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Sandy Nelson

real name Sander Lloyd Nelson

Santa Monica, United States · 1938-12-01 – 2022-02-14

Sandy Nelson is credited on 958 releases across 208 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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958

Credits

208

Albums

8

Decades active

132

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Drummer and session musician, born 1 December 1938, Santa Monica, California, USA - died 14 February 2022.
One of the best-known rock drummers of the early 1960s, had several solo instrumental Top 40 hits and released over 30 albums. He was a session drummer on many other well-known hits.

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958 releases · 208 albums · active 1956–2023

  • Performance · 1,541
  • Other credits · 43
  • Production · 13

Studios: Can-Base Studios · On-U Sound Studios · Sarm East Studios · Sarm West Studios

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