Ricky Nelson

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Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson, kasnije poznat kao Rick Nelson (8. maj 1940 – 31. decembar 1985), bio je američki pjevač, muzičar i glumac. Odrastao je kao sin Ozzieja i Harriet Nelson te zajedno s njima i bratom Davidom 1950-ih nastupao u popularnoj TV-seriji The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. Tamo je otkrio pjevački talent, koji ga je učinio tinejdžerskim idolom. Između 1957. i 1973. je s 53 pjesme bio na top-listi Billboard Hot 100, a od toga njih 19 među Top 10.^[1]

Ricky Nelson
Ime po rođenju	Eric Hilliard Nelson
Datum rođenja	(1940-05-08)8. 5. 1940.
Mjesto rođenja	Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
Datum smrti	31. 12. 1985. (dob: 45)
Mjesto smrti	De Kalb, Texas, U.S.
Zanimanje	glumac, muzičar, pjevač
Period aktivnosti	1949—1985
Žanr	Rockabilly, Rock 'n' roll, Pop
Diskografska kuća	Imperial, Decca (MCA), Epic
Povezani izvođači	Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Fats Domino, Connie Francis, Carl Perkins, James Burton
Službene stranice	http://www.rickynelson.com/

U aprilu 1963. Nelson se oženio za Kristin Harmon, kći football zvijezde Toma Harmona i glumice Elyse Knox, odnosno sestru glumca Marka Harmona. S njome je imao dvoje djece - kći Tracy (25. oktobar 1963 - ), koja je glumica, blizance Gunnara i Matthewa (20. septembar 1967 -), poznate po bendu Nelson (bend)|Nelson, te sina Sama (29. august 1974 -).

31. decembra 1985. je Nelson zajedno sa još šest ljudi poginuo kada se za vrijeme turneje avion u kome je putovao srušio kraj De Kalba u Teksasu.

Albumo

(Brojevi označavaju mjesto na Billboardovim listama.)

• Ricky (1957) (1)
• Ricky Nelson (1958) (7)
• Ricky Sings Again (1959) (14)
• Songs by Ricky (1959) (22)
• More Songs by Ricky (1960) (18)
• Rick Is 21 (1961) (8)
• Album Seven by Rick (1962) (27)
• Best Sellers By Rick Nelson (1963) (112)
• It's Up to You (1963) (128)
• For Your Sweet Love (1963) (20)
• Rick Nelson Sings "For You" (1964) (14)
• A Long Vacation (1963)
• The Very Thought of You (1964)
• Best Always (1965)
• Spotlight on Rick (1965)
• Bright Lights & Country Music (1966)
• Love and Kisses (1966)
• Country Fever (1967)
• I Need You (1968)
• Perspective (1968)
• Another Side of Rick (1969)
• In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969 (1970)
• Rick Nelson in Concert (1970) (54)
• Rick Sings Nelson (1970) (196)
• Rudy the Fifth (1971)
• Garden Party (1972) (32)
• Windfall (1974) (190)
• Intakes (1977)
• Playing to Win (1981) (153)
• Four You (1981)

• All My Best (1985)

Singlice

Pjesme na nacionalnim listama podebljane.

