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Jack Spector (b. 1929, New York - d. March 8. 1994, Mineola, New York) was an American radio disc jockey ^[1].

Spector began his career in 1955 and in 1961 became one of the original WMCA, Good Guys. ^[1] 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.

On March 8, 1994, Spector was on the air at WHLI Radio in Long Island, New York. Shortly after starting a recording of Louis Prima's "I'm In The Mood For Love", he suffered an apparent heart attack and collapsed to the floor. Following a long silence after the song had finished, radio station employees ran into the studio and found Spector on the floor. Attempts to revive him failed and he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. He was 65. ^[1]

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