Sandy Nelson - Teen Beat

[BeachSkulls]

absolute king

[69ssrszl1]

He's wright up there with Keith Moon of The WHO.

[Anneca12]

This was magic, still is !!

[hufclufc]

Just heard this song! OK 52 years too late! But still!

[Perstorp]

LET THERE BE RHYTHM!

[mustagsally1273]

I remember listening to this song over and over for years straight...on 45,,,then got my first drum set, and listened more. No longer have the drums, but still have the 45!!! Bang on!! Thanks for sharing!

[alworkedup]

I'll bet a million kids learned to play drums by drumming along with this :)

[danwildspirit]

the outsiders

[PorkChops148]

mafia 2

[Phland11]

@PorkChops148 yes :D

[clarkewi]

Sandy Nelson was one of Phil Specter's first studio drummers.

[dctim]

Love this tune, I just wish it was longer.

I will admit to liking Johnny Hawksworth's version made (because they couldnt afford the actual Teen Beat) for the Geoffrey Jones BTF short "Snow" watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI

[69ssrszl1]

Loved this in 59 and still love it today, a classic.

[wfarrar69]

his biggest hit that i liked since 1984(same way with 'let there be drums' when i heard it on his lp and 45 in 1985)thanks for this one.

[gavman21734]

i came here after playin mafia 2

[luridplanet]

Now I'm really with it, man

[bvivers]

First heard this in the film The Loveless (great film) and always wondered what it was. Fantastic old school rock and roll.

[abtinet]

I just talked to Sandy about 10 minutes ago via skype. He was in my brothers electronics shop ( radio world ) in Henderson Nv. He's doing pretty good and still pounding the drums!

[AMikeOnLine]

Good old school drumming. Can't beat it. :)

[iamatumor]

There is a digitally remastered version here:

youtube.com/watch?v=of9zMFfu3A­8

[egarmel]

Not bad for drummer with only one leg.

[ignoranceandwant]

@egarmel Not until four years after this was released...his accident was in 1963.

[aldrickbarber35]

This is totally my beat! Now, if I were only a teen in the 50's...

[sugarfoot59]

@aldrickbarber35 If you were a teen in the '50's, it was the best ever, perhaps a little naive by today's standards, but who cares, is was a wonderful time to grow up, and I thank God often that I had that opportunity.

[aldrickbarber35]

@sugarfoot59 My dad grew up in the same time, but he was born in the Philippines of a Philippine mother and an American-Philippine father. He lived in the Philippines until maybe the late 60's when he joined the USAF and volunteered for Khe Sanh a couple times... Anyways, I guess I just got the love for the 50's, 60's and the music from him. Or I don't know. Maybe I was just born this way?

[ThreePipeProblems]

This is soooooooo awesome! =D

[2008Sameoldfitup]

roy west

[marlowefrank]

could you upload the b side big jump seems hard to get thank you

[BobbyDelRiv]

Listen to this and then there's a certain part of the Grease song You're The One That I Want............notice a big similarity?

[am9224]

DTV Disney

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

THRU THE MIRROR

[johnbarry1965]

Just hit's the spot!

[tykecymraeg]

Terrific. One of the first records I bought .

[torgo2010]

Better now than ever.

[smasica]

Totally Kick-Butt marriage of guitar and drums. Perfect in every way. One flaw: it's way too short of a song. I loved it when I heard it when I was 11 and love it more now.

[marlowefrank]

have you the b side big jump?

[lyndloo]

yeah !!! what a great sound !!! love it and Love My mems From this era !!! yesss!!60s" never to be Forgotten The best times ever ...thanx for posting ... lyndloo..

[sugarfoot59]

@lyndloo lol,lol,lol, No, the '50's were the best era......EVER!!!!

[sugarfoot59]

@sugarfoot59 Yep, I already said that.........but hey, another living testimonial sure doesn't hurt matters any. We, the '50's kids, were sort of in that era where, for the most part, things were fairly quiet, except of Korea, of course, but otherwise, we didn't have too many worries about world affairs, at least with us teens, who didn't think too much about it, except for what we studied in school.

[mrdee11091]

a sort tell him sound number with a jungle type twist