Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. That career, it appears, was spent almost entirely on the fringe of the music industry performing a service that of producing homemade demonstration records for desperately hopeful. Your home for the lyrics to thirty nervous norvus songs for damns sake, why is transfusion the only nervous norvus song with any lyrics on the internet. He was born in memphis, tennessee, and lived for a few years in ripley, tennessee, near the. Mar 23, 2010 amazon music as an amazon associate i earn from qualifying purchases. See also jimmy drake usa 12 uk 6 canada 3 australia 1 denmark 1 germany 1 new zealand 1 bootleg 1. Biography of nervous norvus on nervous norvus biography covid19. Beatles singles, which were unable to crack the hot 100. Jimmy drake digitized at 78 revolutions per minute.
Nervous norvus ape call novelty rock n roll youtube. He was told that it was no good, but because it was a gold london trianglecentre 45, he decided that it might look good on the wall. Nervous norvus carried on, cutting tunes for small labels into the sixties. Drop us a line if you got a place to live the dream. Custer larry verne composers al delory, fred darian 10. I banged out the lyrics to every one of his songs that i know, the old fashioned way. When you search musicstack you are not just searching one record store, instead you are searching over record stores and looking through the inventory of millions of vinyl records and compact discs. Banned by many american radio stations in the 50s, here is jimmy drake aka nervous norvus warning us about the perils of speeding. He was a truck driver who dreamed of becoming a songwriter. Nervous norvus transfusion 1956, indianapolis pressing. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam.
The lean green vegetable fiend from tuther side of the moon. Nervous norvus singing jimmy drake discography by phil milstein while this discography lists all recordings known or, in some cases, merely presumed to have been made by jimmy drake, it certainly represents only the top of the tip of the iceberg of his prolific recording career. Roy williams nervous records the rockabilly chronicle. Jimmy drake was a demo singer from california, doing hundreds of them a year for aspiring songwriters across the. Peculiar ditties like does a chinese chicken have a pigtail big ben and his best post dot disc, stone age woo, a followup to ape call that appeared on the ass side of i like girls on the embee label. Nervous norvus singing jimmy drake discography by phil milstein. Download neurosis discography 320kbps torrent or any other torrent from audio music direct download via magnet link. On treehouse song, almost random neoclassical piano notes cascade. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we.
The top 12 best music torrent sites that still work in 2020 xtorrent. Drake, who insisted on keeping a low profile, created the pseudonym nervous norvus, which perfectly described his attitude about taking the spotlight. The many mysteries of nervous norvus songpoem music. Jimmy drake known as nervous norvus march 24, 1912 july 24, 1968 was an american musician. Nervous norvus the fang novelty rock n roll duration. His records were made with input from one time jazz trombonist red blanchard who he was sending demos to in the hope of finding an artist. Dot, usa, 4515470, 7, may 1956, 10 comments, rated 9. Singles discography for quality records ca k series. He was born in memphis, tennessee, and lived for a few years in. Find nervous norvus discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Most novelty songs are comic takes of current events, cultural fads, or holidays, along with parodies of established hit songs, and comedic narrations put to music. Dot dropped nervous norvus and put its energy into promoting pat boone. Despite such lofty achievements, the nervous one must have had to content himself with the warm feeling inside that comes from creating a rock n roll masterpiece, one that would never be equaled, for the fickle public was sick of nervous norvus shtick and the fang flopped. His records were made with input from one time jazz trombonist red blanchard who he was sending demos to in the hope of finding an artist to record them.
Ms wordlike content editing experience thanks to a rich set of formatting tools, dropdowns, dialogs, system modules and builtin spellcheck. Jimmy drake known as nervous norvus march 24, 1912 july 24, 1968 was an american. Grandma gave young jimmy drake a ukulele, little realizing the lifelong career he would make for himself once he learned a few basic chords on the fourstringed hawaiian instrument. He was born in memphis, tennessee, and lived for a few years in ripley, tennessee, near the arkansas border. Nervous norvus was the performing name of jimmy drake march 24, 1912 july 24, 1968. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from nervous norvus. Born jimmy drake in oakwood, california in 1912, nervous norvus early years are lost to history. He was born in memphis, tennessee, and lived for a. I dont see how this ever became a hit but im certainly glad it did. However, we do know he got his start in the music business. Nervous records second logo nervous records the roy williams interviewhey, ive just bought the debut album of a psychobilly combo called the frantic flintstones. Demento presents the greatest novelty records of all time 6 lp set contact us if you know of another album that contains this artist. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Music profile for nervous norvus, born 24 march 1912.
