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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="ريكى نيلسون – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ريكى نيلسون" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%86%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="ریکی نلسون – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ریکی نلسون" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BD" title="Рики Нелсън – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Рики Нелсън" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Nelson" title="Rick Nelson – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Rick Nelson" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%86%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="ریکی نلسون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ریکی نلسون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%ED%82%A4_%EB%84%AC%EC%8A%A8" title="리키 넬슨 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="리키 넬슨" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%AB_%D5%86%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Ռիկի Նելսոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ռիկի Նելսոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99_%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F" title="ריקי נלסון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ריקי נלסון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Рики Нелсон – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Рики Нелсон" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="ريكى نيلسون – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ريكى نيلسون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3" title="リッキー・ネルソン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="リッキー・ネルソン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD,_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Нельсон, Рики – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Нельсон, Рики" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%86%DB%8E%DA%B5%D8%B3%D9%86" title="ڕیکی نێڵسن – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ڕیکی نێڵسن" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ricky Nelson" data-language-autonym="Svenska" 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navigation-not-searchable">For the album, see <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson_(album)" title="Ricky Nelson (album)">Ricky Nelson (album)</a>. For the baseball player, see <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson_(baseball)" title="Ricky Nelson (baseball)">Ricky Nelson (baseball)</a>. 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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.jpg/220px-Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.jpg/330px-Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.jpg/440px-Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="920" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Nelson in a publicity photo for <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a> in 1966</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Eric Hilliard Nelson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Also known as</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Rick Nelson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1940-05-08</span>)</span>May 8, 1940<br /><a href="/wiki/Teaneck,_New_Jersey" title="Teaneck, New Jersey">Teaneck, New Jersey</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">December 31, 1985<span style="display:none">(1985-12-31)</span> (aged 45)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/De_Kalb,_Texas" title="De Kalb, Texas">De Kalb, Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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class="infobox-data">1949–1985</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Records" title="Imperial Records">Imperial</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="London Records">London</a>, Renown Records, <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca</a>/<a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rickynelson.com">rickynelson<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ricky_Nelson_signature.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ricky_Nelson_signature.jpg/150px-Ricky_Nelson_signature.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ricky_Nelson_signature.jpg/225px-Ricky_Nelson_signature.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ricky_Nelson_signature.jpg/300px-Ricky_Nelson_signature.jpg 2x" data-file-width="553" data-file-height="207" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson</b> (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American musician and actor. From age eight, he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet" title="The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet">The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet</a></i>. In 1957, he began a long and successful career as a popular recording artist. </p><p>His fame as both a recording artist and television star also led to a motion picture role co-starring alongside <a href="/wiki/John_Wayne" title="John Wayne">John Wayne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dean_Martin" title="Dean Martin">Dean Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walter_Brennan" title="Walter Brennan">Walter Brennan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Angie_Dickinson" title="Angie Dickinson">Angie Dickinson</a> in <a href="/wiki/Howard_Hawks" title="Howard Hawks">Howard Hawks</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">western</a> feature film <i><a href="/wiki/Rio_Bravo_(film)" title="Rio Bravo (film)">Rio Bravo</a></i> (1959). He placed 54 songs on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> and its predecessors between 1957 and 1973, including "<a href="/wiki/Poor_Little_Fool" title="Poor Little Fool">Poor Little Fool</a>" in 1958, which was the first number one song on <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> magazine's then-newly created <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Hot 100 chart</a>. He recorded 17 additional top ten hits and was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> on January 21, 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhitburn1983491_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhitburn1983491-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992284_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992284-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1996, Nelson was ranked No. 49 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.<sup id="cite_ref-fifty_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fifty-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson began his entertainment career in 1949, playing himself in the radio sitcom series <i>The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet</i>. In 1952, he appeared in his first feature film, <i><a href="/wiki/Here_Come_the_Nelsons" title="Here Come the Nelsons">Here Come the Nelsons</a></i>. In 1957, he recorded his first single ("I'm Walkin' b/w "A Teenager's Romance", Verve 10047X4S), debuted as a singer on the television version of the sitcom, and released the No. 1 album <i><a href="/wiki/Ricky_(album)" title="Ricky (album)">Ricky</a></i>. In 1958, Nelson released his first No. 1 single, "<a href="/wiki/Poor_Little_Fool" title="Poor Little Fool">Poor Little Fool</a>", and in 1959 received a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe">Golden Globe</a> nomination for "Most Promising Male Newcomer" after starring in <i>Rio Bravo</i>. A few films followed, and when the television series was cancelled in 1966, Nelson made occasional appearances as a guest star on various television programs. In his twenties, he moved away from the pop music of his youth and began to perform in a <a href="/wiki/Country_rock" title="Country rock">country rock</a> style.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After recording several albums with mostly <a href="/wiki/Session_musician" title="Session musician">session musicians</a>, most of which flopped, he formed the Stone Canyon Band in 1969 and experienced a career resurgence, buoyed by the live album <i><a href="/wiki/In_Concert_at_the_Troubadour,_1969" title="In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969">In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969</a></i> and had a surprise hit with 1972's "<a href="/wiki/Garden_Party_(Rick_Nelson_song)" title="Garden Party (Rick Nelson song)">Garden Party</a>", which peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100. His comeback was short-lived, however, as his record label was bought out and folded, and his followup albums were not well promoted by his new label. He continued to perform live and take small television roles through the 1970s, though his label dropped him by the end of the decade. He released two more albums, with unimpressive results, before <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Ricky_Nelson" title="Death of Ricky Nelson">his death in a plane crash</a> on New Year's Eve, 1985. </p><p>Nelson was married once, to <a href="/wiki/Kristin_Nelson" title="Kristin Nelson">Sharon Kristin Harmon</a>, from 1963 until their divorce in 1982. They had four children: actress <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Nelson_(actress)" title="Tracy Nelson (actress)">Tracy Nelson</a>, twin sons and musicians <a href="/wiki/Gunnar_Nelson_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gunnar Nelson (musician)">Gunnar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Nelson_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Nelson (musician)">Matthew</a>, and actor Sam. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson was born on May 8, 1940, in <a href="/wiki/Teaneck,_New_Jersey" title="Teaneck, New Jersey">Teaneck, New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe19922,_16–17_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe19922,_16–17-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199025_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199025-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOTE_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOTE-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the second son of entertainment couple <a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Nelson" title="Ozzie Nelson">Ozzie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Nelson" title="Harriet Nelson">Harriet Nelson</a>. His father was of half-Swedish descent. The Nelsons' older son was actor <a href="/wiki/David_Nelson_(actor)" title="David Nelson (actor)">David Nelson</a>. </p><p>Harriet, normally the vocalist for Ozzie's band, remained in <a href="/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood, New Jersey">Englewood, New Jersey</a>, with her newborn and toddler. Meanwhile, bandleader Ozzie toured with the Nelson orchestra.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199217_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199217-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nelsons bought a two-story colonial house in <a href="/wiki/Tenafly,_New_Jersey" title="Tenafly, New Jersey">Tenafly, New Jersey</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199217_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199217-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199026_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199026-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cotten_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cotten-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and six months after the purchase, moved with son David to Hollywood, where Ozzie and Harriet were slated to appear in the 1941–42 season of <a href="/wiki/Red_Skelton" title="Red Skelton">Red Skelton</a>'s <i>The Raleigh Cigarette Hour;</i> Ricky remained in Tenafly in the care of his paternal grandmother.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199218_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199218-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 1941, the Nelsons bought what would become their permanent home: a green and white, two-story, Cape Cod colonial home at 1822 Camino Palmero in Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199219_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199219-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199026_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199026-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ricky joined his parents and brother there in 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199219_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199219-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ricky was a small and insecure child who suffered from severe <a href="/wiki/Asthma" title="Asthma">asthma</a>. At night, his sleep was eased with a vaporizer emitting tincture of evergreen.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199219–20_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199219–20-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was described by Red Skelton's producer <a href="/wiki/John_Guedel" title="John Guedel">John Guedel</a> as "an odd little kid", likable, shy, introspective, mysterious, and inscrutable.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199220_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199220-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Skelton was drafted in 1944, Guedel crafted the radio sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet" title="The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet">The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet</a></i> for Ricky's parents.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199220_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199220-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199029_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199029-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show debuted on Sunday, October 8, 1944, to favorable reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199221_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199221-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199030_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199030-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ozzie eventually became head writer for the show and based episodes on the fraternal exploits and enmity of his sons.