Alan Caddy (2 February 1940 – 16 August 2000) was an English rock guitarist, arranger, record producer and session musician.
The tour was not a success; Caddy left after six weeks and with drummer Clem Cattini was hired by Joe Meek to form the Tornados, originally a backing band for Billy Fury.
[1][2] Meek was tone-deaf; Caddy arranged "Telstar" and subsequent songs for the band,[3] and was credited as composer on four tracks of their 1964 album Away From It All.
In the 1970s he was the arranger for Avenue Records, a budget label that issued albums of cover versions of hit singles, and released LPs with the Alan Caddy Orchestra.
[1][2] Caddy made his last public appearance at the Joe Meek Reunion Concert at Lewisham in 1991, with the rest of the original Tornados.