Editing The Satellites

[[Image:SatellitesWaikato1965.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''The Satellites'' performing in 1965]]

''The Satellites'' are a rock'n'roll group formed in September 1957. The band was popular in the early 1960s, and were still periodically active in the 2000s. The original lineup of ''The Satellites'' was [[Ken Wadsworth]] (saxaphone), [[Dawn Wadsworth]] (piano), [[Ivor Fisher]] (vocals) and [[Irvine Young]] (drums; 1957-1960). Other members of the band at various times were [[Sonny Murray]] (bass; from 1960), [[Derek Cummings]] (lead guitar), [[Tony Edwards]] (guitar; from 1960), [[Morrie Holmes]] (drums; from 1960), [[Trevor Akoorie]] (lead guitar), [[June Paterson]] (vocals), [[Eric Urtley]] (trumpet), [[Pat Reinhart]] (guitar) and [[Curtis Edwards]] (1987). 

The band played regularly at the [[Starlight Ballroom]], having a contract to play three nights a week there for two years between 1960 and 1962, and released four singles between 1962 and 1963. One of the highlights for the band was a tour of New Zealand in 1967, as the backing band for ''Millie Small'', ''Maria Dallas'', ''David Whitfield'' and ''Eden Kane''. The book "Stranded in Paradise" by ''John Dix'' states that ''The Satellites'' were a band who gained brief success with an instrumental hit inspired by ''The Shadows'', who visited New Zealand in 1961. The band were still active in the 2000s, with a line-up of [[Ken Wadsworth]] (saxophone), [[Dawn Finch]] (piano), [[Trevor Akoorie]] (lead guitar), [[Johnny McIntosh]] (drums), [[Wayne Wright]] (bass) and [[Ivor Fisher]] (vocals). 

==Releases==
[[Image:breakingup.jpg|right|thumb|''Breaking Up is Hard to do'' cover art]]
*[[Breaking Up is Hard to do]] single, 1962<br>
*[[Venus in Blue Jeans]] single, 1962<br>
*[[Tell me, Tell me]] single, 1962<br>
*[[Teenage Heaven]] single, 1963<br>
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*[[Wild One]] EP, 1960 (by [[Ivor Fisher]] with ''The Satellites'' and [[The Reataz]]) <br>
*[[The Spider and the Fly]] single, 1960 (by [[The Reataz]] and ''The Satellites'')<br>
*[[Sugar Time Twist]] single, 1962 (by the ''Harrison Triplets'' and ''The Satellites'')<br>
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*''Ali Baba'' by "The Satellites" appears on the 1987 compilation [[Rock from the Other Side Vol.1]] <br>
*''You Haunt Me'' by "[[Ivor Fisher]] and The Satellites" appears on the 1987 compilation [[Rock from the Other Side Vol.1]] <br>
*''Be Bop a Lula'' by "[[Ivor Fisher]] and The Satellites" appears on the 1987 compilation [[Rock from the Other Side Vol.2]] <br>
*''Call On Cupid'' by "[[Paul Fisher]] and The Satellites" appears on the 2004 compilation [[The Very Best Of Kiwi Rock and Roll]]<br>
*''You Haunt Me'' and ''Bukeye'' by "[[Ivor Fisher]] and the Satellites" appears on the 2005 compilation [[Early Rock and Roll from New Zealand - vol 3 and 4]]<br>
*''Lookie, Lookie, Lookie'' and ''Call On Cupid'' by "[[Ivor Fisher]] with The Satellites" appears on the 2005 compilation [[Early Rock and Roll from New Zealand - vol 9 and 10]]<br>
''Come Back my Love'' by "[[Ivor Fisher]] with The Satellites" appears on the 2005 compilation [[Early Rock and Roll from New Zealand - vol 13]]<br> 
*''Daddy Cool'' and ''Fancy Nancy'' by "[[The Reataz]] with The Satellites" appears on the 2005 compilation [[Early Rock and Roll from New Zealand - vol 9 and 10]]<br>
*''Be-Bop-A-Lula'' and ''Rave On'' by "[[Ivor Fisher]] with ''[[The Reataz]]'' & The Satellites" appears on the 2005 compilation [[Early Rock and Roll from New Zealand - vol 9 and 10]]<br>
*''Buckeye'' appears on the 2005 compilations [[A Collection Of New Zealand Instrumentals - Vol. 2:Sea Of Clouds]]

==Published Articles==
* ''Re-entry as The Satellites celebrate 50th'', [[Waikato Times]], 15 September 2007

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