Ricky Nelson is probably one of the most underrated singers in American music history. He was the youngest singer ever to have a Number 1 album. From 1957 to 1962, Nelson had 30 Top-40 hits, more than any other artist except Presley and Pat Boone. His video of Travelin` Man is considered the first ever music video. He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and its predecessors, between 1957 and 1973, including "Poor Little Fool" in 1958, which was the first number 1 song on Billboard magazine's then-newly created Hot 100 chart. He recorded 19 additional Top 10 hits and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987. Nelson is widely credited as a forerunner of the California-based country-rock scene of the 1970s. Ricky/Rick sold in excess of 500 million albums, and even today he is ranked the 4th biggest singles seller of all time. The Nelson family (Ricks Father Ozzie Nelson, rock legend Rick Nelson, and Ricks twin sons Matthew & Gunnar) are in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Only family in Entertainment with 3 successive generations of #1 hitmakers.
I heard Ricky sing this song and he was no more than five feet away from me as I was front row center...center stage ...He sang all of his hit songs !what a memory for a lifetime. !
That is the great guitarist James Burton who also played with Elvis Presley. You were right Harry he had 4 children, a daughter named Tracy ,who had a long acting career, and twin brothers , Matthew and Gunnar, who were fairly famous musicians.They were called Nelson. His youngest son who also sings a bit, is named Sam and he looks and sings a lot like his father. He had many big hits, Travelin' Man , Hello Mary Lou, Garden Party, Never be anyone else but you, Poor little fool, It's Late, Lonesome Town, and many more.
Thanks for your amazing reactions to all the great music you bring to us daily! He was definitely a teen idol & deserving of it: Absolutely beautiful with a beautiful voice. I was in love with him for years! I was so sad when he died in the plane crash!
We saw him grow up on a TV show call The Nelson Family. With his mother and father and his brother David who became a lawyer on tv and in real life. Ricky did sing all his song the show.
Hi Harri. Ricky Nelson's time was just a little before I became a listener of popular music (I'm 70), although my father owned a few of his 45s. Most of his popularity was in the time before the Beatles. He was a pop idol of that era, at least as such existed pre-British invasion. In his later years, he wrote a song called "Garden Party" that detailed his experience playing in an "Oldies Revival" and getting booed when he did a few of his new tunes. That song appeared in '72. He was killed in a plane crash in '85, I believe. His family (him, mother, father, brother) starred in a sitcom which started in 1952 and ran thru 1966 (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet). Ricky debuted his first song on that series. If you want to see how vastly the world has changed since then, take a look at one of the episodes of that series on TH-cam. BTW, you say his expression looks sad. I don't think that expression changed much - at least in anything I ever saw him perform.
I'm 75 and we got our 1st tv in '52, the same year they went from radio to tv. Ozzie and Harriet was a family favorite from their radio show and then from the very beginning of the tv show. Ricky was already a teenage heartthrob actor before he started singing in '57 and was famous as an actor even before Elvis recorded his 1st song.
Ricky Nelson "Lonesome Town" is a timeless track. Nelson was more than a teenage idol, although he was that too for a while. "Poor Little Fool", "Travelin Man", "Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart" are a few of his catchier tunes. He tells a good story of his life in the song "Garden Party" -- "Yoko brought her walrus, there was magic in the air" -- great company! Wise song. Ricky Nelson teenage idol parlayed his fame into a role in the 1959 Howard Hawks classic Rio Bravo alongside John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, and Ward Bond. Martin sings "My Rifle, My Pony, and Me". Nelson sings "Get Along Home, Cindy" and the closing theme "Rio Bravo".
He and Dean do that small duet in that movie where you really get to compare him to Dean Martin. That was when people (general public) realized his voice was more that just a pop singers voice.
“Ricky” Nelson was the heartthrob of many a teenage girl in the early 60’s. Those girls would probably have referred to his sad eyes as “puppy dog eyes”😂. He might very well have experienced some loneliness in spite of all of those girls who worshipped him from afar! We lost him when he was still fairly young. You’re quite right about the frightening number of musicians who have been lost to plane crashes. It’s very sad. 🌺✌️
It was 1952 when his family's tv sitcom, "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" premiered. I remember the show so well because I was 6 yrs old when it started and it was the same year we got our 1st tv. It was a must for the whole family every week. He was an immediate tv idol as an actor, and was for several years before he recorded his 1st song ('57).
The night the Beatles made their debut on the Ed Sullivan show, standing offstage looking on was Ozzie Nelson who said afterwards that his son Ricky's career was over.
