Ricky Nelson gets more chicks than you. All ethnicities, even (except Africans). He collects them as if they were so many stamps – a 1 centavo from Mexico, a 5 pfennig from Deutschland, licked once before being pasted in a philatelist’s notebook and left on the shelf. It’s abhorrent behavior, traveling around the world for the express purpose of making girls [...]
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51) Ricky Nelson – “Travelin’ Man”
Posted in 05, 1961, tagged ricky nelson on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
1) Ricky Nelson – “Poor Little Fool”
Posted in 06, 1958, tagged ricky nelson on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ricky Nelson may have been the guy for whom the term “teen idol” was invented, but this track is relatively rocking for a 1958 #1. Rather than a schmaltzy Pat Boone knock-off, “Poor Little Fool” is a credible country-pop-rock hybrid in the vein of The Everly Brothers’ “All I Have to Do is Dream.” Nelson’s vocals are mournful [...]
