details for Nervous Norvus

Common misspellings:
• Nervous Norvis

General type of music:
• novelty

Real name:
• Jimmy Drake

Born:
• 1912

Died:
• 1968

Based in:
• Oakland, CA

Also recorded with:
• The Four Jokers
• Red Blanchard

Web sites:
• http://www.nervousnorvus.com/

interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
• had his own studio where he would record demos for people who sent him songs or lyrics
• Much of the language used in his records came from Red Blanchard's radio show on KCBS (740 AM) in San Francisco, CA.