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| "Nervous" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Gene Summers & His Rebels | |
| A-side | "Nervous" |
| B-side | "Gotta Lotta That" |
| Released | 1958 |
| Recorded | 1958 - Hollywood, CA |
| Genre | Rockabilly, doo-wop |
| Length | 2:24 |
| Label | Jan/Jane Records Jubilee Records Apex Records |
| Songwriter(s) | Mary Tarver |
"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".