Ricky Nelson
Idol Playthings: How Teen Idols Shaped The Pop World
Mass-marketed music for the X-Factor generation promoting attractive, clean-living male singers is hardly a new thing.
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Features1 month ago‘Just A Little Too Much’: The Ricky Nelson Hit Machine Strikes Again
The Johnny Burnette song was another chart favourite for the teen idol.
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Features2 months ago
‘Too Much On My Heart’: Another Winner For ‘Pardners In Rhyme’ The Statler Brothers
The family group from Staunton, Virginia were giants of the traditional country music scene by the mid-1980s.
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Features3 months ago
‘Poor Little Fool’: Ricky Nelson Rules The First-Ever Hot 100
The song written by Sharon Sheeley made history on the August 4, 1958 chart.
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Features3 months ago
Future Classics And Forgotten Novelties: Billboard Introduces The Hot 100
Listen to some of the well-known and more obscure entries on Billboard's first-ever Hot 100, for the week of August 4, 1958.
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Features4 months ago
‘Lonesome Town’ To ‘The Wonder Of You’: Prolific Songwriter Baker Knight
From Ricky Nelson's 'Lonesome Town' to Elvis Presley's 'The Wonder Of You,' the versatile composer left his mark on pop history.
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Features4 months ago
‘(They Call Her) La Bamba’: Crickets End Chart Era With Rock’n’Roll Echo
The Crickets' final UK chart appearance was a nod to the late Ritchie Valens, and featured A-list contributors James Burton and Leon Russell.
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Features5 months ago
‘Workin’ Man Blues’: Merle Haggard’s Blue Collar Hymn
The Hag's seventh No.1 featured such great players as James Burton and Jim Gordon.
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Features5 months ago
‘She Belongs To Me’: Rick Nelson Sings Bob Dylan
In May 1969, Nelson recorded the song that heralded his new incarnation with the Stone Canyon Band.
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Features7 months ago
‘Travellin’ Man’: The Ricky Nelson No.1 Rescued From The Trash
Ricky's second and final US No.1 single was literally retrieved from the garbage can, and had connections to Sam Cooke and Glen Campbell.
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Features8 months ago
Ricky’s On TV: Ricky Nelson’s Musical ‘Ozzie And Harriet’ Adventures
In February 1958, 'The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet' was in its sixth series and its teenage star was on singing duty.
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Features10 months ago
‘I Told You Baby’: More Vintage Vee-Jay Blues From Jimmy Reed
The track had an easy swagger illustrated, as so often, by Reed’s lyrical harmonica playing,
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Features10 months ago
‘Stood Up’: Ricky Nelson Completes His Fabulous 1957
On December 30, 1957, Ricky rounded off a spectacular year with yet another chart entry and another of his most famous songs, 'Stood Up.'
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Features11 months ago
‘Ricky Part 1’: Ricky Nelson’s Extended Play Extravaganza
The 'Ricky Part 1' disc gave the teen idol a No.1 on the Billboard EP chart of November 25, 1957, before he had either a No.1 single or album.
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Features11 months ago
The ‘Ricky’ LP: Ricky Nelson Arrives On The Album Scene
In November 1957, the 'Ricky' set gave the teenage phenomenon his first US LP release.
