Joe Meek is pretty cool. He has an entry in the Big Book of Weirdos as he was a bit of a maniac, kind of like Phil Spector, except Meek killed himself. Which is a good lesson for maniacs, I think. If you think you are going to go on a killing spree, shoot yourself first. But I guess if they thought logically, they wouldn't be maniacs.
Anyways, like Phil Spector, Joe Meek's sound is pretty identifiable, as in the aforementioned "Telstar," and another smash he produced "Have I the Right?" by the Honeycombs.