Aw Harri. My heart still aches. I cried when that plane crashed. Ricky Nelson was my prepubescent fantasy. Long before I knew what my preferences were I would sit in front of the TV watching Ozzie and Harriet and just wait to swoon over Ricky's scenes. Aside from the fact that his body of work remains stellar, he resides in many memories as the ultimate teen idol.
A young Ricky Nelson would ride his motorcycle over to visit his good friend--who lived across the street from us in Canoga Park, CA...Late 50's....And oh, by the way, that's James Burton on guitar--who later backed up Elvis for years...There are other more significant Nelson songs you could have chosen. There's quite a musical history in the Nelson family.
He may have had more significant hits but this was the fourth highest ranked hit he had according to billboard top 40. It reached #5. Garden Party only got to #6. I requested this song because I liked it. I could only choose one and liked the story. Just Saying 🙃 Pretty cool that you used to see him. Wow.
@@danielvolk237 Understood. And I guess you're right about this song. Purely personal preferences on my part (I am partial to Hello Marilu, Poor Little Fool, etc. And I know Rick didn't like some of those songs.)
@@davidmckenzie420 I love all the songs you mentioned. I know Rick did not like Teenage Idol and Ozzy had to coax him into it. Thanks for your remarks. If I request another song of his it might be Never be anyone else but you. Take care. 🙃👍
He's the one who wrote it. I was a very young kid when this came out, and I was quite taken with him. He was so cute. He did get married and had children. He was father to twins who became singers in the 80s, called Nelson. My daughter had their poster on her wall.
His daughter, Tracy (his oldest child) is and has been a prolific actress in movies and tv since she was a little child. I remember her most as the co-star of the "Father Dowling Mysteries", but she's been in too many different series and guest spots to list. She's also battled and overcome cancer several times since she was in her 20's. She's quite a remarkable woman and she looks very much like her father.
Ricky had one of the best forums for his new music. He could sing on Ozzie & Harriet & launch the new single & not many had that opportunity. He had tons of big hit singles & was massively popular. Try Travelin Man or Poor Little Fool, both of those hit #1. Plane crashes have killed so many, too many, of our great artists.
Technically, it wasn't a plane crash. The plane had a defective heater which started a fire. The pilots were able to land the plane and escape, but the passengers were cut off from the door because of the fire. It was horrible. The Wikipedia article for Ricky Nelson says the term 'Teen Idol' was actually invented to describe him, but there isn't any source given. Until very recently, his family's TV series was the longest-running sitcom in the US. (But not worldwide. Last Of The Summer Wine ran much longer.)
My oldest was a big fan of his twin son's band Nelson when he was in jr high school. I took him to see them a couple of times. They put on a good show and they did have some talented musicians in their band. The brothers I believe still perform and they even have a video of them singing there dad's song Garden Party.
Saw Rick Nelson in the early 70's with the Stone Canyon Band. Great show and had grown up with these clips of him at the end usually of the Ozzie and Harriet Show. Speaking of those lost in plane crashes, have you done any Buddy Holly yet? Peggy Sue, That'll Be The Day, Rave On and so many others. Also lost in that 1959 plane crash were Ritchie Valens (La Bamba and Donna) and J P Richardson, aka The Big Bopper (Chantilly Lace).
People think being a singer is glamorous but this shows how lonely it can be. He started singing on his family's tv show Dad Mom and brother. His wife also played his girlfriend on the show. His wife is the sister of Mark Harmon ( ncis) HE PASSED IN A PLANE CRASH. All following also perished in plane crashes are Glenn Miller, RW Blackwood, Bill Lyleo, Buddy Holly, Big bobber, Richy Valens, Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Otis Redding, Ronnie Van Zant, Randy Rhoades, Ricky Nelson, Dean Paul Martin, Stevie Ray Vaughn, John Denver, aalivah, Melanie Thornton. Reba McIntyre band
Hi Harold. Love your reactions. There was a song with a similar theme called “The Idol” out around the same time. It was written by the great Carole King and sung by Bobby Vee who was another popular teen singer. You might want to give it a listen. Thanks.
I love Ricky Nelson. I still remember exactly where I was and what I was doing (playing Monopoly with my family and our neighbors at our neighbors' house!) when we heard the news on the radio that Ricky Nelson had died. He really was SO pretty. And talented. I remember sitting beside the radio with a tape recorder to record his songs when they came on the radio in the days long before MP3s existed. I even went to see his two twin sons, Matthew and Gunnar, in concert when they had their own band, Nelson, back in 1991 or 1992 I think it was. That whole family is gorgeous. His wife, the mother of his children, is actor Mark Harmon's sister, which is another very good looking gene pool. When he died, I think it broke the hearts of generations of fans because of his long, successful career. RIP.
