Classic Albums-Ricky by Ricky nelson
This week's classic albums segment let's have an look at the debut album by American rock singer Ricky Nelson called Ricky in 1958. Ricky Nelson had been on the entertainment scene since the late 40's when he appeared on his Parents' radio show the Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet show which eventually switched to TV in 1952 that would last until 1966 and there had been an movie called Here Comes the Nelsons in the same in 1952 which was an success. Ricky had been playing drums and clarinet in his tweens and early teens and it was as an result while dating an girl who was swooning over an ELvis Presley record one night that Ricky wanted to make an record too which he recorded for the Verve label as he released I'm Walkin(the Fats Domino song)(no 4 USA) with the B side A teenager's Romance (no 2 USA)and You're My one and Only Love(no 14). Ricky left Verve due to disputes about royalties and signed up with Imperial for 5 years which his first hit for that labe...