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199222_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199222-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nelson boys were first played in the radio series by professional child actors until twelve-year-old Dave and eight-year-old Ricky joined the show on February 20, 1949, in the episode "Invitation to Dinner".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199224–25_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199224–25-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDennis201315_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDennis201315-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Adv_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet_Nelson_Family_1952.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Adv_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet_Nelson_Family_1952.jpg/220px-Adv_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet_Nelson_Family_1952.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Adv_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet_Nelson_Family_1952.jpg/330px-Adv_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet_Nelson_Family_1952.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Adv_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet_Nelson_Family_1952.jpg/440px-Adv_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet_Nelson_Family_1952.jpg 2x" data-file-width="752" data-file-height="952" /></a><figcaption>The Nelson family, 1952</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1952, the Nelsons tested the waters for a television series with the theatrically released film <i>Here Come the Nelsons.</i> The film was a hit, and Ozzie was convinced the family could make the transition from radio's airwaves to television's small screen. On October 3, 1952, <i>The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet</i> made its television debut and was broadcast in first run until September 3, 1966, to become one of the longest running sitcoms in television history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson attended Gardner Street Public School,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199223_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199223-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bancroft Junior High,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199047_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199047-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, between 1954 and 1958, <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_High_School" title="Hollywood High School">Hollywood High School</a>, from which he graduated with a B average.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199053_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199053-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199252_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199252-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> at Hollywood High<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199053_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199053-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199252_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199252-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and represented the school in interscholastic <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a> matches.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199055_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199055-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twenty-five years later, Nelson told the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Weekly" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Weekly">Los Angeles Weekly</a></i> he hated school because it "smelled of pencils" and he was forced to rise early in the morning to attend.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199053_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199053-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1960, the athletic Nelson brothers formed a trapeze act with stunts in the 1/27/1960 episode of "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" titled 'THE CIRCUS'.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ozzie Nelson was a <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers</a> alumnus and keen on college education,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199015_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199015-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but eighteen-year-old Ricky was already in the 93 percent income-tax bracket and saw no reason to attend.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199252_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199252-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At age thirteen, Ricky was making over $100,000 per annum, and at sixteen he had a personal fortune of $500,000<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199253_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199253-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (equivalent to $5,600,000 in 2023). </p><p>Nelson's wealth was astutely managed by his parents, who channeled his earnings into trust funds. Although his parents permitted him a $50 allowance at the age of eighteen, Ricky was often strapped for cash and one evening collected and redeemed empty pop bottles to gain entrance to a movie theater for himself and a date.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199254–55_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199254–55-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_career">Music career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Music career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Debut">Debut</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Debut"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson played clarinet and drums in his <a href="/wiki/Tween_(demographic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tween (demographic)">tweens</a> and early teens, learned the rudimentary guitar chords, and vocally imitated his favorite <a href="/wiki/Sun_Records" title="Sun Records">Sun Records</a> <a href="/wiki/Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">rockabilly</a> artists in the bathroom at home or in the showers at the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Tennis_Club" title="Los Angeles Tennis Club">Los Angeles Tennis Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199266_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199266-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199062_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199062-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoldship20052_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoldship20052-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was strongly influenced by the music of <a href="/wiki/Carl_Perkins" title="Carl Perkins">Carl Perkins</a>, and once said he tried to emulate the sound and the tone of the guitar break in Perkins's March 1956 <a href="/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top Ten</a> hit "<a href="/wiki/Blue_Suede_Shoes" title="Blue Suede Shoes">Blue Suede Shoes</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199062_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199062-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoldship20052_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoldship20052-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At age sixteen, he wanted to impress his girlfriend of two years, Diana Osborn(e), who was an <a href="/wiki/Elvis" class="mw-redirect" title="Elvis">Elvis</a> fan and, although he had no record contract at the time, told her that he, too, was going to make a record.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199266_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199266-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199060_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199060-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBronson2003154_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBronson2003154-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoldship20051_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoldship20051-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With his father's help, he secured a one-record deal with <a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve Records</a>, an important jazz label looking for a young and popular personality who could sing or be taught to sing.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBronson2003154_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBronson2003154-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoldship20051_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoldship20051-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199269_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199269-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199064_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199064-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 26, 1957, he recorded the <a href="/wiki/Fats_Domino" title="Fats Domino">Fats Domino</a> standard "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Walkin%27" title="I'm Walkin'">I'm Walkin'</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/A_Teenager%27s_Romance" title="A Teenager's Romance">A Teenager's Romance</a>" (released in late April 1957 as his first single),<sup id="cite_ref-pc11_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc11-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "<a href="/wiki/You%27re_My_One_and_Only_Love" title="You're My One and Only Love">You're My One and Only Love</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199064_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199064-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199271_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199271-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the single was released, he made his television rock-and-roll debut on April 10, 1957, singing and playing the drums to "I'm Walkin'" in the <i>Ozzie and Harriet</i> episode "Ricky, the Drummer".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199272_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199272-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199066_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199066-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About the same time, he made an unpaid public appearance, singing "<a href="/wiki/Blue_Moon_of_Kentucky" title="Blue Moon of Kentucky">Blue Moon of Kentucky</a>" with <a href="/wiki/The_Four_Preps" title="The Four Preps">The Four Preps</a> at a Hamilton High School lunch-hour assembly<sup id="cite_ref-pc11_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc11-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Los Angeles and was greeted by hordes of screaming teens who had seen the television episode.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199275_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199275-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199068_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199068-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Walkin%27" title="I'm Walkin'">I'm Walkin'</a>" reached No. 4 on <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>'</i>s Best Sellers in Stores chart, and its flip side, "<a href="/wiki/A_Teenager%27s_Romance" title="A Teenager's Romance">A Teenager's Romance</a>", hit No. 2.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBronson2003154_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBronson2003154-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199068_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199068-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the television series went on summer break in 1957, Nelson made his first road trip and played four state and county fairs in <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> with the Four Preps, who opened and closed for him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199070_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199070-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_album,_band,_and_#1_single"><span id="First_album.2C_band.2C_and_.231_single"></span>First album, band, and #1 single</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: First album, band, and #1 single"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early summer 1957, Ozzie Nelson pulled his son from Verve after disputes about royalties and signed him to a lucrative five-year deal with <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Records" title="Imperial Records">Imperial Records</a> that gave him approval over song selection, sleeve artwork, and other production details.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199278–79_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199278–79-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199073–74_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199073–74-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ricky's first Imperial single, "<a href="/wiki/Be-Bop_Baby" title="Be-Bop Baby">Be-Bop Baby</a>", generated 750,000 advance orders, sold over one million copies, and reached No. 3 on the charts. Nelson's first album, <i>Ricky</i>, was released in October 1957 and hit No. 1 before the end of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199076_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199076-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following these successes, Nelson was given a more prominent role on the <i>Ozzie and Harriet</i> show and ended every two or three episodes with a musical number.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199280_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199280-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson grew increasingly dissatisfied performing with older jazz and country session musicians, who were openly contemptuous of rock and roll. After his Ohio and Minnesota tours in the summer of 1957, he decided to form his own band with members closer to his age.