Chanteur Country US né le 24 Mars 1912 à Oakwood (Californie), Jimmy Drake a aussi utilisé le nom de Nervous Norvus. Il est décédé le 24 Juillet 1968.

US Singer born March 24, 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 24, 1968.

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Talents : Vocals, Ukulele

Style musical : Rockabilly, Parody, Novelty

TRANSFUSION (1956) (Nervous NORVUS) 

DIG (1956) (Nervous NORVUS) 

APE CALL (1956) (Nervous NORVUS) 

HE LOVED ENOUGH (1963) (Jimmy Drake)

Years in activity :

1910 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 10 20

DISCOGRAPHY

78 t., Singles & EP

05/1956 78 t. DOT 15470 (US) . Nervous NORVUS - Transfusion / Dig
05/1956 SP DOT 45-15470 (US) . Nervous NORVUS - Transfusion / Dig
08/1956 78 t. DOT 15485 (US) . Ape Call (Nervous NORVUS / Ape Calls: Red BLANCHARD) / Wild Dog Of Kentucky ((Nervous NORVUS)
08/1956 SP DOT 45-15485 (US) . Ape Call (Nervous NORVUS / Ape Calls: Red BLANCHARD) / Wild Dog Of Kentucky ((Nervous NORVUS)
10/1956 78 t. DOT 15500 (US) . The Fang (Nervous NORVUS & Red BLANCHARD & The SMOGROLLERS) / The Bullfrog Hop (Nervous NORVUS)
10/1956 SP DOT 45-15500 (US) . The Fang (Nervous NORVUS & Red BLANCHARD & The SMOGROLLERS) / The Bullfrog Hop (Nervous NORVUS)
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
1959 SP NEALE 45C-726-102 (US) . Nervous NORVUS - Cowboy Soldier / Wa-Hoo
1959 SP GOLDEN-GLOW 45-1000 (US) Moonlight On The Prairie (Singing Jimmy DRAKE) / Walkie Talkie Doll (Jeff SAMSON)
1960 SP BIG BEN BB-101 (US) . Nervous NORVUS & His Guitar - Pure Gold / Let's Worship God Each Sunday
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
10/1961 SP BIG BEN BB-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
1963 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)
1965 SP DOT 16765 (US) . Nervous NORVUS - Transfusion / Ape Call
1985 EP BIG BEAT NED 12 (UK) TRANSFUSION - Nervous NORVUS - Transfusion / Dig / Ape Call / Wild Dog Of Kentucky / The Fang / Bullfrog Hop
1988 SP American Pie 9018 (US) . True Love Ways (Buddy HOLLY) / Transfusion (Nervous Norvus)








Acetates

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

Album

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]
04/2014 CD Righteous 2520533 (UK)

Zorch! Transfusion Time With Nervous Norvus And Red BLANCHARD - Nervous NORVUS : Transfusion / Dig / Ape Call  /  Wild Dog Of Kentucky / The Fang / Nervous NORVUS & Red BLANCHARD & The SMOGROLLERS : Bullfrog Hop / Nervous NORVUS : Stoneage Woo / I Like Girls / The Plaster Song / Cowboy Soldier / Wa-Hoo / Nervous NORVUS & His Guitar : Does A Chinese Chicken Have A Pigtail? / Singing Jimmy DRAKE : Stop Your Foolin' / Jimmy DRAKE : Kibble Kobble (The Flying Saucer Song) / The Lean Green Vegetable Fiend (From 'Tuther Side Of The Moon) / FOUR JOKERS : Transfusion / The PARIS SISTERS with Jimmy DIAMOND & His SPARKLING MUSIC : Zorch Boogie / The Bully Bully Man / Red BLANCHARD : Zorch! / Red BLANCHARD with Paul WESTON & His Orchestra : Dig That Crazy Mixed-Up Kid / Nervous NORVUS : The Bully Bully Man / Jimmy DRAKE : Orphan's Christmas Song / Scatman CROTHERS : Transfusion

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