Pat Boone (album)

Pat Boone
Studio album by Pat Boone
Released	May 1956
Recorded	February – December 1955
Studio	Universal Recording Corp. (Chicago)
Genre	Pop
Length	29:03
Label	Dot
Producer	Randy Wood
Pat Boone chronology
Pat Boone (1956) Howdy! (1956)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Billboard	positive ("Spotlight" pick) [2]

Pat Boone is the debut album by Pat Boone. ^[1] Released by Dot Records in 1956, it compiled his recent hits such as "Ain't That a Shame", "At My Front Door", "Tutti Frutti", "Gee Whittakers", "I'll Be Home", with the addition of some newly recorded material. ^{[2] [3]}

Chart performance

The album eventually peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Best Selling Pop LP's. ^{[4] [5]}

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ain't That a Shame"	Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew	2:23
2.	"Rich in Love"	Sam M. Lewis, Pete Wendling, George W. Meyer	2:34
3.	"Two Hearts"	Otis Williams, Henry Stone	2:30
4.	"No Other Arms"	Art Crafer, Jimmy Nebb	2:13
5.	"Now I Know"	Billy Vaughn, Beasley Smith	2:15
6.	"Gee Whittakers"	Winfield Scott	2:23

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"At My Front Door"	John C. Moore, Ewart Abner	1:53
2.	"Take the Time"	Joe Beal, Joseph Shank, Teddy Powell	2:15
3.	"Tutti Frutti"	Dorothy LaBostrie, Little Richard	2:25
4.	"Tra-La-La"	Dave Bartholomew, Tommy Ridgley	2:45
5.	"Tennessee Saturday Night"	Bill Hughes	2:37
6.	"I'll Be Home"	Fats Washington, Stan Lewis	2:50

Charts

Chart (1957)	Peak position
US Billboard Best Selling Pop LP's [4]	20

References

1. Pat Boone - Pat Boone [1956]. AllMusic . Retrieved December 28, 2022.
2. Reviews and Rating of New Popular Albums. Billboard. May 19, 1956. p. 16.
3. "Pat Boone - Pat's Great Hits". Discogs. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
4. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 21. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
5. Billboard magazine, October 14, 1957, page 26