Ricky Nelson (album)

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Ricky Nelson
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Studio album by
Ricky Nelson
ReleasedJuly 1958
Genre
Label Imperial
Producer Charles "Bud" Dant
Ricky Nelson chronology
Ricky
(1957)		Ricky Nelson
(1958)		 Ricky Sings Again
(1959)
Singles from Ricky Nelson
  1. "Poor Little Fool"
    Released: June 23, 1958
  2. "I'm in Love Again"
    Released: February 1963

Ricky Nelson is the second studio album by American singer Ricky Nelson, released in July 1958 by Imperial Records. [1]

Contents

The album features of then-recent hits and older songs updated for his style, including a cover of Bobby Lee Trammell "Shirley Lee", Little Walter's "My Babe", "Unchained Melody", [2] Fats Domino's "I'm in Love Again", and Roy Orbison's "Down the Line" [3] it also contained Ricky Nelson's first composition, "Don't Leave Me This Way", [4] The Jordanaires provide backing vocals.

The album debuted on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart in the issue dated July 28, 1958, and remained on the chart for nine weeks, peaking at number 7. [5] It debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated June 21, 1958, and remained on the chart for 13 weeks, peaking at number 4. [6]

The singles from the album, "Poor Little Fool" became the first number-one song on Billboard magazine's then-new Hot 100 chart, in the issue dated July 7 1958, eventually spending two weeks at number one during its 15-week stay. [7] on the Cashbox singles weeks it spent one week at number two during its 15-week stay. [8] and number four in The U.K during its 14-week stay. [9] "I'm in Love Again" was issued as a single 5 years later to coincide with the release of the 1963 Imperial compilation Best Sellers by Rick Nelson, and entered the Hot 100 issue dated February 23, 1963, peaking at number 67 during its six-week stay. [7] and number 51 on the Cashbox singles during its six-week stay. [8]

The album was released on compact disc by Capitol Records on June 19, 2001, as tracks 16 through 27 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Nelson's debut studio album Ricky . [10] Bear Family included also the album in the 2001 The American Dream box set. [11] RickyNelson was included in a box set entitled Four Classic Albums Plus Box Set, which contains all 4 of his studio albums, and was released on July 1, 2016. [12]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Disc Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]

A review by AllMusic said that Ricky Nelson "remained a slavish imitator of the Sun Records rockabilly style on his sophomore long-player, but he had improved enormously in the endeavor", and gave the album a positive rating. [1]

Ken Graham of Disc described the album as "entertaining" [14]

Track listing

  1. "Shirley Lee" (Bobby Lee Trammell) – 2:00
  2. "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" (Jimmie Hodges) – 2:51
  3. "There's Good Rockin' Tonight" (Roy Brown) – 1:50
  4. "I'm Feelin' Sorry" (Jack Clement) – 2:19
  5. "Down the Line" (Roy Orbison, Phillips) – 2:33
  6. "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) – 2:21
  7. "I'm in Love Again" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino) – 2:20
  8. "Don't Leave Me This Way" (Ricky Nelson) – 2:29
  9. "My Babe" (Willie Dixon) – 2:33
  10. "I'll Walk Alone" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:39
  11. "There Goes My Baby" (James Burton, James Kirkland) – 2:15
  12. "Poor Little Fool" (Sharon Sheeley) – 2:33

Charts

Album

Chart (1958)Peak

position

U.S. Billboard Best Selling LPs (Billboard) [5] 7
U.S. Cashbox [6] 4

Singles

YearTitleU.S. Hot 100

[7]

U.S. Cashbox

[8]

U.K. Singles Chart

[9]

1958"Poor Little Fool"124
1963"I'm in Love Again"6751—

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ricky Nelson – Ricky Nelson: Album Review". AllMusic . Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  2. ↑ Selvin, Joel (1990). Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation. Chicago: Contemporary Books. p. 103. ISBN   978-0-8092-4187-3.
  3. ↑ Homer, Sheree (2012). Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 52. ISBN   978-0-7864-6060-1.
  4. ↑ Poore, Billy (1998). Rockabilly: A Forty-year Journey. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 99. ISBN   0-7935-9142-2.
  5. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 556. ISBN   0898201179.
  6. 1 2 Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 268. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
  7. 1 2 3 Whitburn, Joel (2009). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles (12th ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 697. ISBN   0898201802 . Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 376–377. ISBN   1-56308-316-7.
  9. 1 2 "RICKY NELSON". Official Charts. February 27, 1958. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Ricky - Ricky Nelson". AllMusic. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  11. ↑ "The American Dream: The Complete Imperial and Verve 1957-1962". AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  12. ↑ Four Classic Albums - Rick Nelson | Album | AllMusic , retrieved April 29, 2025
  13. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1020. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  14. 1 2 Graham, Ken (November 22, 1958). "Putting on the Stylus: Long Playing Reviews by Ken Graham" (PDF). Disc . No. 42. p. 16. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
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