"Teen Beat" is a 1959 instrumental number by Sandy Nelson.
Released on Original Sound Records, it rose to number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1959.
[3] It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
[7] A re-recorded version, released as a single in 1964 and titled "Teen Beat '65", also made the Billboard and Cashbox charts.
DTV, in 1984, set the instrumental number to the playing cards from Alice in Wonderland and Thru the Mirror.