Ricky Nelson And Fats Domino
Vinyl Memories.
The Ricky Nelson and Fats Domino Vinyl Memories returns to 1985 with this special concert spot lighting this original 1957 song, I'm Walkin' in which both Ricky and Fats placed on the charts, Fats at #1 and Ricky at #4.
Many consider The Ricky Nelson, Fats Domino songs from the late fifties to be some of the best rock & roll recordings of his era.
Ricky became popular as he grew up on his parents show, "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet".
Many of us remember watching those shows. How cool it was to watch the early years of Rock & Roll coming right into your living room every week. Ricky actually did not have any singing ambitions until he recorded his first single to impress a girlfriend.
His dad arranged a one year recording contract to make a record. The single was a cover of Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'" and shot up to number four on Billboard's Best Sellers chart.
The flip side, "A Teenager's Romance" actually hit number two.
Ricky Nelson and Fats Domino Vinyl Memories.
Watch this video of Ricky Nelson and Fats Domino in a rare performance together singing that original cover song. This concert was taped in August 1985, just four months before Ricky Nelson's death...
Ricky Nelson preferred the rockabilly sound of Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley and during his early years would offer his own style of rockabilly music.
Nelson recruited one the the greatest early rock guitarists, James Burton to play in his band. After James played his initial lead on "Believe what you say" he played lead on every one of Nelson's songs between 1958 and 1967.
My favorite Ricky Nelson song was "Poor Little Fool" which was Ricky's first #1 hit in 1958. Read about Ricky's dislike for this song and why the songwriter claimed he ruined her song. Read the story here.
Ricky Nelson Vinyl Memories | The First Music Video.
Whenever Ricky sang on the show, Ozzie noticed that Ricky's record sales soared the next day.
That's when Ozzie tried to work the Ricky Nelson songs into the show at the end.
As Ricky grew more popular Ozzie realized that it was going to be nearly impossible to work Ricky's songs into every show plot, so Ozzie filmed Ricky singing "Travelin' Man."
He then superimposed some travel scenes over the file and tacked it onto a show episode at the end. And as the story goes, the first music video was born. Learn how the manager of one artist disliked the song and gave it to Ricky's band member.
Read about it from the Travelin' Man video link below. You can also click here for the page.
Ricky Nelson Songs and The Album Content.
Content on the back of Albums or the inside of double albums is really what I like best about the vinyl record albums. The Ricky Nelson Album that I have with great content is a double album called simply "Ricky Nelson."
Ricky Nelson was born Eric Hilliard Nelson in 1940. He died in a small plane crash in Dekalb, Texas on December 31st, 1985 while flying to a New Year's Eve concert.
Ricky Nelson and Elvis remain my two favorite singers and 2023 will mark the 38th anniversary of his passing with that tragic New Year's Eve plane crash.
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Travelin' Man video | Ricky Nelson Vinyl Record Memories from 1961.
The Travelin' Man video was originally pieced together by Ozzie Nelson as a way to get more exposure for Ricky on the family show. The song became a #1 for Ricky Nelson in 1961 and is considered by many to be the very first music video.
Ricky Nelson Cover | "I Will follow You" Vinyl Record Memories.
The Ricky Nelson cover of the song, "I Will Follow You," was originally recorded in 1961 as an instrumental. In 1963 Nelson recorded "I Will Follow You" for his first Decca Album and sang the cover on The Ozzie and Harriet show with a young James Burton on lead guitar.
It's Up To You lyrics | Ricky Nelson 1962 vinyl record memories.
It's up to you lyrics was written by Jerry Fuller and was released off the original 1961 LP titled "It's up to You" where it became a top ten hit for Ricky Nelson in 1962. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, #4 adult contemporary and #24 on the R&B chart in 1963.
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Ricky Nelson Vinyl Record Memories | Poor Little Fool Story
Ricky Nelson Vinyl Record Memories returns to 1958 and his #1 song, Poor Little Fool. The Poor Little Fool story reveals why Nelso did not initially like the song but ended up on the very first number-one song on Billboard magazine's newly created Hot 100 chart.
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Ricky Nelson was just sixteen years old when he cut his first record in 1957. But his cover of Fats Domino's I'm Walkin' quickly outsold the original version and set Ricky Nelson up for a career which would see him become a major Teen Idol, second only to Elvis during the 50s.
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