| Pat Boone | ||||
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Dot | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Billboard | positive ("Spotlight" pick) [2] |
Pat Boone is the first 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]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ain't That a Shame" | |
| 2. | "Rich in Love" | |
| 3. | "Two Hearts" | |
| 4. | "No Other Arms" | |
| 5. | "Now I Know" | |
| 6. | "Gee Whittakers" |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "At My Front Door" | |
| 2. | "Take the Time" | |
| 3. | "Tutti Frutti" | |
| 4. | "Tra La La" | |
| 5. | "Tennessee Saturday Night" | |
| 6. | "I'll Be Home" |
Patrick Charles Eugene Boone is an American singer, actor and composer.
"Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" is a popular song with music by Dimitri Tiomkin and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. It was published in 1956 and appeared in the 1956 film of the same name. At the 29th Academy Awards, Friendly Persuasion was nominated for the Best Music – Song but lost out to "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)".
"My Happiness" is a pop music standard which was initially made famous in the mid-20th century. An unpublished version of the melody with different lyrics was written by Borney Bergantine in 1933.
"Ain't That a Shame" is a song written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. Domino's recording of the song, originally stated as "Ain't It a Shame", released by Imperial Records in 1955, was a hit, eventually selling a million copies. It reached number 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and number 10 on the pop chart. The song is ranked number 438 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.
"You Light Up My Life" is a ballad written by Joseph Brooks, and originally recorded by Kasey Cisyk for the soundtrack album to the 1977 film of the same title. The song was lip synced in the film by its lead actress, Didi Conn. The best-known cover version of the song is a cover by Debby Boone, the daughter of singer Pat Boone. It held the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for ten consecutive weeks in 1977 and topped Record World magazine's Top 100 Singles Chart for a record 13 weeks.
"Don't Forbid Me" is a popular song by Charles Singleton. Among Singleton's huge number of compositions was "Tryin' to Get to You", which had previously been recorded by Elvis Presley at Sun Records. In 1957, "Don't Forbid Me" was a number 1 hit for Pat Boone, and also peaked at number 10 on the Most Played R&B in Juke Boxes chart.
"I'll Be Home" is a 1955 song that was written by Ferdinand Washington and songwriter, Stan Lewis.
"Shake a Hand" is a 1953 song written by the trumpeter and bandleader Joe Morris and originally recorded by Faye Adams, whose version stayed number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart for nine weeks.
During his career as a singer and composer, Pat Boone released 63 singles in the United States, mostly during the 1950s and early 1960s when Boone was a successful pop singer and, for a time, the second-biggest charting artist behind Elvis Presley according to Billboard. Boone has had over 25 singles reach the top 20 on the U.S. singles charts, including the number-one hits "Ain't That a Shame" (1955), "I Almost Lost My Mind" (1956), "Don't Forbid Me" (1957), "Love Letters in the Sand" (1957), "April Love" (1957), and "Moody River" (1961). "I'll Be Home" (1956) reached No. 1 in the UK. He set a Billboard record, which he still holds, for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week.
Pat Boone's Golden Hits Featuring Speedy Gonzales is a compilation album by Pat Boone, released in 1962 on Dot Records.
Pat Boone Sings Irving Berlin is a studio album by Pat Boone, released in 1957 on Dot Records.
Star Dust is a studio album by Pat Boone, released in 1958 on Dot Records.
Tenderly is a studio album by Pat Boone, released in 1959 on Dot Records.
Pat Boone Sings is the second greatest-hits album by Pat Boone. It was released in 1959 on Dot Records.
Pat's Great Hits is the first greatest-hits album by Pat Boone. It was released in 1957 on Dot Records.
"Pat" is a studio album by Pat Boone, released in 1957 on Dot Records.
Moonglow is a studio album by Pat Boone, released in 1960 on Dot Records.
This and That is a studio album by Pat Boone, released in 1960 on Dot Records.
Great Hits of 1965 is a studio album by Pat Boone, released in 1966 on Dot Records.
Ain't That a Shame is a studio album by Pat Boone. it was released in 1964 on Dot Records.
