Sony/ATV’s "Musical Notes" #50 - Ricky Nelson/Gene Vincent
Dec 13, 2009
A fortnightly newsletter highlighting some of the many classic songs in the Sony/ATV Music Publishing catalog.
From Alan Warner, Creative Consultant
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For our final newsletter of 2009, we highlight SATV songs recorded by two rock ‘n’ roll legends beginning with…
Rick Nelson
Ricky Nelson (1940-1985) was a teenage idol and a bona fide rock ‘n’ roll star. He was introduced to American audiences on his family’s TV show led by his bandleader father Ozzie and his actress mother Harriet. Sony/ATV’s catalog of songs recorded by Ricky includes the chart-topping 1958 ballad “Poor Little Fool” written by Sharon Sheeley, the girlfriend of rocker Eddie Cochran. Eddie was a friend of Ricky’s as were songwriter/singers Johnny & Dorsey Burnette. Dorsey wrote another of Ricky’s favorite hits “It’s Late”.
Other writers whose names you’ll see on the list below include Jerry Fuller (his compositions include the standout “A Travelin’ Man”, “Young World” plus “It’s Up To You” which was covered in Britain by Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas) and the late Baker Knight, the guy responsible for such milestones as “Lonesome Town” (revived by Paul McCartney), “I Got A Feeling” and “Never Be Anyone Else But You”.
In a “Now Dig This’ interview with Jim Newcombe, Ricky recalled:
“Baker (Knight) was a good friend of mine too, he was one of the guys – we all used to go to parties and hang out together, me Dorsey & Johnny. Baker wrote some real good songs I think; I really liked his writing, the ballads were great”.
In 1961, Ricky’s name was officially shorten to Rick which you’ll see reflected in some of the listings below. By the mid-60’s, Rick’s musical taste was changing and his interest in country rock began to take shape.
He formed The Stone Canyon Band which included bass player Randy Meisner who’d been with Poco. In 1969, they covered Bob Dylan’s “She Belongs To Me” and three years later, charted with Rick’s own million-selling composition “Garden Party” based on an experience he’d had at an all-star concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Following is a list of SATV songs recorded by Rick(y) Nelson:
IT’S LATE (Dorsey Burnette)
“It's Late (it's late), We gotta get on home
It's late (it's late), We've been gone too long
Too bad (too bad), We shoulda checked our time
Can't phone (can't phone), We done spent ev'ry dime
It's late (it's late), We're 'bout to run outta gas
It's late (it's late), We gotta get home fast
Can't speed (can't speed), We're in a slow-down zone
Baby, look at that clock, why can't it be wrong?”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959) US #9 Pop, UK #3
IT’S UP TO YOU (Jerry Fuller)
“It's Up To You, Because I've done everything I can
I hope that you Will say that I'm your lovin' man
Make up your mind And do what you're gonna do
Well you know how I feel So I'm leavin’ it up to you”
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1963) US #6 Pop
BABY YOU DON’T KNOW (Jerry Fuller/Dave Burgess)
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961)
BE TRUE TO ME (James Kirkland/Nat Stuckey)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958)
CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT (Rick Nelson)
By Rick Nelson (Capitol/EMI: 1981)
CONGRATULATIONS (Jerry Fuller)
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1964) US #63 Pop
DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY (Ricky Nelson)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958)
EASY TO BE FREE (Rick Nelson)
By Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band (Decca/Universal: 1970) US #48 Pop
GARDEN PARTY (Rick Nelson)
“I went to a Garden Party to reminisce with my old friends
A chance to share old memories and play our songs again
When I got to the garden party, they all knew my name
But no one recognized me, I didn't look the same
But it's all right now, I learned my lesson well.
