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Ricky is the debut studio album by American actor and rock and roll musician Ricky Nelson, released in November 1957 by Imperial Records. it features a mix of rock and roll songs, including covers of Carl Perkins, Cole Porter, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Joe Maphis was the lead guitarist on this album. The album made its first appearance on the Billboard Best Selling Pop LPs chart in the issue dated November 11, 1957, and remained on the album chart for 33 weeks, spending two consecutive weeks at number one, Nelson becoming the first solo artist under the age of 18 to chart an album. It also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated November 16, 1957, and remained on the chart for a total of 25 weeks, also spending 2 consecutive weeks at number 1. Two singles were released from the album: "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" and "Be-Bop Baby". They peaked at No. 29 and No. 5, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and 21 and 6 on the Cashbox Singles Chart. A third single from the album, "If You Can't Rock Me", was issued as a single 6 years later to coincide with the release of the 1963 Imperial compilation It's Up To You. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_(...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
