Songs by Ricky
Songs by Ricky | ||||
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Studio album by Ricky Nelson | ||||
Released | November 1959 | |||
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Length | 32:24 | |||
Label | Imperial | |||
Producer | Charles "Bud" Dant | |||
Ricky Nelson chronology | ||||
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Singles from Songs By Ricky | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Songs by Ricky is the fourth rock and roll album by Ricky Nelson, released in November 1959. The Jordanaires provide vocal accompaniment. This is the last album in which the Jordanaires provide vocal accompaniment. Jimmie Haskell was the arranger, while Charles "Bud" Dant produced the album.
Songs by Ricky peaked at number twenty-two on the Billboard Top LPs chart. Successful singles from the album include "Just a Little Too Much" and "Sweeter Than You", both of which peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Capitol Records on June 19, 2001 as tracks 18 through 29 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of the other album being Nelson's Other Imperial album from January 1959, Ricky Sings Again.[3]
Reception
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic thought "The result was a consistent record by a writing and performing team at the peak of its powers, everyone contributing to an overall sound that was a rhythmic, smooth development on the kind of raw rockabilly invented in Memphis by the original artists at Sun Records. and Nelson had turned into a supple vocalist with a sure sense of the material.".[4]
Track listing
Side one
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "You'll Never Know What You're Missing" | Baker Knight | 2:34 |
2. | "That's All" | Bob Haymes, Alan Brandt | 2:05 |
3. | "Just a Little Too Much" | Johnny Burnette | 2:12 |
4. | "One Minute to One" | Baker Knight | 2:05 |
5. | "Half Breed" | John D. Loudermilk | 2:05 |
6. | "You're So Fine" | Dorsey Burnette | 2:26 |
Side two
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Don't Leave Me" | Johnny Burnette | 2:16 |
2. | "Sweeter Than You" | Baker Knight | 2:19 |
3. | "A Long Vacation" | Dorsey Burnette | 2:08 |
4. | "So Long" | Don Nelson | 2:01 |
5. | "Blood From a Stone" | Johnny Bachelor, Rupert Stephens | 2:12 |
6. | "I've Been Thinkin'" | Johnny Burnette | 2:06 |
Charts
Album
Chart (1959) | Peak position |
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U.S. Top LPs (Billboard)[5] | 22 |
Singles
Year | Title | U.S. Hot 100[6] |
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1959 | "Just a Little Too Much" | 9 |
"Sweeter Than You |
References
- ^ "Ricky Nelson – Songs by Ricky: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1020. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Ricky Sings Again - Songs By Ricky". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Ricky Nelson – Songs By Ricky": Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-2001. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 622. ISBN 0898201470. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles (12th ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 697. ISBN 0898201802. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
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- James Burton
- Richie Frost
- Gene Garf
- James Kirkland
- The Jordanaires
- Ricky (1957)
- Ricky Nelson (1958)
- Ricky Sings Again (1959)
- Songs by Ricky (1959)
- More Songs by Ricky (1960)
- Rick Is 21 (1961)
- Album Seven by Rick (1962)
- For Your Sweet Love (1963)
- Rick Nelson Sings for You (1963)
- The Very Thought of You (1964)
- Spotlight on Rick (1964)
- Best Always (1965)
- Love and Kisses (1965)
- Bright Lights and Country Music (1966)
- Country Fever (1967)
- Another Side of Rick (1967)
- Perspective (1969)
- Rick Sings Nelson (1970)
- Rudy the Fifth (1971)
- Garden Party (1972)
- Windfall (1974)
- Intakes (1977)
- Playing to Win (1981)
- All My Best (1985)
- The Memphis Sessions (1986)
- Best Sellers by Rick Nelson (1963)
- On the Flip Side (1966)
- Ricky Sings Spirituals (1960)
- "I'm Walkin'"
- "A Teenager's Romance"
- "You're My One and Only Love"
- "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?"
- "Be-Bop Baby"
- "Stood Up"
- "Waitin' in School"
- "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It"
- "Believe What You Say"
- "Poor Little Fool"
- "Lonesome Town"
- "I Got a Feeling"
- "It's Late"
- "Never Be Anyone Else But You"
- "Just a Little Too Much"
- "Sweeter Than You"
- "I Wanna Be Loved"
- "Young Emotions"
- "Travelin' Man"
- "Hello Mary Lou"
- "A Wonder Like You"
- "Everlovin'"
- "Young World"
- "Summertime"
- "Teen Age Idol"
- "It's Up to You"
- "Fools Rush In"
- "For You"
- "The Very Thought of You"
- "There's Nothing I Can Say"
- "She Belongs to Me"
- "Life"
- "Garden Party"
- "Dream Lover"
- Discography
- Kristin Nelson
- Nelson
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