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Today’s Holiday Tune: The gorgeous Ricky Nelson sings a gorgeous rendition of “A Christmas Song”
Well, if there was ever a cuter teen idol than Ricky Nelson, I’ve never seen him.
He grew up on television alongside older brother David on their family’s television show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. And it was on that show that Ricky began performing rock and roll!
Between 1957 and 1973, he placed 56 songs on the Billboard 100 charts including his first number one Poor Little Fool. Subsequent hits included Hello Mary Lou, Travelin’ Man, and Garden Party.
Here are two holiday songs Ricky performed on Ozzie and Harriet. In the first, A Christmas Song, his young daughter can be seen smiling at him. She’s actress Tracy Nelson who went on to star in The Father Dowling Mysteries.
Ricky died far too young. He was just 45 when a private plane carrying him and his band to a New Year’s Eve concert in 1985 crashed.
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Mark Hetherington says:
Ricky had the longest, most dreamy eyelashes, and super-seductive eyes. He had more talent than sometimes given credit for, mostly because of people thinking his success was due to nepotism. Ozzie was a task master when it came to performance, so he never would have tolerated anything less than first-rate. Hello Eric, Goodbye Heart!