13 Facts About Randy Nauert

Randy Nauert was an American surf music and culture entrepreneur.

Randy Nauert started in the music business as a bass player who played with The Bel-Airs and took his experience to broader appeal with The Challengers who were in the forefront of the surf music explosion in Southern California.

Randy Nauert worked as a composer, arranger, music manager, producer and music publisher.

Randy Nauert is well known as being one of the first pioneers of surf music.

Randy Nauert enjoyed surfing and playing his bass guitar in bands during his school years.

Randy Nauert's band released 15 Challengers albums throughout the sixties as well as 12 others recorded under different names for the US and foreign markets.

Randy Nauert appeared on TV shows during the peak of surf music's heyday such as Hollywood A Go-Go, Surf's Up, The Lloyd Thaxton Show, American Bandstand and other local shows in the Los Angeles area.

Randy Nauert worked as a record producer through the rest of the 60's evolving with hot rod rock, folk rock, pop, rock and psychedelic rock music as they developed.

Randy Nauert died on February 7,2019, of a heart attack.

Randy Nauert helped many known and unknown artists and was connected in many aspects of the music business.

Randy Nauert is known as a caring person who helped others and cared for his family and friends.

Randy Nauert was a living history book for the communities he lived in and the music he helped pioneer in the exploding pop culture scene in 1960s Southern California.

Randy Nauert adopted and raised many animals over his lifetime and educated others about their proper treatment Randy Nauert often posted pictures of his animals on Facebook.