My mother was a big fan of Ricky Nelson so I grew up watching the Ozzie and Harriet Show my mother used to complain though I wish he would smile once in a while singing I would fuss at her and say that's just the way he sings if you could ever watch the show you would see he was a ham lol 😂
Please, I really want you to react to Booker T and MGs, song Green Onions. This is for you because you love the Organ. For me, Id love The Pretenders, first song "Message of love" to start. Tyvm
Ricky Nelson is probably one of the most underrated singers in American music history. He was the youngest singer ever to have a Number 1 album. From 1957 to 1962, Nelson had 30 Top-40 hits, more than any other artist except Presley and Pat Boone. His video of Travelin` Man is considered the first ever music video. He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and its predecessors, between 1957 and 1973, including "Poor Little Fool" in 1958, which was the first number 1 song on Billboard magazine's then-newly created Hot 100 chart. He recorded 19 additional Top 10 hits and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987. Nelson is widely credited as a forerunner of the California-based country-rock scene of the 1970s. Ricky/Rick sold in excess of 500 million albums, and even today he is ranked the 4th biggest singles seller of all time. The Nelson family (Ricks Father Ozzie Nelson, rock legend Rick Nelson, and Ricks twin sons Matthew & Gunnar) are in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Only family in Entertainment with 3 successive generations of #1 hitmakers.
I heard Ricky sing this song and he was no more than five feet away from me as I was front row center...center stage ...He sang all of his hit songs !what a memory for a lifetime. !
He’s what us girls call dreamy.😘
That is the great guitarist James Burton who also played with Elvis Presley. You were right Harry he had 4 children, a daughter named Tracy ,who had a long acting career, and twin brothers , Matthew and Gunnar, who were fairly famous musicians.They were called Nelson. His youngest son who also sings a bit, is named Sam and he looks and sings a lot like his father. He had many big hits, Travelin' Man , Hello Mary Lou, Garden Party, Never be anyone else but you, Poor little fool, It's Late, Lonesome Town, and many more.
@@leonardshevlin7260 Oops 🙃 thanks.
James also came and played with the Nelsons on a video it is neat
He was a real heart throb.
Thanks for your amazing reactions to all the great music you bring to us daily! He was definitely a teen idol & deserving of it: Absolutely beautiful with a beautiful voice. I was in love with him for years! I was so sad when he died in the plane crash!
We saw him grow up on a TV show call The Nelson Family. With his mother and father and his brother David who became a lawyer on tv and in real life. Ricky did sing all his song the show.
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966). It began as a radio show during the war and later moved to television.
His dad was a bandleader and his mom was the singer.
Elvis really liked Ricky. He even "lent out" the Jordanaires (his best background singers) to Rick. Please try GARDEN PARTY next by Rick.
Hi Harri. Ricky Nelson's time was just a little before I became a listener of popular music (I'm 70), although my father owned a few of his 45s. Most of his popularity was in the time before the Beatles. He was a pop idol of that era, at least as such existed pre-British invasion. In his later years, he wrote a song called "Garden Party" that detailed his experience playing in an "Oldies Revival" and getting booed when he did a few of his new tunes. That song appeared in '72. He was killed in a plane crash in '85, I believe. His family (him, mother, father, brother) starred in a sitcom which started in 1952 and ran thru 1966 (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet). Ricky debuted his first song on that series. If you want to see how vastly the world has changed since then, take a look at one of the episodes of that series on TH-cam. BTW, you say his expression looks sad. I don't think that expression changed much - at least in anything I ever saw him perform.
I'm 75 and we got our 1st tv in '52, the same year they went from radio to tv. Ozzie and Harriet was a family favorite from their radio show and then from the very beginning of the tv show. Ricky was already a teenage heartthrob actor before he started singing in '57 and was famous as an actor even before Elvis recorded his 1st song.
He was not before your time of listening to his music. You were at least 8 or 9 when he had popular songs out
@clydeb7713 My point is that by the time I became interested in popular music, he had faded.
Ricky Nelson "Lonesome Town" is a timeless track. Nelson was more than a teenage idol, although he was that too for a while. "Poor Little Fool", "Travelin Man", "Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart" are a few of his catchier tunes. He tells a good story of his life in the song "Garden Party" -- "Yoko brought her walrus, there was magic in the air" -- great company! Wise song. Ricky Nelson teenage idol parlayed his fame into a role in the 1959 Howard Hawks classic Rio Bravo alongside John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, and Ward Bond. Martin sings "My Rifle, My Pony, and Me". Nelson sings "Get Along Home, Cindy" and the closing theme "Rio Bravo".
