Rick Nelson Sings for You (1963 album)

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Rick Nelson Sings For You
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ReleasedDecember 9, 1963
Genre
Length26:58
Label Decca
Producer Charles "Bud" Dant
Rick Nelson chronology
For Your Sweet Love
(1963)
Rick Nelson Sings For You
(1963)
The Very Thought of You
(1964)
Singles from Rick Nelson Sings for You
  1. "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)"
    Released: September 1963
  2. "For You"
    Released: December 1963

Rick Nelson Sings For You is the ninth studio album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson and his second for Decca Records.

Contents

The album was released on December 9, 1963, and features the singles "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" (which peaked no 12) and For You, the latter reach No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1964. Nelson's version of the song was his last top ten hit for eight years.

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated January 4, 1964 and remained on the chart for 22 weeks, peaking at number 14. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Unterberger thought the album Fools Rush In, with its classic James Burton guitar work, overshadowed everything else on Nelson's second Decca album, which contained another big hit in the title track. The singer moved into some more country-oriented material on cuts like "A Legend in My Time," but as a whole the atmosphere was too sedate and the material was unexceptional, sometimes sounding like inferior derivations of his early-'60s hits for Imperial. [4]

Billboard selected the album for a "Spotlight Album" review, and stated that following hot on the heels of his current hit single, "Fools Rush In" is this designed to please young and old alike, and a generous serving of tunes to please the younger set such as "Hey There, Muss Tease" and "That's All She Wrote". [5]

Cash Box claimed "Jack Haskell has created some stunning, inmaginatve arrangements for a fine batch of evergreens and newer material". [6]

Record Mirror stated "All the tracks are extremely and well-performed and although many of them are not at all distinctive this is a common L.P. fault" [7]

Track listing

Side one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."For You (From The Fox Film Pictures: Billboard Girl" Joe Burke, Al Dubin 2:15
2."Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom 2:31
3."Down Home" Gerry Goffin Carole King 2:40
4."That Same Old Feeling" Jerry Crutchfield, Gerald Nelson2:05
5."You're Free to Go"Lou Herscher, Don Robertson 1:57
6."I Rise, I Fall" Paul Hampton 2:14

Side two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."That's All She Wrote"Keith Colley, Nancie Mantz2:09
2."(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time" Don Gibson 2:32
3."Just Take a Moment" Jerry Fuller, Cissi Wilson2:07
4."Hello Mister Happiness" Dave Burgess 2:07
5."Hey There, Little Miss Tease" Jerry Fuller 2:15
6."The Nearness of You" Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington 2:06

Charts

Album

Chart (1963)Peak
position
U.S. Top LPs (Billboard)14

Singles

YearTitleU.S. Hot 100
1963"Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)"12
1964"For You"6

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