Vik Venus

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Vik Venus (born Jack Spector in New York) was an American radio disc jockey. He was working as a DJ in New York when he released a single in 1969 on Buddah Records as "Vik Venus, Alias: Your Main Moon Man". The single was called "Moonflight", and it was a novelty "break-in" record in the style of Dickie Goodman, whereas a reporter asks the astronauts questions about a fictional "Achilles moon flight", with the responses taken from snippets of popular songs of the day. All response fragments used for this record are from previous hits on Buddah. The record peaked at #38 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Spector died on March 8, 1994 of a heart attack; he was 66.

[edit] References

• Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th edn, 2000