# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sandy-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:37:40.692Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sandy-nelson"
name: "Sandy Nelson"
slug: "sandy-nelson"
description: "Sander Lloyd Nelson was an American drummer. Nelson, one of the best-known rock and modern jazz drummers of the late 1950s and 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. He lived in Boulder City, Nevada, where he continued to experiment with music on keyboards and piano."
tagline: "Rock drummer (1938–2022)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/Sandy_Nelson.jpeg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-12-01"
deathDate: "2022-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           60.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.00868133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 2130
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625728/"
    handle:    "nm0625728"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yb9WHNcJ5zSpbhIqwL0fA"
    handle:    "Sandy Nelson - Topic"
    followers: 2130
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sandy Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sandy Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Nelson"
    title: "Sandy Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Nelson"
    title: "Sandy Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Nelson"
    title: "Sandy Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Nelson"
    title: "Sandy Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%8C%EB%94%94_%EB%84%AC%EC%8A%A8"
    title: "샌디 넬슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sandy Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sandy Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sandy Nelson"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump