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Sandy Nelson

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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 Kim Fowley.

Top songs

  1. Let There Be Drums
  2. Teen Beat
  3. Drums Are My Beat
  4. Shake Rattle And Roll
  5. Pinball Wizard
  6. Teenbeat
  7. Bony Moronie
  8. Drummin' Up a Storm
  9. Big Noise from Winnetka
  10. Casbah
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  1. In the Mood
  2. Alligator Boogaloo
  3. Quite a Beat
  4. I'm Walkin'
  5. Drum Stomp
  6. Teen Beat' 65
  7. Drum Party
  8. Bouncy
  9. And Then There Were Drums
  10. Drumming Up A Storm
  11. I Hear You Knockin'
  12. Slippin' and Slidin'
  13. Get With It
  14. Tequila
  15. ...And Then There Were Drums
  16. The Beat Goes On
  17. My Girl Josephine
  18. Big Noise from the Jungle
  19. All Night Long
  20. Birth of the Beat
  21. The Lion In Winter
  22. In Beat
  23. Chop Chop
  24. Teen Beat '65
  25. Cool Operator
  26. Big Jump
  27. The Birth of the Beat
  28. Don't Be Cruel
  29. Alexes
  30. Be Bop A Lula
  31. Twisted
  32. Caravan
  33. Secret Agent Man
  34. Yakety Yak
  35. Peggy Sue
  36. Drum Roll
  37. Hum Drum
  38. Hawaiian War Chant
  39. Funny Face
  40. The Wiggle
  41. Bimbo
  42. Live It Up
  43. Let There Be Drums (LP Version)
  44. Rainy Day
  45. Day Train
  46. My Blue Heaven
  47. The City
  48. Day Drumming
  49. Boom Chicka Boom
  50. Great Balls Of Fire
  51. Lost Dreams
  52. Rock Around The Clock
  53. Jive Talk
  54. Boss Beat
  55. Party Time
  56. Back Off Boogaloo
  57. Topsy
  58. Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart
  59. Summertime Blues
  60. Blue Suede Shoes
  61. Castle Rock
  62. Drums A Go Go
  63. Do You Wanna Dance
  64. Mafia 2: Teen Beat
  65. Tough Beat
  66. Feet Beat
  67. Soul Drums
  68. Nothing's too Good for My Baby
  69. Teen Beat [45 Version]
  70. The Flip
  71. ... And Then There Were Drums
  72. Sandy
  73. Karate Boo-Ga-Loo
  74. You Name It
  75. Raunchy
  76. Teen Beat (Rerecorded)
  77. Bullfrog
  78. Drums A Go-Go
  79. Here We Go Again
  80. House Party Rock
  81. Jumpin' Jungles
  82. Be Bop Baby
  83. All Shook Up
  84. Splish Splash
  85. Drum Stuff
  86. What'd I Say
  87. Tub-Thumpin'
  88. Cool Jerk
  89. The Tijuana Jail
  90. Boney Maronie

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