Teen Beat (song)

"Teen Beat"
Single by Sandy Nelson
A-side "Teen Beat"
B-side "Big Jump"
Released 1959[1]
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single[1]
Genre Instrumental
Length 2:22 (single version)[1]
2:55 (album version)[2]
Label Original Sound Records[1]
Songwriter(s) Arthur Egnoian & Sandy Nelson (Teen Beat)[1]
Arthur Egnoian (Big Jump)[1]

"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 piano on the recording is by Bruce Johnston.[7]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Teen Beat". Discogs.
  2. ↑ "Plays Teen Beat". Discogs.
  3. 1 2 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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