I've seen that movie so many times, I can mouth the dialog along with the actors.
He and Dean do that small duet in that movie where you really get to compare him to Dean Martin. That was when people (general public) realized his voice was more that just a pop singers voice.
that is my fav John Wayne movie I understand from his one son that Howard told him he could have been a great actor but his love was Music
I remember him from my childhood! He was good-looking even though I was young! Lol!
Ricky is so much more important than we realize
He died in a plane accident. He was married and had three children, the daughter became a movie actress and his two became singers singing together.
Interesting note: the door from the cabin to the cockpit was locked. He was leaving Huntsville Alabama flying to Texas. The pilots survived
“Ricky” Nelson was the heartthrob of many a teenage girl in the early 60’s. Those girls would probably have referred to his sad eyes as “puppy dog eyes”😂. He might very well have experienced some loneliness in spite of all of those girls who worshipped him from afar! We lost him when he was still fairly young. You’re quite right about the frightening number of musicians who have been lost to plane crashes. It’s very sad. 🌺✌️
It was 1952 when his family's tv sitcom, "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" premiered. I remember the show so well because I was 6 yrs old when it started and it was the same year we got our 1st tv. It was a must for the whole family every week. He was an immediate tv idol as an actor, and was for several years before he recorded his 1st song ('57).
He had the prettiest doe eyes
Garden Party remains at the top of my favorite Rick Nelson songs.
The night the Beatles made their debut on the Ed Sullivan show, standing offstage looking on was Ozzie Nelson who said afterwards that his son Ricky's career was over.
Aw Harri. My heart still aches. I cried when that plane crashed. Ricky Nelson was my prepubescent fantasy. Long before I knew what my preferences were I would sit in front of the TV watching Ozzie and Harriet and just wait to swoon over Ricky's scenes. Aside from the fact that his body of work remains stellar, he resides in many memories as the ultimate teen idol.
A young Ricky Nelson would ride his motorcycle over to visit his good friend--who lived across the street from us in Canoga Park, CA...Late 50's....And oh, by the way, that's James Burton on guitar--who later backed up Elvis for years...There are other more significant Nelson songs you could have chosen. There's quite a musical history in the Nelson family.
He may have had more significant hits but this was the fourth highest ranked hit he had according to billboard top 40. It reached #5. Garden Party only got to #6. I requested this song because I liked it. I could only choose one and liked the story. Just Saying 🙃 Pretty cool that you used to see him. Wow.
@@danielvolk237 Understood. And I guess you're right about this song. Purely personal preferences on my part (I am partial to Hello Marilu, Poor Little Fool, etc. And I know Rick didn't like some of those songs.)
@@davidmckenzie420 I love all the songs you mentioned. I know Rick did not like Teenage Idol and Ozzy had to coax him into it. Thanks for your remarks. If I request another song of his it might be Never be anyone else but you. Take care. 🙃👍
Ricky's brother in law is NCIS Mark Harmon and Automake John Delorean
He's the one who wrote it. I was a very young kid when this came out, and I was quite taken with him. He was so cute. He did get married and had children. He was father to twins who became singers in the 80s, called Nelson. My daughter had their poster on her wall.
His daughter, Tracy (his oldest child) is and has been a prolific actress in movies and tv since she was a little child. I remember her most as the co-star of the "Father Dowling Mysteries", but she's been in too many different series and guest spots to list. She's also battled and overcome cancer several times since she was in her 20's. She's quite a remarkable woman and she looks very much like her father.
Ricky had one of the best forums for his new music. He could sing on Ozzie & Harriet & launch the new single & not many had that opportunity. He had tons of big hit singles & was massively popular. Try Travelin Man or Poor Little Fool, both of those hit #1.
Plane crashes have killed so many, too many, of our great artists.
Technically, it wasn't a plane crash. The plane had a defective heater which started a fire. The pilots were able to land the plane and escape, but the passengers were cut off from the door because of the fire. It was horrible.
The Wikipedia article for Ricky Nelson says the term 'Teen Idol' was actually invented to describe him, but there isn't any source given.
Until very recently, his family's TV series was the longest-running sitcom in the US. (But not worldwide. Last Of The Summer Wine ran much longer.)
Great underrated singer
In the 70’s, he had a hit song Garden Party.
