Sandy Nelson
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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
- Sandy Nelson at Allmusic (English)
- Sandy Nelson at Discogs (English)
- Sandy Nelson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- ^ A b British Hit Singles & Albums , 18th Edition, Guinness World Records Limited 2005, ISBN 978-1-904994-00-8
- ↑ Myspace (English)
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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 |