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Sandy Nelson

Sandy Nelson has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 14 May 2015. Sandy Nelson's music has been featured on 13 episodes.

Sandy Nelson's song "Teen Beat" rose to #4 on the charts in 1959. Subsequently he signed with the Imperial label and pounded out two more Top 40 hits, "Let There Be Drums", which went to #3 in Britain, and "Drums Are My Beat". All three were instrumentals (a feat seldom, if ever, repeated).

Sander L Nelson was born on 1 December 1938 in Santa Monica, California. He attended high school with Jan Berry, Dean Torrence (who together became Jan and Dean), and…

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Let There Be Drums
Sandy Nelson
Imperial1961
Let There Be Drums
Sandy NelsonImperial1961
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Party Time
Sandy Nelson
Sunset Records1969
Party Time
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Twine Time
Sandy Nelson
Imperial1965
Twine Time
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Superdrums
Sandy Nelson
Imperial1966
Superdrums
Sandy NelsonImperial1966
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The City
Sandy Nelson
Imperial1962
The City
Sandy NelsonImperial1962
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Big Noise From The Jungle
Sandy Nelson
Sunset Records1968
Big Noise From The Jungle
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Let There Be Drums
Sandy Nelson
Imperial1961
Let There Be Drums
Sandy NelsonImperial1961
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My Own Thing
Sandy Nelson
Imperial1969
My Own Thing
Sandy NelsonImperial1969
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Soulful Strut
Sandy Nelson
Imperial1969
Soulful Strut
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Jive Talk
Sandy Nelson
Imperial1960
Jive Talk
Sandy NelsonImperial1960
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