Teen Beat (song)

"Teen Beat" is a 1959 instrumental number by Sandy Nelson. Released on Original Sound Records, it rose to number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1959.[3] It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[4] In addition, the song made #17 on the R&B Singles Chart[3] and #9 on the UK Singles Chart.[5] The song also made #36 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959.[6] The guitar was played on the recording by co-writer Richard Podolor, later a songwriter and record producer, and the piano was by Bruce Johnston.[7]

For the Henry Cow instrumental, see Teenbeat (instrumental).
"Teen Beat"
Single by Sandy Nelson
B-side"Big Jump"
Released1959[1]
GenreInstrumental
Length2:22 (single version)[1]
2:55 (album version)[2]
LabelOriginal Sound Records[1]
Songwriter(s)Arthur Egnoian & Sandy Nelson (Teen Beat)[1]
Arthur Egnoian (Big Jump)[1]

A re-recorded version, released as a single in 1964 and titled "Teen Beat '65", also made the Billboard and Cashbox charts.

DTV, in 1984, set the instrumental number to the playing cards from Alice in Wonderland and Thru the Mirror.

References
  1. "Teen Beat". Discogs. 1959.
  2. "Plays Teen Beat". Discogs. 1960.
  3. Sandy Nelson (1938-12-01). "Sandy Nelson - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  4. Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 116. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  5. "The Official Charts Company - Teen Beat (song)". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
  6. "Billboard Top 100 - 1959". Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
  7. Brown, Tony, Jon Kutner & Neil Warwick, The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums, Omnibus Press, London, 2002 p.712
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