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199281_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199281-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eighteen-year-old electric guitarist <a href="/wiki/James_Burton" title="James Burton">James Burton</a> was the first signed. Bassist James Kirkland, drummer Richie Frost, and pianist Gene Garf completed the band.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199283_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199283-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their first recording together was "<a href="/wiki/Believe_What_You_Say" title="Believe What You Say">Believe What You Say</a>". Prior to this, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Maphis" title="Joe Maphis">Joe Maphis</a> had been playing the lead guitar part, and played lead on his first hits "Be-Bop Baby", "Stood Up", and "Waitin In School". </p><p>In 1958, Nelson recorded 17-year-old <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Sheeley" title="Sharon Sheeley">Sharon Sheeley</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Poor_Little_Fool" title="Poor Little Fool">Poor Little Fool</a>" for his second album, <i>Ricky Nelson</i>, released in June 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199290_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199290-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199089_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199089-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Radio airplay brought the tune notice, and Imperial suggested releasing a single, but Nelson opposed the idea, believing a single would diminish EP sales. When a single was released nonetheless, he exercised his contractual right to approve any artwork and vetoed a picture sleeve.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199290_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199290-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199089–90_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199089–90-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 4, 1958, "Poor Little Fool" became the No. 1 single on <i>Billboard'</i>s newly instituted Hot 100 singles chart<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199291_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199291-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199090_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199090-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and sold over two million copies.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199290_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199290-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson stated: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Anyone who knocks rock 'n' roll either doesn't understand it, or is prejudiced against it, or is just plain square. – <i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i> – November 1958<sup id="cite_ref-NME_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years_3_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NME_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years_3-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ricky_Nelson_-_publicity.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ricky_Nelson_-_publicity.JPG/220px-Ricky_Nelson_-_publicity.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ricky_Nelson_-_publicity.JPG/330px-Ricky_Nelson_-_publicity.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ricky_Nelson_-_publicity.JPG/440px-Ricky_Nelson_-_publicity.JPG 2x" data-file-width="819" data-file-height="1098" /></a><figcaption>Nelson publicity photo, 1960</figcaption></figure> <p>During 1958 and 1959, Nelson had twelve hits in the charts in comparison with <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley's</a> eleven. During these two years, Presley had recorded music only for the movie <i><a href="/wiki/King_Creole" title="King Creole">King Creole</a></i>, in January and February 1958, before his induction into the U.S. Armed Forces and a brief recording session (consisting of five songs) while on <a href="/wiki/Leave_(military)" title="Leave (military)">military leave</a> four months later. In the summer of 1958, Nelson conducted his first full-scale tour, averaging $5,000 nightly. By 1960, the Ricky Nelson International Fan Club had 9,000 chapters around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199292–93_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199292–93-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Perhaps the most embarrassing moment in my career was when six girls tried to fling themselves under my car, and shouted to me to run over them. That sort of thing can be very frightening! – <i>NME</i> – May 1960<sup id="cite_ref-NME_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years_2_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NME_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years_2-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Nelson was the first teen idol to use television to promote hit records. Ozzie Nelson even had the idea to edit footage together to create some of the first music videos. This creative editing can be seen in videos Ozzie produced for "Travelin' Man". Nelson appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Ed Sullivan Show">The Ed Sullivan Show</a></i> in 1967, but his career by that time was in limbo. He also appeared on other television shows (usually in acting roles). In 1973, he had an acting role in an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Streets_of_San_Francisco" title="The Streets of San Francisco">The Streets of San Francisco</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He starred in the episode "A Hand For Sonny Blue" from the 1977 series <i><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Martin%27s_Tales_of_the_Unexpected" title="Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected">Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected</a></i> (known in the United Kingdom as <i>Twist in the Tale</i>). In 1979, he guest-hosted on <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i>, spoofing his television sitcom image by appearing in a <i><a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)" title="The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)">Twilight Zone</a></i> sendup in which, always trying to go "home," he finds himself among the characters from other 1950s/early 1960s-era sitcoms, <i><a href="/wiki/Leave_It_to_Beaver" title="Leave It to Beaver">Leave It to Beaver</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Father_Knows_Best" title="Father Knows Best">Father Knows Best</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Make_Room_for_Daddy" class="mw-redirect" title="Make Room for Daddy">Make Room for Daddy</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_Lucy" title="I Love Lucy">I Love Lucy</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Nelson knew and loved music and was a skilled performer even before he became a <a href="/wiki/Teen_idol" title="Teen idol">teen idol</a>, largely because of his parents' musical background. Nelson worked with many musicians of repute, including <a href="/wiki/James_Burton" title="James Burton">James Burton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Osborn" title="Joe Osborn">Joe Osborn</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Allen_%22Puddler%22_Harris&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Allen "Puddler" Harris (page does not exist)">Allen "Puddler" Harris</a>, all natives of <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Maphis" title="Joe Maphis">Joe Maphis</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Jordanaires" title="The Jordanaires">The Jordanaires</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotty_Moore" title="Scotty Moore">Scotty Moore</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Burnette" title="Johnny Burnette">Johnny</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dorsey_Burnette" title="Dorsey Burnette">Dorsey Burnette</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Nelson's music was very well recorded with a clear, punchy sound—thanks in part to engineer Bunny Robyn and producer Jimmy Haskell.<sup id="cite_ref-Tech_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tech-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1957 to 1962, Nelson had 30 Top-40 hits, more than any other artist except Presley (who had 53) and <a href="/wiki/Pat_Boone" title="Pat Boone">Pat Boone</a> (38). Many of Nelson's early records were double hits with both the A and B sides hitting the <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> charts.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>While Nelson preferred <a href="/wiki/Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">rockabilly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uptempo" class="mw-redirect" title="Uptempo">uptempo</a> rock <a href="/wiki/Songs" class="mw-redirect" title="Songs">songs</a> like "<a href="/wiki/Believe_What_You_Say" title="Believe What You Say">Believe What You Say</a>" (Hot 100 #4), "<a href="/wiki/I_Got_a_Feeling_(Ricky_Nelson_song)" title="I Got a Feeling (Ricky Nelson song)">I Got a Feeling</a>" (#10), "<a href="/wiki/My_Bucket%27s_Got_a_Hole_in_It" title="My Bucket's Got a Hole in It">My Bucket's Got a Hole in It</a>" (#12), "<a href="/wiki/Hello_Mary_Lou" title="Hello Mary Lou">Hello Mary Lou</a>" (#9), "It's Late" (#9), "<a href="/wiki/Stood_Up_(song)" title="Stood Up (song)">Stood Up</a>" (#2), "<a href="/wiki/Waitin%27_In_School_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Waitin' In School (song)">Waitin' in School</a>" (#18), "<a href="/wiki/Be-Bop_Baby" title="Be-Bop Baby">Be-Bop Baby</a>" (#3), and "<a href="/wiki/Just_a_Little_Too_Much" title="Just a Little Too Much">Just a Little Too Much</a>" (#9), his smooth, calm voice made him a natural to sing ballads.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He had major success with "<a href="/wiki/Travelin%27_Man" title="Travelin' Man">Travelin' Man</a>" (#1), "<a href="/wiki/A_Teenager%27s_Romance" title="A Teenager's Romance">A Teenager's Romance</a>" (#2), "Poor Little Fool" (#1), "<a href="/wiki/Young_World_(song)" title="Young World (song)">Young World</a>" (#5), "<a href="/wiki/Lonesome_Town" title="Lonesome Town">Lonesome Town</a>" (#7), "<a href="/wiki/Never_Be_Anyone_Else_But_You" title="Never Be Anyone Else But You">Never Be Anyone Else But You</a>" (#6), "<a href="/wiki/Sweeter_Than_You" title="Sweeter Than You">Sweeter Than You</a>" (#9), "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Up_to_You_(Ricky_Nelson_song)" title="It's Up to You (Ricky Nelson song)">It's Up to You</a>" (#6), and "<a href="/wiki/Teen_Age_Idol" title="Teen Age Idol">Teen Age Idol</a>" (#5). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_and_Television_actor">Film and Television actor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Film and Television actor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Ricky_Nelson" title="Special:EditPage/Ricky Nelson">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Howard_Hawks%27Rio_Bravo_trailer_(33-2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Howard_Hawks%27Rio_Bravo_trailer_%2833-2%29.jpg/170px-Howard_Hawks%27Rio_Bravo_trailer_%2833-2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Howard_Hawks%27Rio_Bravo_trailer_%2833-2%29.jpg/255px-Howard_Hawks%27Rio_Bravo_trailer_%2833-2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Howard_Hawks%27Rio_Bravo_trailer_%2833-2%29.jpg/340px-Howard_Hawks%27Rio_Bravo_trailer_%2833-2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>Nelson in <i>Rio Bravo</i>, 1959</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Wayne_and_Dean_Martin_and_Ricky_Nelson_in_%27Rio_Bravo%27,_1959.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/John_Wayne_and_Dean_Martin_and_Ricky_Nelson_in_%27Rio_Bravo%27%2C_1959.jpg/170px-John_Wayne_and_Dean_Martin_and_Ricky_Nelson_in_%27Rio_Bravo%27%2C_1959.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/John_Wayne_and_Dean_Martin_and_Ricky_Nelson_in_%27Rio_Bravo%27%2C_1959.jpg/255px-John_Wayne_and_Dean_Martin_and_Ricky_Nelson_in_%27Rio_Bravo%27%2C_1959.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/John_Wayne_and_Dean_Martin_and_Ricky_Nelson_in_%27Rio_Bravo%27%2C_1959.jpg/340px-John_Wayne_and_Dean_Martin_and_Ricky_Nelson_in_%27Rio_Bravo%27%2C_1959.