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Ricky Nelson
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American musician, singer-songwriter, and actor
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Sheepherder Boy
- Ricky Nelson - 20 Greatest Hits (Songbook)
- Ricky Nelson - 20 Greatest Hits
- The Ricky Nelson Guitar Collection
- Rock 'n' Roll Idol
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1933-04-29
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,028,941
- Total plays
- 8,693,359
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Eric Hilliard "Ricky" or "Rick" Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American musician and actor. He began appearing with his family in the radio and television series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" at age eight. In 1957, he started his career as a recording artist. Nelson also appeared in films, including a co-starring role with John Wayne, Dean Martin, Walter Brennan, and Angie Dickinson in Howard Hawks's western "Rio Bravo" (1959). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ricky+N
Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Rick Nelson
- Born
- Eric Hilliard Nelson , ( 1940-05-08 ) May 8, 1940, Teaneck, New Jersey , U.S.
- Died
- December 31, 1985 (1985-12-31) (aged 45) , De Kalb, Texas , U.S.
- Genres
- Rockabilly rock and roll pop country country rock
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter actor
- Years active
- 1949–1985
- Labels
- Verve Imperial London Renown Records Decca / MCA Epic
- Website
- rickynelson .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.rickynelson.com
- Image
- Decca Records Rick Nelson 1966.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ricky Nelson
- Commons gallery
- Ricky Nelson
- date of birth
- 1940-05-08
- date of death
- 1985-12-31
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
- birth name
- Eric Hilliard Nelson
- pseudonym
- Ricky Nelson
- social media followers
- 62700
- end of work period
- 1985-00-00
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Eric Hilliard "Ricky" or “Rick” Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American musician and actor. From age eight, he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. In 1957, he began a long and successful career as a popular recording artist.
His fame as both a recording artist and television star also led to a motion picture role co-starring alongside John Wayne, Dean Martin, Walter Brennan, and Angie Dickinson in Howard Hawks's western feature film Rio Bravo (1959). He placed 54 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and its predecessors between 1957 and 1973, including "Poor Little Fool" in 1958, which was the first number one song on Billboard magazine's then-newly created Hot 100 chart. He recorded 17 additional top ten hits and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987. In 1996, Nelson was ranked No. 49 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.