Godina	Strana A	Strana B	Muzička kuća + Kat. br.	Pozicija na listi
				US Hot 100	US C&W	UK
1957	A Teenager's Romance[2]		Verve 10047	2
		I'm Walkin'	Verve 10047	4
	You're My One and Only Love	Honey Rock	Verve 10070	14
	Have I Told You Lately that I Love You		Imperial 5463	29
		Be Bop Baby	Imperial 5463	3
1958	Stood Up		Imperial 5483	2	8	27
		Waitin' in School	Imperial 5483	18	12
	My Bucket's Got a Hole in It		Imperial 5503	12	10
		Believe What You Say	Imperial 5503	4	10
	Poor Little Fool	Don't Leave Me This Way	Imperial 5528	1	3	4
	Someday		London 8732 (UK only release)			9
	Lonesome Town		Imperial 5545	7
		I Got A Feeling	Imperial 5545	10		27
1959	It's Late		Imperial 5565	9		3
		Never Be Anyone Else But You	Imperial 5565	6		14
	Just a Little Too Much		Imperial 5595	9		11
		Sweeter Than You	Imperial 5595	9		19
	I Wanna Be Loved		Imperial 5614	20		30
		Mighty Good	Imperial 5614	38
1960	Young Emotions		Imperial 5663	12		48
		Right by My Side	Imperial 5663	59
	I'm Not Afraid		Imperial 5685	27
		Yes Sir, That's My Baby	Imperial 5685	34
	You Are the Only One		Imperial 5707	25
		Milk Cow Blues	Imperial 5707	79
1961	Travelin' Man		Imperial 5741	1		2
		Hello Mary Lou	Imperial 5741	9		2
	A Wonder Like You		Imperial 5770	11
		Everlovin'	Imperial 5770	16		23
1962	Young World		Imperial 5805	5		19
		"Summertime"	Imperial 5805	89
	Teen Age Idol		Imperial 5864	5		39
		I've Got My Eyes on You (And I Like What I See)	Imperial 5864	105
	It's Up to You		Imperial 5901	6		22
		I Need You	Imperial 5901	83
1963	I'm In Love Again		Imperial 5910	67
		That's All	Imperial 5910	48
	You Don't Love Me Anymore (And I Can Tell)		Decca 31475	47
		I Got a Woman	Decca 31475	49
	If You Can't Rock Me		Imperial 5935	100
		Old Enough to Love	Imperial 5935	94
	A Long Vacation	Mad Mad World	Imperial 5958	120
	Gypsy Woman		Decca 31495	62
		String Along	Decca 31495	25
	There's Not A Minute	Time After Time	Imperial 5985	127
	Fools Rush In		Decca 31533	12		12
		Down Home	Decca 31533	126
	Today's Teardrops	Thank You Darlin'	Imperial 66004	54
	For You	That's All She Wrote	Decca 31574	9		14
1964	Congratulations	One Minute to One	Imperial 66017	63
	The Very Thought of You	I Wonder (If Your Love Will Belong to Me)	Decca 31612	26
	Lucky Star	Everybody But Me	Imperial 66039	127
	There's Nothing I Can Say		Decca 31656	47
		Lonely Corner	1964	113
	A Happy Guy	Don't Breathe a Word	Decca 31703	82
1965	Mean Old World	When the Chips Are Down	Decca 31756	96
	Come Out Dancing	Yesterday's Love	Decca 31800	130
	Say You Love Me	Love and Kisses	Decca 31845
1966	Fire Breathin' Dragon	Your Kind of Lovin'	Decca 31900
	You Just Can't Quit	Louisiana Man	Decca 31956	108
	Things You Gave Me	Alone	Decca 32026
1967	They Don't Give Medals (To Yesterday's Heroes)	Take a Broken Heart	Decca 32055
	Take a City Bride	I'm Called Lonely	Decca 32120		58
1968	Suzanne on a Sunday Morning	Moonshine	Decca 32176
	Dream Weaver	Baby Close Its Eyes	Decca 32222
1969	Don't Blame It on Your Wife	Promenade in Green	Decca 32284
	Don't Make Promises	Barefoot Boy	Decca 32298
	She Belongs to Me	Promises	Decca 32558	33
1970	Easy to Be Free	Come On In	Decca 32635	48
	I Shall Be Released	If You Gotta Go, Go Now	Decca 32676	102
	Look at Mary	We've Got Such a Long Way to Go	Decca 32711
1971	How Long	Down Along the Bayou Country	Decca 32739
	Life	California	Decca 32779	109
1972	Thank You Lord	Sing Me a Song	Decca 32860
	Gypsy Pilot	Love Minus Zero/No Limit	Decca 32906
	Garden Party	So Long Mama	Decca 32980	6	44	41
1973	Palace Guard	A Flower Opens Gently By	MCA 40001	65
	Lifestream	Evil Woman Child	MCA 40130
1974	Windfall	Legacy	MCA 40187
	One Night Stand	Lifestream	MCA 40214		89
	Try (Try to Fall in Love)	Louisiana Belle	MCA 40392
	Rock and Roll Lady	Fade Away	(MCA 40458)
1977	You Can't Dance	It's Another Day	Epic 50458
1978	Gimme a Little Sign	Something You Can't Buy	Epic 50501
1979	Dream Lover	That Ain't the Way Love's Supposed to Be	Epic 50674		59
	It Hasn't Happened Yet	Call It What You Want	(Capitol 4974)
	Believe What You Say	The Loser Babe Is You	(Capitol 4988)
	Give 'em My Number	No Fair Falling in Love	(Capitol 5178)
	You Know What I Mean	Don't Leave Me This Way	(MCA 52781)
1986	Dream Lover (re-izdanje)	Rave On	Epic 06066		88
1991	Hello Mary Lou (reizdanjhe u UK)		Liberty EMCT 2			45

Literatura

• Philip Bashe: Teenage Idol, Travelin' Man: The Complete Biography of Rick Nelson. New York: Hyperion 1992. ISBN 1-56282-969-6