You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself”
By Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band (Decca/Universal: 1972)
US #6 Pop, #1 AC, #44 Country, UK #41
GLORY TRAIN (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959)
GYPSY WOMAN (Dorsey Burnette/Joe Osborn)
By Rick Nelson (Decca/Universal: 1963) US #62 Pop
HISTORY OF LOVE (Jerry Fuller/Dave Burgess)
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961)
I BOWED MY HEAD IN SHAME (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959)
I CAN’T HELP IT (IF I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU)(Hank Williams)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958)
I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU (Don Gibson)
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961)
I GOT A FEELING (Baker Knight)
“Well I got a feeling
That our love was meant to be
And there's a whole wild world of happiness
Just waitin' for you and me”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958) US #10 Pop, UK #27
I NEED YOU (Baker Knight)
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1963) US #83 Pop
I WANNA BE LOVED (Baker Knight)
“The girl I’m dreamin’ of
Is gonna love me like I Wanna Be Loved”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959) US #20 Pop, UK #30 (in ’60)
I’LL MAKE BELIEVE (Johnny Rivers)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961)
I’M ALL THROUGH WITH YOU (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1960)
I’M NOT AFRAID (Felice Bryant) controlled by Sony/ATV ex-US
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1960) US #27 Pop
LIFE (Rick Nelson)
By Rick Nelson (MCA/Universal: 1971)
LONESOME TOWN (Baker Knight)
“There's a place where lovers go
To cry their troubles away
And they call it Lonesome Town
Where the broken heart stays”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958) US #7 Pop
THE LOSER BABE IS YOU (Rick Nelson)
By Rick Nelson (Capitol/EMI: 1981)
MAD MAD WORLD (Dorsey Burnette/Joe Osborn)
By Rick Nelson (Capitol/EMI: 1961)
MAKE BELIEVE (Kitty Marie)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959)
MARCH WITH THE BAND OF THE LORD (Ray Johnson)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959)
MIGHTY GOOD (Baker Knight)
“Now the kind of love that you inspire
It fills my my heart with warm desire
And when you set my lips on fire
It feels Mighty Good to me”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959) US #38 Pop
NEVER BE ANYONE ELSE BUT YOU (Baker Knight)
“There'll Never Be Anyone Else but you for me
Never ever be
Just couldn't be
Anyone else but you”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959) US #6 Pop, UK #14
OH YEAH, I’M IN LOVE aka OH YEA, I’M IN LOVE (Doris Payne/Gregory Carroll)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961)
OLD ENOUGH TO LOVE (Al Jones/Bill Jones/Merle Kilgore)
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1963) US #94 Pop
ONE MINUTE TO ONE (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959)
PALACE GUARD (Rick Nelson)
By Ricky Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band (MCA/Universal: 1973) US #65 Pop
POOR LITTLE FOOL (Sharon Sheeley)
“I used to play around with hearts that hastened at my call,
But when I met that little girl I knew that I would fall.
Poor Little Fool, oh yeah, I was a fool, uh huh..”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958) US #1 Pop, #3 Country, UK #4
POOR LOSER (Jerry Fuller)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961)
PROVING MY LOVE (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1960)
RIGHT BY MY SIDE (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1960) US #59 Pop
SO LONG (Don Nelson)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959)
SOMETHING YOU CAN’T BUY (Rick Nelson)
By Rick Nelson (Epic/Sony: c.1977)
STOP SNEAKIN’ ‘ROUND (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1962)
SWEETER THAN YOU (Baker Knight)
“I could never be loved by anyone Sweeter Than You
And I could never belong to anyone Sweeter Than You”
By Ricky Nelson (Inperial/EMI: 1959) US #9 Pop, UK #19
TEEN AGE IDOL (Jack Lewis)
“Some people call me a teenage idol
Some people say they envy me
I guess they got no way of knowing
How lonesome I can be”
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1962) US #5 Pop, #2 AC
THAT WARM SUMMER NIGHT (Jerry Fuller/W.C. Silva)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961)