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1291" data-file-height="1821" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>In addition to his recording career, Nelson appeared in movies. He made his film debut in <i><a href="/wiki/Here_Come_the_Nelsons" title="Here Come the Nelsons">Here Come the Nelsons</a></i> (1952) and had a small role in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Three_Loves" title="The Story of Three Loves">The Story of Three Loves</a></i> (1953) at MGM directed by <a href="/wiki/Vincente_Minnelli" title="Vincente Minnelli">Vincente Minnelli</a> playing <a href="/wiki/Farley_Granger" title="Farley Granger">Farley Granger</a> as a boy. </p><p>Following his success on TV and with singing, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Hawks" title="Howard Hawks">Howard Hawks</a> cast him as a gunslinger in <i><a href="/wiki/Rio_Bravo_(movie)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rio Bravo (movie)">Rio Bravo</a></i> (1959) with <a href="/wiki/John_Wayne" title="John Wayne">John Wayne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dean_Martin" title="Dean Martin">Dean Martin</a>; Hawks attributed much of the film's box office success to Nelson. </p><p>Nelson co-starred with <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lemmon" title="Jack Lemmon">Jack Lemmon</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wackiest_Ship_in_the_Army_(film)" title="The Wackiest Ship in the Army (film)">The Wackiest Ship in the Army</a></i> (1960), which was popular enough to give rise to a TV series (in which Nelson did not appear). He guest starred on <i><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="General Electric Theatre">General Electric Theatre</a></i> ("The Wish Book") and starred in a romantic comedy feature written and directed by his father, <i><a href="/wiki/Love_and_Kisses_(1965_movie)" class="mw-redirect" title="Love and Kisses (1965 movie)">Love and Kisses</a></i> (1965) with <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kelly_(actor)" title="Jack Kelly (actor)">Jack Kelly</a>. </p><p>Nelson guest starred on <i><a href="/wiki/Hondo_(TV_series)" title="Hondo (TV series)">Hondo</a></i> (playing <a href="/wiki/Jesse_James" title="Jesse James">Jesse James</a>), and had a support role in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Over-the-Hill_Gang" title="The Over-the-Hill Gang">The Over-the-Hill Gang</a></i> (1969) with <a href="/wiki/Walter_Brennan" title="Walter Brennan">Walter Brennan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pat_O%27Brien_(actor)" title="Pat O'Brien (actor)">Pat O'Brien</a>. </p><p>Nelson was in <i><a href="/wiki/Fol-de-Rol" title="Fol-de-Rol">Fol-de-Rol</a></i> (1972), guest starred on <i><a href="/wiki/McCloud_(TV_series)" title="McCloud (TV series)">McCloud</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Streets_of_San_Francisco" title="The Streets of San Francisco">The Streets of San Francisco</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Owen_Marshall,_Counselor_at_Law" title="Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law">Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Petrocelli" title="Petrocelli">Petrocelli</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Martin%27s_Tales_of_the_Unexpected" title="Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected">A Twist in the Tale</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hardy_Boys/Nancy_Drew_Mysteries" title="The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries">The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_Boat" title="The Love Boat">The Love Boat</a></i>. On <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hardy_Boys/Nancy_Drew_Mysteries" title="The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries">The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries</a></i> he played the part of "Tony Eagle" and performed various well-known Nelson songs throughout the episode. </p><p>He had support roles in the TV films <i><a href="/wiki/Three_on_a_Date" title="Three on a Date">Three on a Date</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/High_School_USA" class="mw-redirect" title="High School USA">High School USA</a></i> (1983). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name_change_and_1960s_career">Name change and 1960s career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Name change and 1960s career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Ricky_Nelson" title="Special:EditPage/Ricky Nelson">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On May 8, 1961 (his 21st birthday), he officially modified his recording name from "Ricky Nelson" to "Rick Nelson". His childhood nickname proved hard to shake, especially among the generation who had watched him grow up on "Ozzie and Harriet". Even in the 1980s, when Nelson realized his dream of meeting <a href="/wiki/Carl_Perkins" title="Carl Perkins">Carl Perkins</a>, Perkins noted that he and "Ricky" were the last of the "rockabilly breed". </p><p>In 1963, Nelson signed a 20-year contract with <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a>. After some early successes with the label, most notably 1964's "For You" (#6), Nelson's chart career came to a dramatic halt in the wake of <a href="/wiki/Beatlemania" title="Beatlemania">Beatlemania</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_British_Invasion" class="mw-redirect" title="The British Invasion">The British Invasion</a>, and later the <a href="/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s" title="Counterculture of the 1960s">Counterculture era</a>. However, instead of dropping him, Decca kept him on board. </p><p>In the mid-1960s, Nelson began to move toward <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a>, becoming a pioneer in the country-rock genre. He was one of the early influences of the so-called "<a href="/wiki/California_Sound" class="mw-redirect" title="California Sound">California Sound</a>" (which would include singers like <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Browne" title="Jackson Browne">Jackson Browne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt" title="Linda Ronstadt">Linda Ronstadt</a> and bands such as <a href="/wiki/Eagles_(band)" title="Eagles (band)">Eagles</a>). Yet Nelson himself did not reach the <a href="/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top 40</a> again until 1970, when he recorded <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>'s "She Belongs to Me" with the Stone Canyon Band, featuring <a href="/wiki/Randy_Meisner" title="Randy Meisner">Randy Meisner</a>, who in 1971 became a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/Eagles_(band)" title="Eagles (band)">Eagles</a>, and former <a href="/wiki/The_Buckaroos" title="The Buckaroos">Buckaroo</a> steel guitarist <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brumley" title="Tom Brumley">Tom Brumley</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id=""Garden_Party"_and_short-lived_comeback"><span id=".22Garden_Party.22_and_short-lived_comeback"></span>"Garden Party" and short-lived comeback</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: "Garden Party" and short-lived comeback"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rick_Nelson_performing_1970.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Rick_Nelson_performing_1970.JPG/260px-Rick_Nelson_performing_1970.JPG" decoding="async" width="260" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Rick_Nelson_performing_1970.JPG/390px-Rick_Nelson_performing_1970.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Rick_Nelson_performing_1970.JPG/520px-Rick_Nelson_performing_1970.JPG 2x" data-file-width="880" data-file-height="681" /></a><figcaption>Nelson performing on <i>The Jim Nabors Show</i> in 1970</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1972, Nelson reached the Top 40 one last time with "<a href="/wiki/Garden_Party_(Rick_Nelson_song)" title="Garden Party (Rick Nelson song)">Garden Party</a>," a song he wrote in disgust after a <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nader" title="Richard Nader">Richard Nader</a> <a href="/wiki/Oldies" title="Oldies">Oldies</a> Concert at <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> where the audience booed, perhaps against some unrelated police action. However, Nelson may have felt that the reason was because he was playing new songs instead of just his old hits.<sup id="cite_ref-straightdope1_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-straightdope1-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When he performed <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a>' "<a href="/wiki/Honky_Tonk_Women" title="Honky Tonk Women">Honky Tonk Women</a>," there was booing, said to be against police and not him.<sup id="cite_ref-straightdope1_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-straightdope1-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was watching the rest of the performance on a TV monitor backstage until Richard Nader finally convinced Nelson to return to the stage and play his "oldies." He returned to the stage and played his "oldies" and the audience responded with applause, according to Deborah Nader, President of Richard Nader Entertainment. He wanted to record an album featuring original material, but the single was released before the album because Nelson had not completed the entire <i>Garden Party</i> album yet. "Garden Party" reached No. 6 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> and #1 on the <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)"><i>Billboard</i> Adult Contemporary chart</a> and was certified as a <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">gold single</a>. The second single released from the album was "Palace Guard" which peaked at No. 65. </p><p>In 1973, <a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA Records</a>, whose parent company <a href="/wiki/MCA_Inc." title="MCA Inc.">MCA Inc.</a> had owned American Decca since 1962, ceased the label's operations, and transferred Nelson (and many other Decca artists) to its roster. His comeback was short-lived, and Nelson's band soon resigned. MCA wanted Nelson to have a producer on his next album. A new band was formed by <a href="/wiki/Lindy_Goetz" title="Lindy Goetz">Lindy Goetz</a>, then a promotion person at MCA Records.<sup id="cite_ref-GoodReads_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GoodReads-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson's band moved to Aspen and changed their name to "Canyon." Nelson and the new Stone Canyon Band began to tour for the <i><a href="/wiki/Garden_Party_(album)" title="Garden Party (album)">Garden Party</a></i> album. Nelson still played nightclubs and bars, but he soon advanced to higher-paying venues because of the success of <i>Garden Party.</i> </p><p>In 1974, MCA was unsure as to what to do with the former teen idol. Albums like <i><a href="/wiki/Windfall_(Rick_Nelson_album)" title="Windfall (Rick Nelson album)">Windfall</a></i> failed to have an impact. Nelson became an attraction at theme parks like <a href="/wiki/Knott%27s_Berry_Farm" title="Knott's Berry Farm">Knott's Berry Farm</a> and <a href="/wiki/Disneyland" title="Disneyland">Disneyland</a>. He also started appearing in minor roles on television shows. </p><p>Nelson tried to score another hit but did not have any luck with songs like "Rock and Roll Lady." With seven years to go on his contract, MCA dropped him from the label. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rick_kris_nelson_1964.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Rick_kris_nelson_1964.JPG/220px-Rick_kris_nelson_1964.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Rick_kris_nelson_1964.JPG/330px-Rick_kris_nelson_1964.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Rick_kris_nelson_1964.JPG/440px-Rick_kris_nelson_1964.JPG 2x" data-file-width="631" data-file-height="868" /></a><figcaption>Ricky and Kristin Nelson in 1964</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1957, when Nelson was 17, he met and fell in love with <a href="/wiki/Marianne_Gaba" title="Marianne Gaba">Marianne Gaba</a>, who played the role of Ricky's girlfriend in three episodes of <i>Ozzie and Harriet</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992136_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992136-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199072_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199072-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson and Gaba were too young to enter a serious relationship, although according to Gaba "we used to <a href="/wiki/Making_out" title="Making out">neck</a> <i>for hours</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992137_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992137-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199073_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199073-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next year, Nelson fell in love with 15-year-old <a href="/wiki/Lorrie_Collins" title="Lorrie Collins">Lorrie Collins</a>, a country singer appearing on a weekly telecast called <i>Town Hall Party</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992106_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992106-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199081_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199081-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two wrote Nelson's first composition, the song "My Gal", and she introduced him to <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tex_Ritter" title="Tex Ritter">Tex Ritter</a>. Collins appeared in an <i>Ozzie and Harriet</i> episode as Ricky's girlfriend and sang "Just Because" with him in the musical finale.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199083_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199083-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They went steady and discussed marriage, but their parents discouraged the idea.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199083,_116_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199083,_116-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992138,_145_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992138,_145-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kris_Harmon">Kris Harmon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Kris Harmon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At Christmas 1961, Nelson began dating <a href="/wiki/Kristin_Nelson" title="Kristin Nelson">Kristin Harmon</a> (June 25, 1945 – April 26, 2018), a daughter of football player <a href="/wiki/Tom_Harmon" title="Tom Harmon">Tom Harmon</a> and actress <a href="/wiki/Elyse_Knox" title="Elyse Knox">Elyse Knox</a> (née Elsie Kornbrath) and the older sister of <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Harmon" title="Kelly Harmon">Kelly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Harmon" title="Mark Harmon">Mark Harmon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992138,_140–141_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992138,_140–141-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990140_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990140-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nelsons and the Harmons had long been friends, and a union between their children held great appeal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992139_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992139-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rick and Kris had much in common: quiet dispositions, Hollywood upbringings, and high-powered, domineering fathers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992140_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992140-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They married on April 20, 1963. Kris was pregnant,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990149_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990149-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Rick later described the union as a "<a href="/wiki/Shotgun_wedding" title="Shotgun wedding">shotgun wedding</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992144_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992144-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson, a nonpracticing Protestant, received instruction in Catholicism at the insistence of the bride's parents<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992144_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992144-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990137,_149_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990137,_149-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and signed a pledge to have any children of the union raised in the Catholic faith.