Best Sellers by Rick Nelson
{{One source|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Best Sellers by Rick Nelson
| type = compilation
| artist = Rick Nelson
| cover = Best Sellers by Rick Nelson.JPG
| released = February 1963
| recorded = 1957–1959
| genre = Rock and roll, rockabilly, pop
| length = 25:25
| label = Imperial
| producer = Charles "Bud" Dant
| prev_title = Album Seven by Rick
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = For Your Sweet Love
| next_year = 1963
}}
Best Sellers By Rick is a compilation album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson that was released in February 1963 by Imperial Records. It was Nelson's first greatest hits compilation on the Imperial label. it features some of his early hits including "Be-Bop Baby", "Waitin' in School", "Believe What You Say", "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" and others, by the time of its release Nelson had left Imperial for Decca which he signed for 20 years a few months earlier.{{Cite book |last=Bashe |first=Philip |url=https://archive.org/details/teenageidoltrave00bash/page/152/mode/2up |title=Teenage idol, travelin' man : the complete biography of Rick Nelson |date=1992 |publisher=Hyperion |isbn=9-781562-829698 |location=New York, N.Y |pages=192–193}}
The compilation debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated March 4, 1963, peaking at No. 112 during a four-week stay on the chart. It reached No. 36 on the Cashbox albums chart.{{Cite book |last=Hoffmann |first=Frank W |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxalbumchar0000hoff/page/268/mode/2up |title=The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974 |date=1988 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-2005-6 |location=Metuchen, N.J. |pages=268}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
}}Jason Ankeny of AllMusic said that "affords a wonderful opportunity to experience hits like "Waitin' in School" and "Stood Up" that have been marginalized (if not altogether disregarded) by myopic oldies radio play lists—particularly revelatory is 1958's "Believe What You Say," a chugging rocker in the mold of vintage Buddy Holly."{{Cite web |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |title=Rick Nelson - Best Sellers of Rick Nelson: Ratings & Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/best-sellers-mw0000844161 |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=AllMusic}}
Track listing
= Side one =
{{Track listing
| title1 = Be-Bop Baby
| length1 = 2:00
| writer1 = Pearl Lendhurst
| title2 = Have I Told You Lately That I Love You (From The Republic Pictures: Sing Neighbor Sing
| length2 = 1:58
| writer2 = Scotty Wiseman
| title3 = Waitin' in School
| length3 = 2:02
| writer3 = Johnny Burnette, Dorsey Burnette
| title4 = Stood Up
| length4 = 1:57
| writer4 = Dub Dickerson, Erma Herrold
| title5 = Believe What You Say
| length5 = 2:04
| writer5 = Johnny Burnette, Dorsey Burnette
| title6 = That's All
| length6 = 2:05
| writer6 = Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes
}}
= Side two =
{{Track listing
| title1 = Poor Little Fool
| length1 = 2:32
| writer1 = Sharon Sheeley
| title2 = Lonesome Town
| length2 = 2:17
| writer2 = Baker Knight
| title3 = I'm in Love Again
| length3 = 2:20
| writer3 = Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino
| title4 = Teenage Doll
| length4 = 1:40
| writer4 = George Lendhurst, Pearl Lendhurst
| title5 = Baby I'm Sorry
| length5 = 2:20
| writer5 = Kenneth Scott
| title6 = Just a Little Too Much
| length6 = 2:10
| writer6 = Johnny Burnette
}}
Personnel
- Guitar: James Burton, Joe Maphis, Rick Nelson
- Bass: James Kirkland, Joe Osborn
- Drums: Richie Frost
- Piano: Gene Garf, Ray Johnson
- Backing Vocals: The Jordanaires
Charts
| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1962) !Peak{{break}}position |
| US Top LPs (Billboard){{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996 |date=1996 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0898201179 |pages=10, 556 |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstopp00whit/page/10/mode/2up |access-date=November 5, 2023}}
| align="center" |112 |
| US Cashbox
| align="center" |36 |