THERE GOES MY BABY (James Burton/James Kirkland)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958)
TRAVELIN’ MAN (Jerry Fuller)
“I'm a Travelin' Man
I've made a lot of stops all over the world
And in every port I own the heart
Of at least one lovely girl”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961) US #1 Pop, UK #2
A WONDER LIKE YOU (Jerry Fuller)
“ I've seen the snow-white mountains of Alaska
I've sailed along the rivers of Peru
I've seen the world and all its Seven Wonders
But I've never seen A Wonder Like You”
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961) US #11 Pop
YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961) US #25 Pop
YOU TEAR ME UP (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958)
YOU’LL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU’RE MISSING (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959)
YOUNG WORLD (Jerry Fuller)
“It's a Young World
When you're in love, you're in a young world
So take my hand and let me show you
Just how true young love can be”
By Rick (Imperial/EMI: 1962) US #5 Pop, UK #19
And our second rock legend is…
Gene Vincent
Catapulted to fame with his very first record, “Be-Bop-A-Lula”, Vincent Eugene Craddock changed his name to Gene Vincent and became an overnight rock ‘n’ roll success in 1956. Gene and his group The Blue Caps performed the song in the classic rock movie “The Girl Can’t Help It”. The list which follows includes not only “Be-Bop-A-Lula” but an intriguing scope of other songs recorded by Gene which echo his country and rockabilly roots as well as his cool way of cutting other artist’s rock classics. Check out for instance “Crazy Legs” which was written by guitarist/singer/songwriter and actor Jerry Reed : it’s from Gene’s second session for Capitol Records held at Owen Bradley’s Nashville Studio on June 24, 1956 and you can hear the enthusiastic way he hands over to Cliff Gallup’s guitar breaks. By the way, the famous scream during “Be-Bop-A-Lula” came from the Blue Caps drummer, Dickie Harrell.
Here’s a selection of SATV songs recorded by Gene Vincent:
AIN’T THAT TOO MUCH (Jerry Fuller/Baker Knight)
By Gene Vincent (Challenge/Sony ATV: 1966)*
BE-BOP-A-LULA (Vincent/Davis)
“Well, Be-Bop-A Lula, she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula, I don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula, I don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby love
My baby love, my baby love”
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1956) US #7 Pop, UK #16
BIRD-DOGGIN’ (Keith Colley)
“All these sleepless nights I’m so tired of
I’ve got to find some sweet little thing to love
To put my arms around her, hold her oh so tight
I know I just can’t last another night”
By Gene Vincent (Challenge/Sony ATV: 1966)*
BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN (Fred Rose)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1960)
BORN TO BE A ROLLING STONE (Jerry Merritt/Hiram White)
By Gene Vincent (Challenge/Sony ATV: 1967)*
CRAZY LEGS (Jerry Reed)
“Well, I got a little woman called Crazy Legs
She's the queen of the teenage crowd
All the cats stuffin' nickels in the ol' jukebox
Just to watch her do the bop when the music gets loud
Crazy Legs, Crazy Legs, a-boppin' all over the floor
Do the bop, Crazy Legs, do the bop
She's my baby and I don't mean maybe
She's mine-mine-mine all mine”
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1956)
FIVE FEET OF LOVIN’ (Peddy/Tillis)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1958)
HEY GOOD LOOKIN’ (Hank Williams)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1958)
HEY HEY HEY HEY (Richard Penniman)
By Gene Vincent & The Shouts (UK Columbia/EMI: 1964)
HOW DO I LOVE THEM OLD SONGS (Mickey Newbury)
By Gene Vincent (Kama Sutra/Sony: 1971)
HURTIN’ FOR YOU BABY (Jerry Merritt/Shirley John)
By Gene Vincent (Challenge/Sony ATV: 1967)*
I SURE MISS YOU (Eddie Bryan/Tex Davis)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1956)
I’M A LONESOME FUGITIVE (Casey Anderson/Liz Anderson)
By Gene Vincent (UK London/Sony ATV: 1967)*
IS THAT TOO MUCH (Jerry Fuller/Baker Knight)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
LONELY STREET (Kenny Sowder/Carl Belew/W.S. Stevenson)
“I’m looking for that Lonely Street
I’ve got a sad, sad tale to tell
I need a place to go and weep
Where’s this place called Lonely Street?
