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Morning Man Classic: Ricky Nelson!
Ricky Nelson, one of the best looking men and most talented performers to ever grace a concert stage, television or movie screen was born 76 years ago today.
He grew up in front of America’s eyes performing with his parents and brother on Ozzie & Harriet. He began singing in the show and became one of the biggest teen idols of the 50s and 60s with such hits as I’m Walking, Travelin Man, Poor Little Fool, Teenage Idol and 25 other top 40 hits in all.
Sadly, Nelson died at the age of 45 in a plane crash on New Years Eve 1985. But his music lives on.
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DP says:
Oh yes, Ricky Nelson. He really had some eyes you’d want to stare into, didn’t he?
Happy Birthday Ricky. Thanks for the recollection Greg.
Matt says:
Today many critics, fans and even historians underplay just how important Ricky Nelson was to making rock-’n'-roll socially acceptable at a time when there were large segments of the population pushing back against the music on moral, religious and even racial grounds. But Ozzie’s and Harriet’s youngest son rockin’ right into their living-rooms as an integrated part of the hit network series — along with Elvis Presley’s Army service — made the music “A-OK” in the eyes of tens of millions of the “Greatest Generation” in the late 1950s and early 1960s. After all, what was good for the Nelsons was good for America.