url= {{AllMusic|album|mw0000597022|pure_url=yes}}|website=AllMusic|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine |title=Boogie Nights, Vol. 2 Review|access-date=3 November 2021}} One Day in September{{Cite news|url=https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/265310/anarchy-in-the-uk/|url-status=live|title=Anarchy in the U.K.|date=8 December 2000|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|quote=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.|access-date=3 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204054306/https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/265310/anarchy-in-the-uk/|archive-date=4 December 2020}} and The 40-Year-Old Virgin,{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|album|mw0000642928|pure_url=yes}}|title=The 40 Year-Old Virgin Review|first=Heather|last=Phares|website=AllMusic}} as well as the television series The Man Who Fell to Earth.{{Cite news|url=https://livinglifefearless.co/2022/features/the-man-who-fell-to-earth-alex-kurtzmans-love-letter-to-david-bowie/|url-status=live|title=‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’ – Alex Kurtzman’s Love Letter To David Bowie|date=8 August 2022|first=Alex|last=Arabian|access-date=25 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808211510/https://livinglifefearless.co/2022/features/the-man-who-fell-to-earth-alex-kurtzmans-love-letter-to-david-bowie/|archive-date=8 August 2022}} 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.{{cite AV media |people = Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton (co-directors) |date = September 2017 |title = Battle of the Sexes |type = Motion picture |language = English |publisher = Fox Searchlight Pictures}}
Charting discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart |
| scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | AUS {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=19}} ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | US |
|---|
| scope="row" | Joy
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| - || 47 |
| scope="row" | Master Pieces
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| 62 || - |
=Compilation albums=
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|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart |
| scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | AUS |
|---|
| scope="row" | Reach for the Sky
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| 37 |
=Singles=
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|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" colspan="4" | Peak chart | |||
| scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | AUS
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | CAN ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | RSA ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | US 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - IS=BN 0-89820-089-X | |||
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| 1971
! scope="row" | "Joy" | 3 | 24 | 18 | 6 |
| 1972
! scope="row" | "Mendelssohn's 4th (Second Movement)" | - | - | - | 94 |