I Wanna Be Loved (Ricky Nelson song)

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"I Wanna Be Loved"
Single by Ricky Nelson
A-side "Mighty Good"
Released November 9, 1959
Genre Rock and roll
Length2:32
Label Imperial
Songwriter(s) Baker Knight
Ricky Nelson singles chronology
"Just a Little Too Much" / "Sweeter Than You"
(1959)
"I Wanna Be Loved"
(1959)
"Young Emotions" / "Right by My Side"
(1960)

"I Wanna Be Loved" is a song written by Baker Knight and performed by Ricky Nelson. The song reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #30 in the UK in 1959. [1] The single's B-side, "Mighty Good", reached #38 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2]

Thomas Baker Knight Jr. was an American songwriter and musician. His best known compositions were "Lonesome Town", "The Wonder of You", and "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time". His songs have been recorded by Ricky Nelson, Paul McCartney, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Mickey Gilley, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Ricky Nelson actor, musician, singer

Eric Hilliard Nelson was an American rock and roll star, musician, and singer-songwriter. From age eight he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. In 1957 he began a long and successful career as a popular recording artist. As one of the top "teen idols" of the 1950s his fame led to a motion picture role co-starring alongside John Wayne and Dean Martin in Howard Hawks's western feature film Rio Bravo (1959). He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and its predecessors, between 1957 and 1973, including "Poor Little Fool" in 1958, which was the first #1 song on Billboard magazine's then-newly created Hot 100 chart. He recorded 19 additional Top 10 hits and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987. In 1996 Nelson was ranked #49 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales, radio play, and online streaming in the United States.

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