Geoff Goddard (born 19 November 1937, Reading, Berkshire — died 15 May 2000… Read Full Bio ↴Geoff Goddard (born 19 November 1937, Reading, Berkshire — died 15 May 2000, Reading, Berkshire) is an English songwriter. As he worked for Joe Meek, he wrote songs for Heinz, Mike Berry, Gerry Temple, The Tornados, Kenny Hollywood, The Outlaws, Freddie Starr, Screaming Lord Sutch, Gunilla Thorne, The Ramblers, Carter-Lewis and the Southerners and John Leyton ("Johnny Remember Me"); plus he played keyboards on various of his productions, most notably on The Tornados' worldwide hit single, "Telstar".

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Steve

12y↑13

Magnificent record...very evocative! Makes you wonder where Meek & Goddard would have gone with 60s music as it moved on. I wrote to Geoff Goddard in the 1990s when I first got into Joe Meek & his music. I sent it to the University and hoped he would get it! He did and wrote back thanking me for my interest in his music, he said what a 'great man' Joe Meek was & finished by wishing me all the best in my studies! I'm really glad I did now, so he knew people were still interested in what he did!

DIL LONGSTAFF

3y↑1

He recieved a dedication on the sleeve for British Sea Power's first album "The Decline of British Sea power".

Snarnok

16y↑4

Thank you for uploading this! Do you have any other Geoff Goddard recordings? (they are very rare)

Arjun Kaul

12y↑1

Couldn't agree more. Geoff was an excellent songwriter!

Moley Webb

13y

Great song, how could this not reach the chart ?

shiloh7

15y

This is pure testament to Joe Meek's genius!

Dilzappa Zappa

15y↑2

Geoff recorded 3 singles under his own name,best remembered for writing Johnny Remember me.He ended up washing up at Reading University which is why theire is a dedication to him on British Sea Power's first album - Scott and Simon from the band knew him there. His character is featured in the recent film Telstar.

FP51DPO

11y↑4

shame he never did a few more tracks, he was destined for 70's80s pop

Zarrkoff

14y↑2

This brilliant, best thing I've heard in years!!!

trfesok

In my Wondermints playlist with their cover. Thanks for the upload!

jrgboy

8y↑8

I remember the Arena documentary on Joe mentioned that both Joe and Geoff were both fascinated with the occult and alien lifeforms

The Kilburn Kicks

14y

Classic tune.

Mike Gargrave

15y

This is wonderful - thanks for posting it. But check out the Wondermints cover of Skyman - its possibly even better!

Bryan Palmer

the sort of song that would be featured as a theme for a low budget Sci Fi movie,have this on dble CD of Joe Meek

Keith Bornzin

Brilliance! Known & Treasured THIS GEM, since about '88ish. Same time I was WAY into Alien Sex Fiend actually & will always Hold Geoff in Highest Regards for "Being" the TRUE O.G. ☆STRO M☆STER! 🌌🌜🎶🛸👽🛸👽🛸👽🛸👽👀😱🔮⌛👀👽👍💚🤘😉💋☮🗿

Christopher Patriarca

8y↑4

This is total Geek Rock..!! This is the shit Gayle Boeddecker on Breaking Bad would listen to

William Covington

10y↑1

Incredible recording! Who is the vocalist? I am thinking it is Geoff Goddard?

ROBERT CHARLES HAYNES

It is Geoff Goddard. He wrote it as well, it was on HMV Pop 1213.

niceand sleazy

Weird and wonderful

MrShempenman

12y↑1

Why didn't Geoff Goddard get more acclaim in his later life? Was he happy working at Reading Uni? Let's hope he was. But yeah, anyone who wrote such a classic as Johnny Remember Me deserved some sustained acclaim..... Damn - I had a weekend in Reading in the 90's, and went into the Uni! I could've seen him - but hadn't got into Meek by then.....

jrgboy

I read that Geoff fell out with Joe over ' Have I The Right' which Geoff said was his tune and accused Joe of erasing his demo tape so there was no proof, Geoff went to EMI and became a session player for a while just to annoy JoeBTW Joe had a Gloucestershire accent, Geoff was from Reading, the accents are quite similar though..Btw - the film Heinz was in is called 'Live it Up', he recorded the title song.

Bryan Palmer

Apparently that is true-Geoff did take it to court but because of his reluctance to take the stand lost the case and retired from the music business literally overnight going to work in a canteen-he passed away in 2000

The Mighty Gruntelfluk

14y↑1

Great work in posting this gem, elofan567.. Where the hell did you find it? LOL

54markl

14y↑2

an alien abduction song! It's great! Where dee-oo you come frommm? The alien abducts the Lucky Charms Leprechaun. Gotta love Joe Meek.

Songcovers and Things of interest

sounds like it was made for Heinz

yaohunter

He almost sounds Irish lol

Michael Sandford

9y↑2

trust joe to speed up the vocals

jrgboy

+Michael Sandford I see what is meant by the accent - 'Me and my Darling' sounds like the Wurzels..

michael puleston

3y↑1

Alien vocals with a Wiltshire accent. 🤣

Barry Cleveland Music

12y↑1

Check out the eBook "Joe Meek's Bold Techniques 2nd Edition" by Barry Cleveland, chockablock with information about Meek's production techniques and his extraordinary contributions to recording.