Let There Be Drums
| "Let There Be Drums" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Sandy Nelson | |
| from the album Let There Be Drums | |
| B-side | "Quite a Beat" |
| Released | 1961 |
| Genre | Surf |
| Length | 2:14 |
| Label | Imperial |
| Writer(s) | Sandy Nelson, Richard Podolor |
"Let There Be Drums" is a 1961 instrumental composed by American drummer Sandy Nelson and guitarist Richard Podolor, who later became a renowned record producer. The piece is a guitar and drums duet and is an early example of surf music. It was released as a Sandy Nelson single on Imperial Records and was a charted hit, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and #9 on the Cash Box charts.[2]
Cover versions were later recorded by notable surf and rock and roll bands:
- The Ventures on The Ventures Play Telstar and The Lonely Bull (1963)
- Incredible Bongo Band on Bongo Rock (1973) (this version was featured in Ken Burns' Baseball and sampled on the Buck 65 track Dang[3]) and on Eastern Canadian television in the 1970s and 1980s as the theme to Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling.
- Bev Bevan of the Electric Light Orchestra. Solo single Let There Be Drums/Heavy Head (1976)
- The Tubes on Wild in London (2005)
- Queen + Paul Rodgers on Return of the Champions (2005)
- The Delltones
- 13th Floor Elevators
- Carl LaFong Trio on Blues Brothers 2000 (soundtrack). In the film Blues Brothers 2000, this piece of music plays when the band is trying to escape from the police, causing a pile-up of 60 police cruisers.
References
- ↑ "Sandy Nelson: Billboard Singles". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ↑ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles: Week ending DECEMBER 16, 1961". Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ↑ "Dang by Buck 65 on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
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