APOLLO 100
An English studio group, Apollo 100
was assembled by arranger Tom Parker (b. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) and
consisted of musicians Clem Cattini (b. 28 August
1939, London, England), formerly of the Tornados, Vic Flick, Z. Jenkins, Jim
Lawless and Brian Odgers, who were accompanied by an
orchestra. Parker, a multi-instrumentalist, had built a career as a session
musician when he decided to form Apollo 100 in 1972. The group's first single”Joy”, was an adaptation, arranged by Parker, of J.S.
Bach's ‘Jesu, Joy Of Man's
Desiring’. Issued on the Mega label, it became a Top 10 record in the USA. An attempt to capitalize on the same theme, “Mendelssohn's 4th (2nd
Movement) only managed to reach number 94 in the
Discography: Joy (Mega 1972)**.