Nervous (Gene Summers song)

"Nervous" is a rockabilly/doo-wop song first recorded by Gene Summers and His Rebels in 1958 and later covered by Robert Gordon and Link Wray, among others. It was composed by Mary Tarver in 1957, published by Ted Music, BMI and issued  on Jan/Jane Records. The "Nervous" recording session took place at Liberty Records Studios in Hollywood, California in June 1958 and featured Rene Hall and James McClung on guitar, Plas Johnson on saxophone, Earl Palmer on drums, and George "Red" Callendar on bass. The background vocal group was the Five Masks (Al "TNT" Braggs, Cal Valentine, Robert Valentine, Billy Fred Thomas and Jesse Lee Floyd). The flipside of "Nervous" was "Gotta Lotta That".

Reviews
BILLBOARD MAGAZINE - June 1958 Reviews of New Pop Records GENE SUMMERS Nervous....83 JAN 102 - Strong material and strong performance by the new talent. It's a powerful beat job and the kids should flip over it. Action already reported from the southwest territories. (Ted, BMI)

The Cash Box - The Cash Box Best Bets - June 14, 1958 "NERVOUS" (2:22) [Ted, BMI - Tarver] Gene Summers & His Rebels (January 102) "...exciting opus...could spread like wildfire...strong merchandise..."

"Nervous" cover versions

 * Johnny Devlin - New Zealand
 * Lonstars - Finland
 * Rock-Ola & The Freewheelers - Finland
 * Robert Gordon - United States
 * Robert Gordon with Link Wray - United States