Patrick Charles Eugene Boone is an American singer and actor. He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold more than 45 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood films.
Journey to the Center of the Earth is a 1959 American science fiction adventure film in color by De Luxe, distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film, produced by Charles Brackett and directed by Henry Levin, stars James Mason, Pat Boone, and Arlene Dahl. Bernard Herrmann wrote the film score, and the film's storyline was adapted by Charles Brackett from the 1864 novel of the same name by Jules Verne.
"Love Letters in the Sand" is a popular song first published in 1931. The music was written by J. Fred Coots and the lyrics by Nick Kenny and Charles Kenny. Ted Black and His Orchestra, with vocalist Tom Brown, had the first major hit recording of the song in 1931. Pat Boone had a major hit with the song in 1957.
Bernardine is a 1957 American musical film directed by Henry Levin and starring Pat Boone, Terry Moore, Dean Jagger, Dick Sargent, and Janet Gaynor. The 1952 play upon which the movie is based was written by Mary Coyle Chase, the Denver playwright who also wrote the popular 1944 Broadway play Harvey. The title song, with words and music by Johnny Mercer, became a hit record for Boone.
"Love Is Here to Stay" is a popular song and jazz standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin for the movie The Goldwyn Follies (1938).
Andrew Simpkins was an American jazz bassist.
"Speedy Gonzales" is a 1961 David Dante alias David Hess song about Speedy Gonzales, "the fastest mouse in all Mexico". It was written by Buddy Kaye, Ethel Lee and David Hess. The David Dante original briefly entered the US Music Vendor chart in April 1961.
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.
The song known as both "Gospel Boogie" and "A Wonderful Time Up There" was written by Lee Roy Abernathy, and first recorded by him in 1947 under the former name. This release, for the label White Church Record, credits the performance with variant spelling to "Leroy Abernathy Homeland Harmony Quartet".
’Twixt Twelve and Twenty is a book by Pat Boone which offered advice to teenagers.
Yes Indeed! is a 1958 album by Pat Boone on Dot Records. The album was a commercial success.
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.
White Christmas is the first Christmas album by Pat Boone. it was released in 1959 on Dot Records.
"(Welcome) New Lovers" is a 1960 song written by Charles Singleton and recorded in 1959 by American actor and singer Pat Boone. It reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Country Side of Pat Boone is a country album by Pat Boone, released in 1976 on Motown's subsidiary MC Records.
"With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair" is a song composed by Clara Edwards, with lyrics by Jack Lawrence. First published in 1930, it became a hit a decade later.
"Fools Hall of Fame" is a song by Pat Boone that reached number 29 on the Bllboard Hot 100 in 1959.
"'Twixt Twelve and Twenty" is a song by Pat Boone that reached number 17 on the Bllboard Hot 100 in 1959.
"For a Penny" is a song by Pat Boone that reached number 23 on the Bllboard Hot 100 in 1959.
