Ricky Nelson (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ricky Nelson

| type = Album

| artist = Ricky Nelson

| cover = 1958 Ricky Nelson album.JPG

| alt =

| released = July 1958

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = *Rock and roll

• rockabilly

| length =

| label = Imperial

| producer = Charles "Bud" Dant

| prev_title = Ricky

| prev_year = 1957

| next_title = Ricky Sings Again

| next_year = 1959

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Ricky Nelson

| type = studio

| single1 = Poor Little Fool

| single1date = June 23, 1958

| single2 = I'm in Love Again

| single2date = February 1963

}}

}}

Ricky Nelson is the second studio album by American singer Ricky Nelson, released in July 1958 by Imperial Records.

The album features of then-recent hits and older songs updated for his style, including a cover of Bobby Lee Trammell "Shirley Lee", Little Walter's "My Babe", "Unchained Melody",{{Cite book |last=Selvin |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/rickynelsonidolf00selv/page/103/mode/2up |title=Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation |date=1990 |publisher=Contemporary Books |isbn=978-0-8092-4187-3 |location=Chicago |pages=103}} Fats Domino's "I'm in Love Again", and Roy Orbison's "Down the Line"{{Cite book |last=Homer |first=Sheree |url=https://archive.org/details/ricknelsonrocknr0000home/page/52/mode/2up |title=Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer |date=2012 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-6060-1 |location=Jefferson, N.C. |pages=52}} it also contained Ricky Nelson's first composition, "Don't Leave Me This Way",{{Cite book |last=Poore |first=Billy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fdvoZRLEs7EC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA99&dq=ricky%20nelson%20i'm%20in%20love%20again&pg=PA99#v=onepage&q=ricky%20nelson%20i'm%20in%20love%20again&f=false |title=Rockabilly: A Forty-year Journey |date=1998 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=0-7935-9142-2 |pages=99 |language=en}} The Jordanaires provide backing vocals.

The album debuted on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart in the issue dated July 28, 1958, and remained on the chart for nine weeks, peaking at number 7.{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstopp00whit/page/556/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996 |date=1996 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0898201179 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis. |pages=556}} It debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated June 21, 1958, and remained on the chart for 13 weeks, peaking at number 4.{{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}}

The singles from the album, "Poor Little Fool" became the first number-one song on Billboard magazine's then-new Hot 100 chart, in the issue dated July 7 1958, eventually spending two weeks at number one during its 15-week stay. on the Cashbox singles weeks it spent one week at number two during its 15-week stay.{{Cite book |last=Downey |first=Pat |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxpopsingle00down/page/376/mode/2up |title=Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993 |date=1994 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=1-56308-316-7 |location=Englewood, Colo. |pages=376–377}} and number four in The U.K during its 14-week stay. "I'm in Love Again" was issued as a single 5 years later to coincide with the release of the 1963 Imperial compilation Best Sellers by Rick Nelson, and entered the Hot 100 issue dated February 23, 1963, peaking at number 67 during its six-week stay. and number 51 on the Cashbox singles during its six-week stay.

The album was released on compact disc by Capitol Records on June 19, 2001, as tracks 16 through 27 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Nelson's debut studio album Ricky.{{cite web |title=Ricky - Ricky Nelson |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ricky-ricky-nelson-mw0000251624 |access-date=September 15, 2024 |publisher=AllMusic }} Bear Family included also the album in the 2001 The American Dream box set.{{cite web |title=The American Dream: The Complete Imperial and Verve 1957-1962 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-american-dream-the-complete-imperial-and-verve-1957-1962-mw0000016804 |access-date=29 November 2024 |publisher=AllMusic}}