By Gene Vincent (Challenge/Sony ATV: 1966)
LONG TALL SALLY (Richard Penniman/Entoris Johnson/Robert Blackwell)
By Gene Vincent & The Shouts (UK Columbia/EMI: 1964)
LOVE IS A BIRD (James Seals)
By Gene Vincent (UK London/Sony ATV: 1967)*
OH LONESOME ME (Don Gibson)
By Gene Vincent (Kama Sutra/Sony: 1971)
POOR MAN’S PRISON (Knox Henderson/Keith Colley)
“I’m in a Poor Man’s Prison baby
It’s been a hard long lonesome time
Well darlin’, can’t you see that you can set me free
‘Cause your lovin’ drives me out of my mind”
By Gene Vincent (UK London/Sony ATV: 1967)*
READY TEDDY (Robert Blackwell/John Marascalco)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1958)
RIP IT UP (Robert Blackwell/John Marascalco)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1958)
RUBY BABY (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
By Gene Vincent (Dandelion: 1969)
SEND ME SOME LOVIN’ (John Marascalco/Leo Price)
By Gene Vincent & The Shouts (UK Columbia/EMI: 1964)
SKIP A ROPE (Jack Moran/Glenn Tubb)
By Gene Vincent (Magnum)
SLIPPIN’ AND SLIDIN’ (Penniman/Collins/Bocage/Smith)
By Gene Vincent & The Shouts (UK Columbia/EMI: 1964)
TUTTI FRUTTI (Richard Penniman/Dorothy LaBostrie/Joe Lubin)
By Gene Vincent (‘live’ recording)
YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART (Hank Williams)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1957)
Click Here For Associated Playlist
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US chart positions courtesy of Joel Whitburn & Billboard Magazine.
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Musical Notes Archive"
12/21/09
Dec 13, 2009
A fortnightly newsletter highlighting some of the many classic songs in the Sony/ATV Music Publishing catalog.
From Alan Warner, Creative Consultant
******************
For our final newsletter of 2009, we highlight SATV songs recorded by two rock ‘n’ roll legends beginning with…
Rick Nelson
Ricky Nelson (1940-1985) was a teenage idol and a bona fide rock ‘n’ roll star. He was introduced to American audiences on his family’s TV show led by his bandleader father Ozzie and his actress mother Harriet. Sony/ATV’s catalog of songs recorded by Ricky includes the chart-topping 1958 ballad “Poor Little Fool” written by Sharon Sheeley, the girlfriend of rocker Eddie Cochran. Eddie was a friend of Ricky’s as were songwriter/singers Johnny & Dorsey Burnette. Dorsey wrote another of Ricky’s favorite hits “It’s Late”.
Other writers whose names you’ll see on the list below include Jerry Fuller (his compositions include the standout “A Travelin’ Man”, “Young World” plus “It’s Up To You” which was covered in Britain by Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas) and the late Baker Knight, the guy responsible for such milestones as “Lonesome Town” (revived by Paul McCartney), “I Got A Feeling” and “Never Be Anyone Else But You”.
In a “Now Dig This’ interview with Jim Newcombe, Ricky recalled:
“Baker (Knight) was a good friend of mine too, he was one of the guys – we all used to go to parties and hang out together, me Dorsey & Johnny. Baker wrote some real good songs I think; I really liked his writing, the ballads were great”.
In 1961, Ricky’s name was officially shorten to Rick which you’ll see reflected in some of the listings below. By the mid-60’s, Rick’s musical taste was changing and his interest in country rock began to take shape.
