Mr. John Lee Parts 1 & 2 - Music

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. After Gaining Respect As A Session Drummer He Played On Such Well-Known Songs As "To Know Him Is To Love Him" Phil Spector's Teddy Bears 1958 "Alley-Oop" The Hollywood Argyles 1960 "A Thousand Stars" Kathy Young And The Innocents 1960 And More. Nelson Continued To Record Into The Early 1970s. read less