The greatest novelty records of alltime, ape call wild dogs of kentucky, and looney tunes. Demento presents the greatest novelty records of all time, volume ii. The british public did not get to hear transfusion at the time, as london records refused its release, but the other two dot singles did get a uk release. Nervous norvus biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Choose country australia 1 bootleg 1 canada 3 denmark 1 germany 1 new zealand 1 uk 6 usa 12 see also jimmy drake. Jim backus and friends composers mort garson, buddy kaye 8. Nervous norvus was the performing name of jimmy drake 19181968.
Complete song listing of nervous norvus on nervous norvus songs list covid19. The single, released in the spring of 1956, had competition from a quicklycrankedout pop vocal cover by the four jokers on the diamond label, using the same sound effects, a far less humorous andor disturbing version that disappeared almost. Dot released transfusion in may 1956, flipped with another brilliant novelty, the jaunty and equally hep dig dot 15470. Your home for the lyrics to thirty nervous norvus songs. Drakes six nervous norvus sides on dot, released in a meteoric burst during the middle of 1956, form the cornerstones of his legitimate career. For damns sake, why is transfusion the only nervous norvus song with any lyrics on the internet. Long tall texan murry kellum composer henry strzelecki 9. Nervous norvus was born in the year world war 1 ended and was almost 40 by the time he had his 2 hit singles in 1956. Nervous norvus, whose real name was jimmy drake was a memphis native born in 1912 and later moved to california where he lived until he passed away on july 24, 1968 at age 56 from cirrhosis of the liver. Discover lyrics and videos from nervous norvus on shazam. Demento is a special guest during segment 4 of this episode of westwood ones the lost lennon tapes radio program.
The screeching crash sounds, the singing of blood and danger. Charts is highly sought after and considered to be one of their best. While this discography lists all recordings known or, in some cases, merely presumed to. Norton 303 for the first time on cd the stone age gristle of musical genius jimmy drake aka nervous norvus via privately pressed platters, demos and unissued melloroonie masters comes kibble kobblin into the unsuspecting ears of the universe and beyond. Sadly, although the album did receive some good press amidst a general torrent of.
And somehow i kept relistening to the ones that saw the light between 1955 and 1969. Add in some excellent unreleased demos and a small handful of other nervous norvus records, and you have one of the richest bodies of novelty work ever made. Dot album discography, part 2 lps 300032502500025250 by david edwards and mike callahan last update. Transfusion nervous norvus zzzzzzoooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmm tooling down the hightway doing 79 im a twin pipe papa and im feelin fine hey m. Buy rare vinyl records, lps and cds from independent record sellers worldwide. Purple people eater sheb wooley composers sheb wooley 11. Nervous records and music publishing official faq page. Dec 26, 2011 banned by many american radio stations in the 50s, here is jimmy drake aka nervous norvus warning us about the perils of speeding. Nervous norvus was the performing name of jimmy drake. While this discography lists all recordings known or, in some cases, merely presumed to have been made by jimmy drake, it certainly represents only the top of the tip of the iceberg of his prolific recording career.
Stone age woo the zorch sounds of nervous norvus dr. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. No rating the plaster song nervous norvus background music by. Nervous norvus, whose real name was jimmy drake was a memphis native born in 1912 and later moved to california where he lived until he passed away on. The zorch sounds of nervous norvus is a longoverdue collection of the novelty songs and songpoem demos of singing jimmy drake, whose wilder moments were ascribed to nervous norvus. Find the song lyrics for nervous norvus top tracks.
And so nervous norvus it was doublemeaning, alliterative, and vastly cool. Crazy cavan and the rhythm rockers rockin 5cd set a fantastic 5cd set packed with original crazy cavan and the rhythm records recordings. He just thought of a word to be alliterative with nervous, says blanchard. Nervous norvus digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. John burrows just another guy who breathes popular music since 1955 and stopped buying top 30 records in 2006. Surprisingly, the nervous norvus single does a chinese chicken have a pigtail 1960 was belatedly issued in the uk on the shortlived salvo label in 1962. One day somebody gave roy williams a 45 in a rocknroll club. November 16, 2003 the first label on the 12 inch record series was the same as the label used on the 10 inch series, maroon with silver printing. The kinks evolved in the early 1960s from the ramrods and then the ravens before becoming the kinks. Users can search for their favorite songs and albums and download them when they need them. Jimmy drake was a demo singer from california, doing hundreds of them a year for aspiring songwriters across the country.
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