Jimmy Drake

Chanteur US né en 1912 à Oakwood (Californie), Jimmy Drake a aussi utilisé le nom de Nervous Norvus. Il est décédé le 27 juillet 1968.

US Singer born in 1912 in Oakwood (California), Jimmy Drake was a demo singer from California, doing hundreds of them a year for aspiring songwriters across the country. With the help of a disc-jockey friend adding radio-station car-crash sound effects, he took one of his homemade demos, "Transfusion," and brought it to the Top Ten in 1956. His subsequent singles ("The Fang," "Ape Call," "The Wild Dogs of Kentucky," and "Bullfrog Hop") fared less well but still maintain the same warped spirit. It is deceased on July 27, 1968.

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Talents : Singer, Ukulele

Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll, Parody, Novelty

TRANSFUSION (1956)

(Nervous NORVUS)

Années en activité :

1910

2000

DISCOGRAPHY

Singles & EP

05/1956	SP DOT 45-15470 (US)	.	Nervous NORVUS - Transfusion / Dig
08/1956	SP DOT 45-15485 (US)	.	Ape Call (Nervous NORVUS / Ape Calls: Red BLANCHARD) / Wild Dog Of Kentucky
10/1956	SP DOT 45-15500 (US)	.	The Fang (Nervous NORVUS & Red BLANCHARD & The SMOGROLLERS) / The Bullfrog Hop
1956	SP AS-IS 100/1 (US)	.	Jimmy DRAKE - That's Who / The Orphan's Christmas Song
195?	SP CLAUDRA 107 (US)		Gambling Fury (Singing Jimmy DRAKE) / Golden Yellow Moon (Roger SMITH)
1957	EP BLUEMOON 108/109 (US)		Singing Jimmy DRAKE - Stop Your Foolin / Across The Sea / My Crazy Heart / You Are My Inspiration
03/1961	SP EMBEE 117 (US)	.	Nervous NORVUS - Stoneage Woo / I Like Girls
03/1961	SP EMBEE 117/8 (US)	.	Nervous NORVUS - Stoneage Woo / The Plaster Song
19??	EP RALLY 10673/10674 (US)		He Loved Enough (Jimmy DRAKE) / Up In Heaven (Jimmy DRAKE) / His Last Letter (Jimmy DRAKE) / I'll Always (Lee DAVIS)
196?	SP BIG BEN 101 (US)	.	Nervous NORVUS & His Guitar - Pure Gold / Let's Worship God Each Sunday
10/1961	SP BIG BEN 1614 (US)	.	Does A Chinese Chicken Have A Pigtail (Nervous NORVUS & His Guitar) / Dear Old San Francisco (Rod BARTON)
04/1962	SP VELLEZ 1517 (US)	.	Jimmy DRAKE - Kibble Kobble (The Flying Saucer Song) / There's More To A Wedding
04/1962	SP VELLEZ 1518 (US)	.	Jimmy DRAKE - The Lean Green Vegetable Fiend (From 'Tuther Side Of The Moon) / Let's Face This World Together
1965	SP DOT 16765 (US)	.	Nervous NORVUS - Transfusion / Ape Call

Acetate

19??	Acetate	I'm Comin' Home My Baby
19??	Acetate	The New Beat And Step
19??	Acetate	Noon Balloon To Rangoon
19??	Acetate	Pony-Tail
19??	Acetate	Sparks [vers. 2]

Unissued Tracks

19??	Unissued	Ape Call [alt. vers.]
19??	Unissued	The Blackout Song
19??	Unissued	Boris The Blue Nosed Baboon
19??	Unissued	The Bully Bully Man
19??	Unissued	The Clock Shop [vers. 1]
19??	Unissued	The Clock Shop [vers. 2]
19??	Unissued	Elvis You're A G.I. Now
19??	Unissued	The Evil Hurricane
19??	Unissued	I Hate Bugs
19??	Unissued	I Listen To Red In Bed
19??	Unissued	I'm Waitin' Up For Santa Claus
19??	Unissued	Kangaroo Hop
19??	Unissued	Little Cowboy
19??	Unissued	Sparks [vers. 1]
19??	Unissued	Whan I Hear The Honkin' Of The Diesel Train

Albums

1960	LP 12" BIG BEAT NED 12 (UK)		TRANSFUSION - Nervous NORVUS - Transfusion / Dig / Ape Call / Wild Dog Of Kentucky / The Fang / Bullfrog Hop
08/2004	CD NORTON 303 (US)		STONE AGE WOO - THE ZORCH SOUNDS OF NERVOUS NORVUS - Transfusion / Dig / Ape Call / Wild Dogs Of Kentucky / The Fang (with Red BLANCHARD & The SMOGROLLERS) / Bullfrog Hop / Stoneage Woo / I Like Girls / Does A Chinese Chicken Have A Pigtail? / Noon Balloon To Rangoon / Kibble Kobble (The Flying Saucer Song) (Jimmy DRAKE) / The Lean Green Vegetable Fiend (From 'Tuther Side Of The Moon) (Jimmy DRAKE) / Little Cowboy (Jimmy DRAKE) / The Blackout Song / Kangaroo Hop [partial] / I Listen To Red In Bed / Sparks [#1] / I Hate Bugs / The Clock Shop [#1] / I'm Waitin' Up For Santa Claus / Boris The Blue Nosed Baboon / When I Hear The Honkin' Of The Diesel Train / Ape Call ("No Ape") / The Bully Bully Man / Elvis You're A G.I. Now / Stop Your Foolin (Singing Jimmy DRAKE) / Pony-Tail / I'm Comin' Home My Baby / The New Beat And Step / The Clock Shop [#2] / The Evil Hurricane / The Plaster Song / Sparks [#2]