B. 1 December 1938, Santa Monica, California, U.S.A. Drummer and session musician.
Attended high school with Jan Berry and Dean Torrence , of Jan & Dean , Phil Spector and others who went on to careers in rock and roll.
He played drums on the 1960 novelty song "Alley-Oop" by The Hollywood Argyles, which was actually a group of studio musicians and backup singers assembled by producer Gary Paxton. Nelson has said that by the time the song was ready to be recorded, everyone had been drinking cider all day and were completely drunk. Nevertheless, the song went to the #1 spot on the Billboard charts.
Due to many of his vinyl albums having a woman pictured on the front cover,many record buyers got the impression that "Sandy" was a female artist.
