Sandy Nelson

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Let There Be Drums
  US 6th 01/20/1962 (48 weeks)
Drums Are My Beat!
  US 29 04/14/1962 (24 weeks)
Drummin 'up a storm
  US 55 07/14/1962 (11 weeks)
Singles
Teen beat
  UK 9 11/06/1959 (12 weeks)
  US 4th 07.09.1959 (16 weeks)
Let There Be Drums
  UK 3 December 14, 1961 (16 weeks)
  US 7th 10/30/1961 (16 weeks)
Drums are my beat
  UK 30th March 22, 1962 (6 weeks)
  US 29 02/10/1962 (7 weeks)
The Birth of the Beat
  US 75 02/24/1962 (1 week)
Drummin 'up a storm
  UK 39 06/07/1962 (8 weeks)
  US 67 04/28/1962 (8 weeks)
Drum stomp
  US 86 05/26/1962 (3 weeks)
All night long
  US 75 07/14/1962 (3 weeks)
... and Then There Were Drums
  US 65 09/22/1962 (4 weeks)
Teen Beat '65
  US 44 09/19/1964 (10 weeks)

Sandy Nelson (born December 1, 1938 in Santa Monica , California ; actually Sander L. Nelson ) is an American drummer . Between 1959 and 1964 he had nine instrumental drum titles in the US charts . His title Let There Be Drums reached number one on the Australian singles chart in 1962 and number 3 in the UK. From 1999 it was part of the live repertoire of the band Queen .

Life

Nelson attended the same high school as Jan Berry and Dean Torrence ( Jan and Dean ) and Kim Fowley . After graduating from school he played in the band Renegades , consisting of Richard Podolor , Bruce Johnston and Nick Venet . He also worked as a studio musician, including in 1958 for Phil Spector on To Know Him Is to Love Him by Teddy Bears , in 1960 on the number one hit Alley-Oop by the Hollywood Argyles produced by Kim Fowley and on various recordings by Gene Vincent .

1959 climbed his first single Teen Beat , where he, among others, surf music - guitarist Richie Allen was accompanied, to position four on the Billboard charts. This was followed by a solo career as an instrumental artist in the early 1960s . On his label Imperial Records he released the single Let There Be Drums in 1961 , which again reached the top 10. By 1964, seven more placements followed on the Billboard Hot 100, sometimes A- and B-side of the same single were in the charts. Between 1962 and 1966, eleven of his albums reached the Billboard 200 , the album Let There Be Drums rose to position six.

In late 1963 Nelson had a motorcycle accident as a result of which his right foot had to be amputated. He continued his career thereafter, but from the mid-1960s his publications were no longer commercially successful. The Hessian Broadcasting sat Nelson Title Drums a Go Go as a theme song for the weekday magazine program Happened - Recorded one which aired 1966-2000. … And Then There Were Drums is the signature tune of Wolf-Dieter Stubel's international hit parade , which was broadcast between 1967 and 1990 on NDR 2 and has been broadcast on Radio NORA since 2005 .

Nelson lives in Boulder City in the US state Nevada and released another album with Nelsonized in late 2008 .

Discography (excerpt)

Singles

  • 1959: Teen Beat / Big Jump (used in the short film Snow )
  • 1961: Let There Be Drums / Quite a Beat!
  • 1962: Drums Are My Beat / The Birth of the Beat
  • 1962: Drummin 'Up a Storm / Drum Stomp
  • 1962: All Night Long / Rompin '& Stompin'
  • 1962: … and Then There Were Drums / Live It Up
  • 1964: Teen Beat '65 (live version) / Kitty's Theme
  • 1965: Let There Be Drums '65

Albums

  • 1962: Let There Be Drums
  • 1962: Drums Are My Beat!
  • 1962: Drummin 'Up a Storm
  • 1962: Compelling Percussion
  • 1962: Golden Hits
  • 1965: Live! In Las Vegas
  • 1965: Teen Beat '65
  • 1965: Drum Discotheque
  • 1965: Drums a Go-Go
  • 1966: Boss Beat
  • 1966: “In” beat
  • 2008: Nelsonized

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 / US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7
  2. ^ A b British Hit Singles & Albums , 18th Edition, Guinness World Records Limited 2005, ISBN 978-1-904994-00-8
  3. ↑ Myspace (English)
personal data
SURNAME Nelson, Sandy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nelson, Sander L. (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American drummer
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Monica , California , United States