Vinyl records

Nervous Norvus vinyl records

2 albums with 34 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Jimmy Drake. Nervous Norvus, whose real name was Jimmy Drake was a Memphis native born March 24, 1912 and later moved to California where he lived until he passed away on July 24, 1968 at age 56 from cirrhosis of the liver. He was a truck driver who dreamed of becoming a songwriter. He took out an ad in a music paper offering to record songs for budding amateur songwriters. With a little home studio set up, he was able to supplement his truck driving income with his new music service. With the help of radio personality Red Blanchard, whom Drake had been sending tapes of his songs to, Drake recorded 'Transfusion' under the name Nervous Norvus for the Dot label in 1956.