Musical tributes to space have been recorded for more than 40 years. Here are some of them:
1957 "Sputnik (Satellite Girl)" by Jerry Engler and the Four Ekkos
1961 "Countdown Time in Outer Space" performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
1961 "Happy Blues For John Glenn" by Sam "Lightnin' " Hopkins
1962 "Telstar" performed by the Tornadoes, written by Joe Meek
1962 "The Ballad of John Glenn" by Roy West
1962 "The Epic Ride of John H. Glenn" performed by Walter Brennan with the Johnny Mann Singers
1965 "Wernher von Braun" by Tom Lehrer on "That Was the Year That Was"
1969 "Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins" performed by The Byrds on "The Ballad of Easy Rider"
1969 "The Walk of Ed White" performed by Up With People on "Frontiers of Tomorrow"
1969 "Armstrong" written and performed by John Stewart
1970 "Journey to the Moon" by Sound of Genesis. Narration by Victor Jay
1976 "Outer Space/Inner Space" Jim Irwin and the Johnny Mann Singers
1977 "Moon Maiden" written and performed by Duke Ellington on "The Intimate Ellington"
1981 "Blast-Off Columbia" written by Jerry Rucker. Performed by Roy McCall and Southern Gold
1982 "Countdown" Rush
1983 "Ride, Sally, Ride!" written and performed by Casse Culver
1983 "NASAs 25th Anniversary and Space Observance Week Commemorative Album" by The Ventures
1984 "Rock - It To Stardom" by Legendary Stardust Cowboy (Norman Carl Odam)
1986 "Flying For Me" written and performed by John Denver on "One World"
1986 "Rendezvous" written and performed by Jean Michel-Jarre
1986 "Spirit of the Challenger" by Tommy N. Tucker
1987 "Challenger: The Mission Continues" by various artists
1987 "Moon Rider" by Up With People
1988 "The Conquest of Space" by Howard Blake
1989 "Standing on the Moon" written and performed by The Grateful Dead on "Built to Last"
1989 "Yuri Gagarin" by Louis Philippe
1998 "Beagle 2" by Blur, a previously unreleased track on single "No Distance Left to Run"
1999 "Beyond the Sky" written and performed by Judy Collins on "Judy Collins Live at Wolftrap"
advertisement