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990149_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990149-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kris Nelson joined the television show as a regular cast member in 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992145_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992145-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990150_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990150-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had four children: actress <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Nelson_(actress)" title="Tracy Nelson (actress)">Tracy Kristine Nelson</a>, twin sons Gunnar Eric Nelson and Matthew Gray Nelson who formed the band <a href="/wiki/Nelson_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson (band)">Nelson</a>, and Sam Hilliard Nelson. </p><p>By 1975, following the birth of their last child, the marriage had deteriorated and a very public, controversial divorce involving both families was covered in the press for several years. In October 1977, Kris filed for divorce and asked for alimony, custody of their four children, and a portion of community property. The couple temporarily resolved their differences, but Kris retained her attorney to pursue a permanent break.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990230_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990230-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992205_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992205-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kris wanted Rick to give up music, spend more time at home, and focus on acting, but the family enjoyed a recklessly expensive lifestyle, and Kris's extravagant spending left Rick no choice but to tour relentlessly.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990251_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990251-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The impasse over Rick's career created unpleasantness at home. Kris became an alcoholic and left the children in the care of household help.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992218_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992218-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After years of legal proceedings, they were divorced in December 1982. The divorce was financially devastating for Nelson, with attorneys and accountants taking over $1 million.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992221_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992221-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Years of legal wrangling followed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992237_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992237-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990262_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990262-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Helen_Blair">Helen Blair</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Helen Blair"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Helen_Blair"></span> In 1980, Nelson met Helen Blair, a part-time model and exotic animal trainer, in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992242_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992242-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within months of their meeting, she became his road companion, and in 1982 she began living with him. She was the only woman he dated after his divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992242_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992242-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990260_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990260-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ricky_Nelson_free.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Ricky_Nelson_free.jpg/220px-Ricky_Nelson_free.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Ricky_Nelson_free.jpg/330px-Ricky_Nelson_free.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Ricky_Nelson_free.jpg 2x" data-file-width="339" data-file-height="497" /></a><figcaption>Nelson plays at a concert in Lawton, Oklahoma</figcaption></figure> <p>Blair acted as personal assistant to Nelson, organizing his day and acting as a liaison for his fan club,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992242_87-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992242-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Nelson's mother, brother, business manager, and manager disapproved of her presence in his life.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992242,_244_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992242,_244-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He contemplated marrying her but eventually declined.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992246_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992246-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blair died with Nelson in the airplane fire. Her name was never mentioned at Nelson's funeral.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992273_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992273-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blair's parents wanted their daughter buried next to Nelson at <a href="/wiki/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Hollywood_Hills)" title="Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)">Forest Lawn Cemetery</a>, but Harriet dismissed the idea.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992244_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992244-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Blairs refused to bury Helen's remains and filed a $2 million <a href="/wiki/Wrongful_death" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrongful death">wrongful death</a> suit against Nelson's estate.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992273_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992273-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They received a small settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992271_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992271-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Ricky_Nelson" title="Death of Ricky Nelson">Death of Ricky Nelson</a></div> <p>On December 31, 1985, Nelson died when the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3</a> on which he was a passenger crashed into trees, poles, and electrical wires, when it attempted to make an emergency landing while in flight between <a href="/wiki/Guntersville,_Alabama" title="Guntersville, Alabama">Guntersville, Alabama</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, Texas, where he was to perform a <a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve" title="New Year's Eve">New Year's Eve</a> concert.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992261–262_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992261–262-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson's DC-3 seemed constantly beset by mechanical problems.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992259_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992259-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fatal fire was caused by a defective heater in the tail of the plane. The heater caught fire and filled the cabin with toxic fumes. While both pilots survived, all seven passengers died.<sup id="cite_ref-NTSB_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NTSB-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 1994, a Golden Palm Star on the <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California" title="Palm Springs, California">Palm Springs, California</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs_Walk_of_Stars" title="Palm Springs Walk of Stars">Walk of Stars</a> was dedicated to him.<sup id="cite_ref-Walk_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walk-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2004, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> ranked Nelson number 91 on their <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone%27s_100_Greatest_Artists_of_All_Time" title="Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time">list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-First50_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-First50-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2005, at the 20th anniversary of Nelson's death, <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> televised <i>Ricky Nelson Sings</i>, a documentary featuring interviews with his children, as well as <a href="/wiki/James_Burton" title="James Burton">James Burton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson" title="Kris Kristofferson">Kris Kristofferson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ricky_Nelson_Sings_2005_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ricky_Nelson_Sings_2005-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hall of Fame baseball player <a href="/wiki/Rickey_Henderson" title="Rickey Henderson">Rickey Henderson</a> was named Rickey Nelson Henley after Ricky Nelson.<sup id="cite_ref-rockin_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rockin-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson_discography" title="Ricky Nelson discography">Ricky Nelson discography</a></div> <p><b>Studio albums</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ricky_(album)" title="Ricky (album)">Ricky</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson_(album)" title="Ricky Nelson (album)">Ricky Nelson</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Sings_Again" title="Ricky Sings Again">Ricky Sings Again</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Songs_by_Ricky" title="Songs by Ricky">Songs by Ricky</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/More_Songs_by_Ricky" title="More Songs by Ricky">More Songs by Ricky</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rick_Is_21" title="Rick Is 21">Rick Is 21</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Album_Seven_by_Rick" title="Album Seven by Rick">Album Seven by Rick</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_Your_Sweet_Love" title="For Your Sweet Love">For Your Sweet Love</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rick_Nelson_Sings_for_You_(1963_album)" title="Rick Nelson Sings for You (1963 album)">Rick Nelson Sings for You</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Very_Thought_of_You_(Rick_Nelson_album)" title="The Very Thought of You (Rick Nelson album)">The Very Thought of You</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spotlight_on_Rick" title="Spotlight on Rick">Spotlight on Rick</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Best_Always_(Rick_Nelson_album)" title="Best Always (Rick Nelson album)">Best Always</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_and_Kisses_(Rick_Nelson_album)" title="Love and Kisses (Rick Nelson album)">Love and Kisses</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bright_Lights_and_Country_Music_(Rick_Nelson_album)" title="Bright Lights and Country Music (Rick Nelson album)">Bright Lights and Country Music</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Country_Fever" title="Country Fever">Country Fever</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Another_Side_of_Rick" title="Another Side of Rick">Another Side of Rick</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Perspective_(Rick_Nelson_album)" title="Perspective (Rick Nelson album)">Perspective</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rick_Sings_Nelson" title="Rick Sings Nelson">Rick Sings Nelson</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rudy_the_Fifth" title="Rudy the Fifth">Rudy the Fifth</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Garden_Party_(album)" title="Garden Party (album)">Garden Party</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Windfall_(Rick_Nelson_album)" title="Windfall (Rick Nelson album)">Windfall</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Intakes_(Rick_Nelson_album)" title="Intakes (Rick Nelson album)">Intakes</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Playing_to_Win_(Rick_Nelson_album)" title="Playing to Win (Rick Nelson album)">Playing to Win</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Best_(Ricky_Nelson_album)" title="All My Best (Ricky Nelson album)">All My Best</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Memphis_Sessions_(Rick_Nelson_album)" title="The Memphis Sessions (Rick Nelson album)">The Memphis Sessions</a></i> (1986)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1952 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Here_Come_the_Nelsons" title="Here Come the Nelsons">Here Come the Nelsons</a></i> </td> <td>Ricky Nelson </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952–66 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet" title="The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet">The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet</a></i> </td> <td>Ricky Nelson </td> <td>series regular (433 episodes)<br />credited in later seasons as Rick Nelson </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Three_Loves" title="The Story of Three Loves">The Story of Three Loves</a></i> </td> <td>Tommy (age 11) </td> <td>segment "Mademoiselle" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rio_Bravo_(film)" title="Rio Bravo (film)">Rio Bravo</a></i> </td> <td>Colorado Ryan </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wackiest_Ship_in_the_Army_(film)" title="The Wackiest Ship in the Army (film)">The Wackiest Ship in the Army</a></i> </td> <td>Ensign Tommy J. Hanson </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_Theater" title="General Electric Theater">General Electric Theater</a></i> </td> <td>Lonnie Follett </td> <td>— "The Wish Book" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Ed Sullivan Show">The Ed Sullivan Show</a></i> </td> <td>Ricky Nelson </td> <td>— "#18.19"<br />credited as Rick Nelson </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Love_and_Kisses_(film)" title="Love and Kisses (film)">Love and Kisses</a></i> </td> <td>Buzzy </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Ed Sullivan Show">The Ed Sullivan Show</a></i> </td> <td>Himself (Musical Guest) </td> <td>— "Ricky Nelson / Duke Ellington, Maria Cole, Eydie Gorme, Jo Anne Worley, George Kirby, Robert Bob King"<br />credited as Rick Nelson </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/ABC_Stage_67" title="ABC Stage 67">ABC Stage 67</a></i> </td> <td>Carlos O'Connor </td> <td>— <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Flip_Side" title="On the Flip Side">On the Flip Side</a></i>, a television musical with music by <a href="/wiki/Burt_Bacharach" title="Burt Bacharach">Burt Bacharach</a> and lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Hal_David" title="Hal David">Hal David</a><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hondo_(TV_series)" title="Hondo (TV series)">Hondo</a></i> </td> <td>Jesse James </td> <td>— "Hondo and the Judas"<br />credited as Rick Nelson </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Malibu_U" title="Malibu U">Malibu U</a>.