He formed The Stone Canyon Band which included bass player Randy Meisner who’d been with Poco. In 1969, they covered Bob Dylan’s “She Belongs To Me” and three years later, charted with Rick’s own million-selling composition “Garden Party” based on an experience he’d had at an all-star concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Following is a list of SATV songs recorded by Rick(y) Nelson:
IT’S LATE (Dorsey Burnette)
“It's Late (it's late), We gotta get on home
It's late (it's late), We've been gone too long
Too bad (too bad), We shoulda checked our time
Can't phone (can't phone), We done spent ev'ry dime
It's late (it's late), We're 'bout to run outta gas
It's late (it's late), We gotta get home fast
Can't speed (can't speed), We're in a slow-down zone
Baby, look at that clock, why can't it be wrong?”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959) US #9 Pop, UK #3
IT’S UP TO YOU (Jerry Fuller)
“It's Up To You, Because I've done everything I can
I hope that you Will say that I'm your lovin' man
Make up your mind And do what you're gonna do
Well you know how I feel So I'm leavin’ it up to you”
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1963) US #6 Pop
BABY YOU DON’T KNOW (Jerry Fuller/Dave Burgess)
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961)
BE TRUE TO ME (James Kirkland/Nat Stuckey)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958)
CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT (Rick Nelson)
By Rick Nelson (Capitol/EMI: 1981)
CONGRATULATIONS (Jerry Fuller)
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1964) US #63 Pop
DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY (Ricky Nelson)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958)
EASY TO BE FREE (Rick Nelson)
By Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band (Decca/Universal: 1970) US #48 Pop
GARDEN PARTY (Rick Nelson)
“I went to a Garden Party to reminisce with my old friends
A chance to share old memories and play our songs again
When I got to the garden party, they all knew my name
But no one recognized me, I didn't look the same
But it's all right now, I learned my lesson well.
You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself”
By Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band (Decca/Universal: 1972)
US #6 Pop, #1 AC, #44 Country, UK #41
GLORY TRAIN (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959)
GYPSY WOMAN (Dorsey Burnette/Joe Osborn)
By Rick Nelson (Decca/Universal: 1963) US #62 Pop
HISTORY OF LOVE (Jerry Fuller/Dave Burgess)
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961)
I BOWED MY HEAD IN SHAME (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959)
I CAN’T HELP IT (IF I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU)(Hank Williams)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958)
I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU (Don Gibson)
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961)
I GOT A FEELING (Baker Knight)
“Well I got a feeling
That our love was meant to be
And there's a whole wild world of happiness
Just waitin' for you and me”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958) US #10 Pop, UK #27
I NEED YOU (Baker Knight)
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1963) US #83 Pop
I WANNA BE LOVED (Baker Knight)
“The girl I’m dreamin’ of
Is gonna love me like I Wanna Be Loved”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959) US #20 Pop, UK #30 (in ’60)
I’LL MAKE BELIEVE (Johnny Rivers)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961)
I’M ALL THROUGH WITH YOU (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1960)
I’M NOT AFRAID (Felice Bryant) controlled by Sony/ATV ex-US
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1960) US #27 Pop
LIFE (Rick Nelson)
By Rick Nelson (MCA/Universal: 1971)
LONESOME TOWN (Baker Knight)
“There's a place where lovers go
To cry their troubles away
And they call it Lonesome Town
Where the broken heart stays”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958) US #7 Pop
THE LOSER BABE IS YOU (Rick Nelson)
By Rick Nelson (Capitol/EMI: 1981)
MAD MAD WORLD (Dorsey Burnette/Joe Osborn)
By Rick Nelson (Capitol/EMI: 1961)
MAKE BELIEVE (Kitty Marie)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959)
MARCH WITH THE BAND OF THE LORD (Ray Johnson)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959)
MIGHTY GOOD (Baker Knight)
“Now the kind of love that you inspire
It fills my my heart with warm desire
And when you set my lips on fire
It feels Mighty Good to me”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959) US #38 Pop
NEVER BE ANYONE ELSE BUT YOU (Baker Knight)
“There'll Never Be Anyone Else but you for me
Never ever be
Just couldn't be
Anyone else but you”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959) US #6 Pop, UK #14
OH YEAH, I’M IN LOVE aka OH YEA, I’M IN LOVE (Doris Payne/Gregory Carroll)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961)
OLD ENOUGH TO LOVE (Al Jones/Bill Jones/Merle Kilgore)
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1963) US #94 Pop
ONE MINUTE TO ONE (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959)
PALACE GUARD (Rick Nelson)
By Ricky Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band (MCA/Universal: 1973) US #65 Pop
POOR LITTLE FOOL (Sharon Sheeley)
“I used to play around with hearts that hastened at my call,
But when I met that little girl I knew that I would fall.