He’s what the girls call dreamy.🥰
My oldest was a big fan of his twin son's band Nelson when he was in jr high school. I took him to see them a couple of times. They put on a good show and they did have some talented musicians in their band. The brothers I believe still perform and they even have a video of them singing there dad's song Garden Party.
Check out his "Lonesome Town" if you want to feel sad. I love sad songs, so did Elton John.
Saw Rick Nelson in the early 70's with the Stone Canyon Band. Great show and had grown up with these clips of him at the end usually of the Ozzie and Harriet Show. Speaking of those lost in plane crashes, have you done any Buddy Holly yet? Peggy Sue, That'll Be The Day, Rave On and so many others. Also lost in that 1959 plane crash were Ritchie Valens (La Bamba and Donna) and J P Richardson, aka The Big Bopper (Chantilly Lace).
People think being a singer is glamorous but this shows how lonely it can be. He started singing on his family's tv show Dad Mom and brother. His wife also played his girlfriend on the show. His wife is the sister of Mark Harmon ( ncis) HE PASSED IN A PLANE CRASH. All following also perished in plane crashes are Glenn Miller, RW Blackwood, Bill Lyleo, Buddy Holly, Big bobber, Richy Valens, Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Otis Redding, Ronnie Van Zant, Randy Rhoades, Ricky Nelson, Dean Paul Martin, Stevie Ray Vaughn, John Denver, aalivah, Melanie Thornton. Reba McIntyre band
You forgot another great star. The storyteller, Jim Croce. 😢👍
Thank you , Dan
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got to see Rick in person years ago great show
Hi Harold. Love your reactions. There was a song with a similar theme called “The Idol” out around the same time. It was written by the great Carole King and sung by Bobby Vee who was another popular teen singer. You might want to give it a listen. Thanks.
Sorry I meant Hari. I hate auto correct.
The Eagles Randy Meisner was in his band
I love Ricky Nelson. I still remember exactly where I was and what I was doing (playing Monopoly with my family and our neighbors at our neighbors' house!) when we heard the news on the radio that Ricky Nelson had died. He really was SO pretty. And talented. I remember sitting beside the radio with a tape recorder to record his songs when they came on the radio in the days long before MP3s existed. I even went to see his two twin sons, Matthew and Gunnar, in concert when they had their own band, Nelson, back in 1991 or 1992 I think it was. That whole family is gorgeous. His wife, the mother of his children, is actor Mark Harmon's sister, which is another very good looking gene pool. When he died, I think it broke the hearts of generations of fans because of his long, successful career. RIP.
Daniel, I see you know about James. Elvis really loved him.👍👍
Ricky Nelson my favorite of all
React to his song called "Garden Party"
The term teen idol was coined for Rick.
Check out Ricky's "Garden Party" about the celebrities in Hollywood.
you gotta do My Riffle My Pony and Me a duet with Dean Martin
I agree. I've just posted a similar comment to back youres up.All the best.
Nice Cha-Cha.
check out his sons. They were better known for their long blonde hair than their music.
Try Traveling Man or Fools Rush In to hear his absolute best.
Sadly he was terrified of flying but felt it was an necessary evil.
Harri, Ricky Nelson has a lot of great songs ☺ I'll suggest "Lonesome Town" by him. Its such a sad, beautiful song
Please listen to Ricky Nelson's " Lonesome Town". You will love it!
My mother was a big fan of Ricky Nelson so I grew up watching the Ozzie and Harriet Show my mother used to complain though I wish he would smile once in a while singing I would fuss at her and say that's just the way he sings if you could ever watch the show you would see he was a ham lol 😂
From 1957 to 1962, Nelson had 30 Top-40 hits, more than any other artist except Presley (who had 53) and Pat Boone (38).
I agree with an earlier comment .Try MY RIFLE PONY & ME with Dean Martin
Dorothy Moore " Funny How Time Slips Away " or " Misty Blue " please
Would love your reaction to Stay by Sugarland!!
I think that Ricky Nelson , and Other Clean Cut Singer were put out there to compete with Elvis Bad Boy looks.
Something happened to your video after your first stoppage as the Nelson video shrunk down to just a sliver. You might want to try again.
Watch him as a child actor with Harriet and Ozzie.
Yes, this was Elvis' story too.......sad
Please, I really want you to react to Booker T and MGs, song Green Onions. This is for you because you love the Organ.
For me, Id love The Pretenders, first song "Message of love" to start. Tyvm
I meant Hari. I hate auto correct.
Him and his band died in a plane crash
hey Harri , can you react to Gabriel Henrique: i want to know what love is
He was my favorite, over Elvis!!!