</i> </td> <td>Himself (Host) </td> <td>recurring role (6 episodes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Over-the-Hill_Gang" title="The Over-the-Hill Gang">The Over-the-Hill Gang</a></i> </td> <td>Jeff Rose </td> <td>TV movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Glen_Campbell_Goodtime_Hour" title="The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour">The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour</a></i> </td> <td>Himself (Musical Guest) </td> <td>— "Michele Lee, George Lindsey, Rick Nelson" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Resurrection_of_Broncho_Billy" title="The Resurrection of Broncho Billy">The Resurrection of Broncho Billy</a></i> </td> <td>voice role </td> <td>Short Film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Swing_Out,_Sweet_Land" title="Swing Out, Sweet Land">Swing Out, Sweet Land</a></i> </td> <td>Confederate Soldier </td> <td>TV movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Johnny_Cash_Show_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)">The Johnny Cash Show</a></i> </td> <td>Himself (Musical Guest) </td> <td>— "#1.30" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Everly_Brothers_Show" title="The Everly Brothers Show">The Everly Brothers Show</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>— "#1.9" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Merv_Griffin_Show" title="The Merv Griffin Show">The Merv Griffin Show</a></i> </td> <td>Himself (Musical Guest) </td> <td>— "Pat Pausen, Rick Nelson, Alex Dreier, Charo, Sidney Sheldon" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fol-de-Rol" title="Fol-de-Rol">Fol-de-Rol</a></i> </td> <td>The Minstrel </td> <td>TV movie<br />credited as Rick Nelson </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/McCloud_(TV_series)" title="McCloud (TV series)">McCloud</a></i> </td> <td>Jimmy Roy Taylor </td> <td>— "<a href="/wiki/List_of_McCloud_episodes" title="List of McCloud episodes">The New Mexican Connection</a>"<br />credited as Rick Nelson </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972–74 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Owen_Marshall,_Counselor_at_Law" title="Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law">Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law</a></i> </td> <td>Vic / Gar Kellerman </td> <td>2 episodes<br />— "Victim in the Shadow" (1972)<br />— "A Foreigner Among Us" (1974)<br />credited as Rick Nelson </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Streets_of_San_Francisco" title="The Streets of San Francisco">The Streets of San Francisco</a></i> </td> <td>William T. "Billy" Jeffers </td> <td>— "Harem" <p>credited as Rick Nelson </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><i>Easy to Be Free</i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Petrocelli" title="Petrocelli">Petrocelli</a></i> </td> <td>Country Boy White </td> <td>— "Music to Die By"<br />credited as Rick Nelson </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i>Sonic Boom</i> </td> <td>Jess of the Van </td> <td>Short Film<br />credited as Rick Nelson </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_the_Unexpected_(TV_series)" title="Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)">Tales of the Unexpected</a></i> </td> <td>Sonny Blue </td> <td>— "A Hand for Sonny Blue" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hardy_Boys/Nancy_Drew_Mysteries" title="The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries">The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries</a></i> </td> <td>Tony Eagle </td> <td>— "The Flickering Torch Mystery"<br />credited as Rick Nelson </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_Boat" title="The Love Boat">The Love Boat</a></i> </td> <td>Ted Wilcox / Alex Fowler </td> <td>— "<a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Love_Boat_episodes" title="List of The Love Boat episodes">Memories of You / Computerman / Parlez Vous?</a>"<br />credited as Rick Nelson </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Three_on_a_Date" title="Three on a Date">Three on a Date</a></i> </td> <td>Bob Oakes </td> <td>TV movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live!</a></i> </td> <td>Himself (Host / Musical Guest) </td> <td>— "<a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_(season_4)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturday Night Live (season 4)">Ricky Nelson / Judy Collins</a>"<br />credited as Rick Nelson </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><i>CBS Library</i> </td> <td>Skeeter </td> <td>— "A Tale of Four Wishes" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/High_School_U.S.A." title="High School U.S.A.">High School U.S.A.</a></i> </td> <td>Principal Pete Kinney </td> <td>TV movie<br />credited as Rick Nelson </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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id="cite_note-fifty-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fifty_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation magazine cs1">"Special Collectors' Issue: 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time". <i><a href="/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a></i>. No. December 14–20. 1996.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=TV+Guide&rft.atitle=Special+Collectors%27+Issue%3A+50+Greatest+TV+Stars+of+All+Time&rft.issue=December+14%E2%80%9320&rft.date=1996&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARicky+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnterberger" class="citation web cs1">Unterberger, Richie. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rick-nelson-mn0000364912">"Rick Nelson Biography"</a>. AllMusic. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221124044719/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rick-nelson-mn0000364912">Archived</a> from the original on November 24, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 23,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rick+Nelson+Biography&rft.pub=AllMusic&rft.aulast=Unterberger&rft.aufirst=Richie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.allmusic.com%2Fartist%2Frick-nelson-mn0000364912&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARicky+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe19922,_16–17-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe19922,_16–17_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, pp. 2, 16–17.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199025-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199025_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 25.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NOTE-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NOTE_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nelson was called "Ricky" from birth. <a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199217-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199217_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199217_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 17.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199026-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199026_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199026_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 26.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cotten-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Cotten_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cotten, Lee. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSHaAAAAMAAJ&q=tenafly"><i>The Golden Age of American Rock 'n Roll: Reelin' & Rockin': 1956-1959</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230419223940/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSHaAAAAMAAJ&q=tenafly">Archived</a> April 19, 2023, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, p. 283. Pierian Press, 1995. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781560750390" title="Special:BookSources/9781560750390">9781560750390</a>. Accessed November 20, 2017. "Week after week he did one-nighters on the road while Harriet and the children remained in their rambling country home in Tenafly, New Jersey. The Nelsons, minus Ricky, moved to Hollywood in 1941 so that Ozzie could take a job as band leader for Red Skelton's radio program"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199218-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199218_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199219-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199219_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199219_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199219–20-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199219–20_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, pp. 19–20.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199220-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199220_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199220_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 20.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199029-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199029_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 29.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199221-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199221_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 21.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199030-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199030_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 30.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199222-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199222_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199224–25-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199224–25_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, pp. 24–25.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDennis201315-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDennis201315_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDennis2013">Dennis 2013</a>, p. 15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199223-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199223_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 23.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199047-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199047_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 47.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199053-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199053_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199053_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199053_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 53.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199252-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199252_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199252_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199252_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 52.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199055-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199055_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 55.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/579275570816609584/">"RICKY NELSON on the TRAPEZE! 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p. 53.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199254–55-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199254–55_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, pp. 54–55.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199266-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199266_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199266_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 66.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199062-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199062_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199062_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 62.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoldship20052-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoldship20052_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoldship20052_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHoldship2005">Holdship 2005</a>, p. 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199060-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199060_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 60.