Poor Little Fool, oh yeah, I was a fool, uh huh..”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958) US #1 Pop, #3 Country, UK #4
POOR LOSER (Jerry Fuller)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961)
PROVING MY LOVE (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1960)
RIGHT BY MY SIDE (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1960) US #59 Pop
SO LONG (Don Nelson)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959)
SOMETHING YOU CAN’T BUY (Rick Nelson)
By Rick Nelson (Epic/Sony: c.1977)
STOP SNEAKIN’ ‘ROUND (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1962)
SWEETER THAN YOU (Baker Knight)
“I could never be loved by anyone Sweeter Than You
And I could never belong to anyone Sweeter Than You”
By Ricky Nelson (Inperial/EMI: 1959) US #9 Pop, UK #19
TEEN AGE IDOL (Jack Lewis)
“Some people call me a teenage idol
Some people say they envy me
I guess they got no way of knowing
How lonesome I can be”
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1962) US #5 Pop, #2 AC
THAT WARM SUMMER NIGHT (Jerry Fuller/W.C. Silva)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961)
THERE GOES MY BABY (James Burton/James Kirkland)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958)
TRAVELIN’ MAN (Jerry Fuller)
“I'm a Travelin' Man
I've made a lot of stops all over the world
And in every port I own the heart
Of at least one lovely girl”
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961) US #1 Pop, UK #2
A WONDER LIKE YOU (Jerry Fuller)
“ I've seen the snow-white mountains of Alaska
I've sailed along the rivers of Peru
I've seen the world and all its Seven Wonders
But I've never seen A Wonder Like You”
By Rick Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961) US #11 Pop
YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1961) US #25 Pop
YOU TEAR ME UP (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1958)
YOU’LL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU’RE MISSING (Baker Knight)
By Ricky Nelson (Imperial/EMI: 1959)
YOUNG WORLD (Jerry Fuller)
“It's a Young World
When you're in love, you're in a young world
So take my hand and let me show you
Just how true young love can be”
By Rick (Imperial/EMI: 1962) US #5 Pop, UK #19
And our second rock legend is…
Gene Vincent
Catapulted to fame with his very first record, “Be-Bop-A-Lula”, Vincent Eugene Craddock changed his name to Gene Vincent and became an overnight rock ‘n’ roll success in 1956. Gene and his group The Blue Caps performed the song in the classic rock movie “The Girl Can’t Help It”. The list which follows includes not only “Be-Bop-A-Lula” but an intriguing scope of other songs recorded by Gene which echo his country and rockabilly roots as well as his cool way of cutting other artist’s rock classics. Check out for instance “Crazy Legs” which was written by guitarist/singer/songwriter and actor Jerry Reed : it’s from Gene’s second session for Capitol Records held at Owen Bradley’s Nashville Studio on June 24, 1956 and you can hear the enthusiastic way he hands over to Cliff Gallup’s guitar breaks. By the way, the famous scream during “Be-Bop-A-Lula” came from the Blue Caps drummer, Dickie Harrell.
