Joy
Apollo 100
1972
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
Release year not established
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A first-release date was not established in the available metadata.
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About Apollo 100
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Apollo 100 was a British instrumental group assembled by arranger Tom Parker. Its musicians included drummer Clem Cattini, guitarists Vic Flick and Zed Jenkins, percussionist Jim Lawless and bassist Brian Odgers. The ensemble combined instrumental pop with classical material, reaching a wide audience through Joy, its adaptation of Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. The group's original recording career was brief.
Artist background sources
Apple Music: About Apollo 100
Licensed artist biography; arranger and session-musician personnel, instrumental format, Bach adaptation and brief career. Tom Parker is the musician, not Elvis Presley's manager; no exact release chronology is asserted. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Joy by Apollo 100 appears at number 71 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1972. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1972 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1972 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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