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBronson2003154-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBronson2003154_34-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBronson2003154_34-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBronson2003154_34-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBronson2003">Bronson 2003</a>, p. 154.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoldship20051-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoldship20051_35-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoldship20051_35-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHoldship2005">Holdship 2005</a>, p. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe199269-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe199269_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 69.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199064-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199064_37-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199064_37-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 64.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pc11-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pc11_38-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a 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Retrieved 2017-06-22. Band members approached and organized by Goetz were <a href="/wiki/Every_Mother%27s_Son" title="Every Mother's Son">Dennis Larden</a> on guitar, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jay-dewitt-white-mn0001535007">Jay DeWitt White</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171107114550/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jay-dewitt-white-mn0001535007">Archived</a> November 7, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> on bass and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.beefheart.com/the-tragic-band/">Ty Grimes</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170707154502/http://www.beefheart.com/the-tragic-band/">Archived</a> July 7, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> on drums. Larden had encountered previous success as a member of <a href="/wiki/Every_Mother%27s_Son" title="Every Mother's Son">Every Mother's Son</a>. Grimes later played with <a href="/wiki/Captain_Beefheart" title="Captain Beefheart">Captain Beefheart</a>, as a member of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.beefheart.com/the-tragic-band/">The Tragic Band</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170707154502/http://www.beefheart.com/the-tragic-band/">Archived</a> July 7, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Larden and DeWitt White would later become members of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.monkeeslivealmanac.com/blog/toast-in-1980">Toast</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170712152954/http://www.monkeeslivealmanac.com/blog/toast-in-1980">Archived</a> July 12, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, the backing band for <a href="/wiki/The_Monkees" title="The Monkees">The Monkees</a> in the late 1970s. Goetz would go on to become the longtime manager of the <a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers" title="Red Hot Chili Peppers">Red Hot Chili Peppers</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992136-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992136_62-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 136.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199072-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199072_63-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 72.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992137-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992137_64-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 137.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199073-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199073_65-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 73.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992106-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992106_66-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 106.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199081-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199081_67-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 81.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199083-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199083_68-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 83.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin199083,_116-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin199083,_116_69-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, pp. 83, 116.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992138,_145-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992138,_145_70-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, pp. 138, 145.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992138,_140–141-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992138,_140–141_71-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, pp. 138, 140–141.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990140-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990140_72-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 140.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992139-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992139_73-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 139.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992140-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992140_74-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 140.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990149-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990149_75-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990149_75-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 149.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992144-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992144_76-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992144_76-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 144.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990137,_149-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990137,_149_77-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, pp. 137, 149.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992145-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992145_78-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 145.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990150-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990150_79-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 150.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990230-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990230_80-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 230.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992205-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992205_81-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 205.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990251-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990251_82-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 251.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992218-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992218_83-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 218.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992221-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992221_84-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 221.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992237-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992237_85-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 237.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990262-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelvin1990262_86-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelvin1990">Selvin 1990</a>, p. 262.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashe1992242-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992242_87-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992242_87-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashe1992242_87-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBashe1992">Bashe 1992</a>, p. 242.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelvin1990260-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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New York: <a href="/wiki/Hachette_Books" title="Hachette Books">Hyperion Books</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-5628-2969-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-5628-2969-8"><bdi>978-1-5628-2969-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Teenage+Idol%2C+Travelin%27+Man%3A+The+Complete+Biography+of+Rick+Nelson&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Hyperion+Books&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-1-5628-2969-8&rft.aulast=Bashe&rft.aufirst=Philip&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fteenageidoltrave00bash&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARicky+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrackettHoard2004" class="citation book cs1">Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&q=the+rolling+stone+album+guide"><i>The New Rolling Stone Album Guide</i></a>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Simon & Schuster, Inc.">Simon & Schuster, Inc.</a> <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-0169-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-0169-8"><bdi>978-0-7432-0169-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+New+Rolling+Stone+Album+Guide&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dt9eocwUfoSoC%26q%3Dthe%2Brolling%2Bstone%2Balbum%2Bguide&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARicky+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBronson2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Bronson" title="Fred Bronson">Bronson, Fred</a> (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/billboardshottes0000bron"><i>Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits</i></a>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Watson-Guptill_Publications" class="mw-redirect" title="Watson-Guptill Publications">Watson-Guptill Publications</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8230-7738-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8230-7738-0"><bdi>978-0-8230-7738-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Billboard%27s+Hottest+Hot+100+Hits&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Watson-Guptill+Publications&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-8230-7738-0&rft.aulast=Bronson&rft.aufirst=Fred&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbillboardshottes0000bron&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARicky+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDennis2013" class="citation book cs1">Dennis, Jeffrey P. (2013) [2006]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OlxcAgAAQBAJ&q=nelson"><i>Queering Teen Culture: All-American Boys and Same-Sex Desire in Film and Television</i></a>. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-3177-6622-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-3177-6622-3"><bdi>978-1-3177-6622-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Queering+Teen+Culture%3A+All-American+Boys+and+Same-Sex+Desire+in+Film+and+Television&rft.place=Binghamton%2C+NY&rft.pub=Haworth+Press%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-3177-6622-3&rft.aulast=Dennis&rft.aufirst=Jeffrey+P.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOlxcAgAAQBAJ%26q%3Dnelson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARicky+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHoldship2005" class="citation book cs1">Holdship, Bill (2005). <i>Ricky Nelson Greatest Hits</i>. Hollywood, Calif: <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ricky+Nelson+Greatest+Hits&rft.place=Hollywood%2C+Calif&rft.pub=Capitol+Records&rft.date=2005&rft.aulast=Holdship&rft.aufirst=Bill&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARicky+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPohlen2006" class="citation book cs1">Pohlen, Jerome (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=EPJ_0i9zNS8C&q=nelson"><i>Oddball Texas: A Guide to Some Really Strange Places</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Review_Press" title="Chicago Review Press">Chicago Review Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-5697-6472-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-5697-6472-5"><bdi>978-1-5697-6472-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Oddball+Texas%3A+A+Guide+to+Some+Really+Strange+Places&rft.pub=Chicago+Review+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-5697-6472-5&rft.aulast=Pohlen&rft.aufirst=Jerome&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DEPJ_0i9zNS8C%26q%3Dnelson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARicky+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSelvin1990" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Joel_Selvin" title="Joel Selvin">Selvin, Joel</a> (1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/rickynelsonidolf00selv"><i>Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Contemporary Books">Contemporary Books</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8092-4187-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8092-4187-3"><bdi>978-0-8092-4187-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ricky+Nelson%3A+Idol+for+a+Generation&rft.pub=Contemporary+Books&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=978-0-8092-4187-3&rft.aulast=Selvin&rft.aufirst=Joel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Frickynelsonidolf00selv&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARicky+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhitburn1983" class="citation book cs1">Whitburn, Joel (1983). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/billboardbookoft0000whit_x9d9/"><i>The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: 1955 to present</i></a>. Billboard Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0823075117" title="Special:BookSources/0823075117"><bdi>0823075117</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Billboard+Book+of+Top+40+Hits%3A+1955+to+present&rft.pub=Billboard+Publications&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0823075117&rft.aulast=Whitburn&rft.aufirst=Joel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbillboardbookoft0000whit_x9d9%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARicky+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Nelson&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Romance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_My_One_and_Only_Love" title="You're My One and Only Love">You're My One and Only Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Have_I_Told_You_Lately_That_I_Love_You%3F" title="Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?">Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Be-Bop_Baby" title="Be-Bop Baby">Be-Bop Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stood_Up_(song)" title="Stood Up (song)">Stood Up</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Waitin%27_in_School" title="Waitin' in School">Waitin' in School</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Bucket%27s_Got_a_Hole_in_It" title="My Bucket's Got a Hole in It">My Bucket's Got a Hole in It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Believe_What_You_Say" title="Believe What You Say">Believe What You Say</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Poor_Little_Fool" title="Poor Little Fool">Poor Little Fool</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lonesome_Town" title="Lonesome Town">Lonesome Town</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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You">A Wonder Like You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Everlovin%27" title="Everlovin'">Everlovin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Young_World_(song)" title="Young World (song)">Young World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Summertime_(George_Gershwin_song)" title="Summertime (George Gershwin song)">Summertime</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Teen_Age_Idol" title="Teen Age Idol">Teen Age Idol</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Up_to_You_(Ricky_Nelson_song)" title="It's Up to You (Ricky Nelson song)">It's Up to You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fools_Rush_In_(Where_Angels_Fear_to_Tread)" title="Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)">Fools Rush In</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/For_You_(Ricky_Nelson_song)" title="For You (Ricky Nelson song)">For You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Very_Thought_of_You" title="The Very Thought of You">The Very Thought of You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/There%27s_Nothing_I_Can_Say" title="There's Nothing I Can Say">There's Nothing I Can Say</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/She_Belongs_to_Me" title="She Belongs to Me">She Belongs to Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Life_(Ricky_Nelson_song)" title="Life (Ricky Nelson song)">Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Garden_Party_(Rick_Nelson_song)" title="Garden Party (Rick Nelson song)">Garden Party</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dream_Lover" title="Dream Lover">Dream Lover</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson_discography" title="Ricky Nelson discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristin_Nelson" title="Kristin Nelson">Kristin Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson (band)">Nelson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i>FDR Speaks</i> – Robert Bialek (producer) (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein_Discusses_Humor_in_Music_and_Conducts_Till_Eulenspiegel%27s_Merry_Pranks" title="Leonard Bernstein Discusses Humor in Music and Conducts Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks">Humor in Music</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Story-Teller: A Session with Charles Laughton</i> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F" title="Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (playwright) (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy</i> – <i><a href="/wiki/That_Was_the_Week_That_Was" title="That Was the Week That Was">That Was the Week That Was</a></i> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>John F. Kennedy: As We Remember Him</i> – <a href="/wiki/Goddard_Lieberson" title="Goddard Lieberson">Goddard Lieberson</a> (producer) (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I: The War Years</i> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow" title="Edward R. Murrow">Edward R. Murrow</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Gallant Men</i> – <a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">Everett Dirksen</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Lonesome Cities</i> – <a href="/wiki/Rod_McKuen" title="Rod McKuen">Rod McKuen</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>We Love You Call Collect</i> – <a href="/wiki/Art_Linkletter" title="Art Linkletter">Art Linkletter</a> & <a href="/wiki/Diane_Linkletter" title="Diane Linkletter">Diane Linkletter</a> (1969)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i>Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam</i> – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Desiderata_(Les_Crane_album)" title="Desiderata (Les Crane album)">Desiderata</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Les_Crane" title="Les Crane">Les Crane</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Lenny</i> – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Botnick" title="Bruce Botnick">Bruce Botnick</a> (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull" title="Jonathan Livingston Seagull">Jonathan Livingston Seagull</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Harris" title="Richard Harris">Richard Harris</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Good Evening</i> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Give_%27em_Hell,_Harry!" title="Give 'em Hell, Harry!">Give 'em Hell, Harry!</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/James_Whitmore" title="James Whitmore">James Whitmore</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Great American Documents</i> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Belle_of_Amherst" title="The Belle of Amherst">The Belle of Amherst</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Kane" title="Citizen Kane">Citizen Kane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Ages of Man: Readings from Shakespeare</i> – <a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Stein" title="Gertrude Stein">Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Carroll" title="Pat Carroll">Pat Carroll</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Donovan%27s_Brain" title="Donovan's Brain">Donovan's Brain</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" title="Raiders of the Lost Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Movie on Record</a></i> – Tom Voegeli (producer) and Various Artists (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Portrait" title="Lincoln Portrait">Lincoln Portrait</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/William_Warfield" title="William Warfield">William Warfield</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Words of Gandhi</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Kingsley" title="Ben Kingsley">Ben Kingsley</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ma_Rainey%27s_Black_Bottom" title="Ma Rainey's Black Bottom">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Berniker" title="Mike Berniker">Mike Berniker</a> (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Interviews from the Class of '55 Recording Sessions</i> – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chips_Moman" title="Chips Moman">Chips Moman</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ricky Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Orbison" title="Roy Orbison">Roy Orbison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Perkins" title="Carl Perkins">Carl Perkins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Phillips" title="Sam Phillips">Sam Phillips</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_Days" title="Lake Wobegon Days">Lake Wobegon Days</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Garrison_Keillor" title="Garrison Keillor">Garrison Keillor</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>It's Always Something</i> – <a href="/wiki/Gilda_Radner" title="Gilda Radner">Gilda Radner</a> (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gracie:_A_Love_Story" title="Gracie: A Love Story">Gracie: A Love Story</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Burns" title="George Burns">George Burns</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Civil_War_(miniseries)" title="The Civil War (miniseries)">The Civil War</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Burns" title="Ken Burns">Ken Burns</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS</i> – <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Earvin "Magic" Johnson</a> and Robert O'Keefe (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Pulse_of_Morning" title="On the Pulse of Morning">On the Pulse of Morning</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Get_in_the_Van" title="Get in the Van">Get in the Van</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Rollins" title="Henry Rollins">Henry Rollins</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Phenomenal_Woman:_Four_Poems_Celebrating_Women" title="Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women">Phenomenal Woman</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village" title="It Takes a Village">It Takes a Village</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Charles Kuralt's Spring</i> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kuralt" title="Charles Kuralt">Charles Kuralt</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Still_Me" title="Still Me">Still Me</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Reeve" title="Christopher Reeve">Christopher Reeve</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.</i> – <a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton">LeVar Burton</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Measure_of_a_Man:_A_Spiritual_Autobiography" title="The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography">The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a>, Rick Harris, and John Runnette (producers) (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones</i> – <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a>, Jeffrey S. Thomas, Steven Strassman (engineers), and Elisa Shokoff (producer) (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Song_Flung_Up_to_Heaven" title="A Song Flung Up to Heaven">A Song Flung Up to Heaven</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> and Charles B. Potter (producer) (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lies_and_the_Lying_Liars_Who_Tell_Them" title="Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them">Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a> and Paul Ruben (producer) (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/My_Life_(Clinton_autobiography)" title="My Life (Clinton autobiography)">My Life</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father" title="Dreams from My Father">Dreams from My Father</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Endangered_Values" title="Our Endangered Values">Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> / <i>With Ossie and Ruby</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope" title="The Audacity of Hope">The Audacity of Hope</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and Jacob Bronstein (producer) (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth_(book)" title="An Inconvenient Truth (book)">An Inconvenient Truth</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a> – <a href="/wiki/Beau_Bridges" title="Beau Bridges">Beau Bridges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Nixon" title="Cynthia Nixon">Cynthia Nixon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Always Looking Up</i> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Fox" title="Michael J. Fox">Michael J. Fox</a> (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Earth_(The_Book)" title="Earth (The Book)">The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)</i> – <a href="/wiki/Betty_White" title="Betty White">Betty White</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Society's Child</i> – <a href="/wiki/Janis_Ian" title="Janis Ian">Janis Ian</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/America_Again" title="America Again">America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert" title="Stephen Colbert">Stephen Colbert</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Diary of a Mad Diva</i> – <a href="/wiki/Joan_Rivers" title="Joan Rivers">Joan Rivers</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Full_Life:_Reflections_at_90" class="mw-redirect" title="A Full Life: Reflections at 90">A Full Life: Reflections at 90</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox</i> – <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Princess_Diarist" title="The Princess Diarist">The Princess Diarist</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Fisher" title="Carrie Fisher">Carrie Fisher</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Faith: A Journey for All</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Becoming_(book)" title="Becoming (book)">Becoming</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a> (2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Blowout_(book)" title="Blowout (book)">Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Maddow" title="Rachel Maddow">Rachel Maddow</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis</i> − <a href="/wiki/Don_Cheadle" title="Don Cheadle">Don Cheadle</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Finding Me</i> – <a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> 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