Here’s a selection of SATV songs recorded by Gene Vincent:
AIN’T THAT TOO MUCH (Jerry Fuller/Baker Knight)
By Gene Vincent (Challenge/Sony ATV: 1966)*
BE-BOP-A-LULA (Vincent/Davis)
“Well, Be-Bop-A Lula, she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula, I don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula, I don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby love
My baby love, my baby love”
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1956) US #7 Pop, UK #16
BIRD-DOGGIN’ (Keith Colley)
“All these sleepless nights I’m so tired of
I’ve got to find some sweet little thing to love
To put my arms around her, hold her oh so tight
I know I just can’t last another night”
By Gene Vincent (Challenge/Sony ATV: 1966)*
BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN (Fred Rose)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1960)
BORN TO BE A ROLLING STONE (Jerry Merritt/Hiram White)
By Gene Vincent (Challenge/Sony ATV: 1967)*
CRAZY LEGS (Jerry Reed)
“Well, I got a little woman called Crazy Legs
She's the queen of the teenage crowd
All the cats stuffin' nickels in the ol' jukebox
Just to watch her do the bop when the music gets loud
Crazy Legs, Crazy Legs, a-boppin' all over the floor
Do the bop, Crazy Legs, do the bop
She's my baby and I don't mean maybe
She's mine-mine-mine all mine”
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1956)
FIVE FEET OF LOVIN’ (Peddy/Tillis)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1958)
HEY GOOD LOOKIN’ (Hank Williams)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1958)
HEY HEY HEY HEY (Richard Penniman)
By Gene Vincent & The Shouts (UK Columbia/EMI: 1964)
HOW DO I LOVE THEM OLD SONGS (Mickey Newbury)
By Gene Vincent (Kama Sutra/Sony: 1971)
HURTIN’ FOR YOU BABY (Jerry Merritt/Shirley John)
By Gene Vincent (Challenge/Sony ATV: 1967)*
I SURE MISS YOU (Eddie Bryan/Tex Davis)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1956)
I’M A LONESOME FUGITIVE (Casey Anderson/Liz Anderson)
By Gene Vincent (UK London/Sony ATV: 1967)*
IS THAT TOO MUCH (Jerry Fuller/Baker Knight)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
LONELY STREET (Kenny Sowder/Carl Belew/W.S. Stevenson)
“I’m looking for that Lonely Street
I’ve got a sad, sad tale to tell
I need a place to go and weep
Where’s this place called Lonely Street?
By Gene Vincent (Challenge/Sony ATV: 1966)
LONG TALL SALLY (Richard Penniman/Entoris Johnson/Robert Blackwell)
By Gene Vincent & The Shouts (UK Columbia/EMI: 1964)
LOVE IS A BIRD (James Seals)
By Gene Vincent (UK London/Sony ATV: 1967)*
OH LONESOME ME (Don Gibson)
By Gene Vincent (Kama Sutra/Sony: 1971)
POOR MAN’S PRISON (Knox Henderson/Keith Colley)
“I’m in a Poor Man’s Prison baby
It’s been a hard long lonesome time
Well darlin’, can’t you see that you can set me free
‘Cause your lovin’ drives me out of my mind”
By Gene Vincent (UK London/Sony ATV: 1967)*
READY TEDDY (Robert Blackwell/John Marascalco)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1958)
RIP IT UP (Robert Blackwell/John Marascalco)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1958)
RUBY BABY (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
By Gene Vincent (Dandelion: 1969)
SEND ME SOME LOVIN’ (John Marascalco/Leo Price)
By Gene Vincent & The Shouts (UK Columbia/EMI: 1964)
SKIP A ROPE (Jack Moran/Glenn Tubb)
By Gene Vincent (Magnum)
SLIPPIN’ AND SLIDIN’ (Penniman/Collins/Bocage/Smith)
By Gene Vincent & The Shouts (UK Columbia/EMI: 1964)
TUTTI FRUTTI (Richard Penniman/Dorothy LaBostrie/Joe Lubin)
By Gene Vincent (‘live’ recording)
YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART (Hank Williams)
By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol/EMI: 1957)
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US chart positions courtesy of Joel Whitburn & Billboard Magazine.
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