Songs By Ricky

Songs by Ricky is the fourth album by Ricky Nelson, released in November 1959 by Imperial Records. The Jordanaires provide vocal accompaniment, the last Nelson album on which they do so. It contains songs from the Burnettes, Baker Knight, and Nelson's uncle Don Nelson. Jimmie Haskell was the arranger, and Charles "Bud" Dant produced the album. The album debuted on the Billboard Best Selling LPs chart in the issue dated September 29, 1959, remaining on the chart for 26 weeks and peaking at number 22. It reached number nine on the Cashbox albums chart during a 19-week stay on the chart. Successful singles from the album include "Just a Little Too Much" and "Sweeter Than You", both of which peaked at Number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. They reached numbers 11 and 18, respectively, on the Cashbox Singles Chart and peaked at numbers 11 and 65 in the UK. "That's All" was issued as singles four 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 48 during its six-week stay. and number 53 on the Cashbox singles during its five-week stay. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_b...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)