Nervous Norvus

Nervous Norvus (aka Jimmy Drake) was in his 40s when his first record was released in 1956. The record,'Transfusion,' reached #13 on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart.

According to Life magazine, he got his ideas for songs by "sitting in his California backyard, wearing dark glasses, going 'Ump, ump.'"

More info: wikipedia, songpoemmusic.com

Life - June 11, 1956

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Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 08, 2022
Category: Music | 1950s

Comments

This reminded me of some other old song titles that are related to health. The first one that came to mind was "Psychotic Reaction" by the Count Five. There were also a couple of songs titled "Fever".

Posted by Fritz on 08/08/22 at 05:50 AM

I highly recommend is collected works CD:

https://www.nortonrecords.com/303-nervous-norvus-stone-age-woo-cd-303/

Posted by S. Norman on 08/08/22 at 11:07 AM

I remember that Dr. Demento had Norvus as a favorite over the years.

Posted by KDP on 08/08/22 at 01:16 PM

I've heard worse novelty songs.

@Fritz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoIZQh1IjI8, of course!
Also, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s359OsWRBLM.

Posted by Richard Bos on 08/13/22 at 07:45 AM

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