Sunday, January 24, 2010

Rick Nelson - Singles 1963 - 1974 Album


A few months ago, Andy Young of "Singapore 60s Andy's Pop Music Influence" posted an article on popular songs of late 50s in Singapore. As I like to listen to oldies, I checked out all the songs listed by Andy on You Tube. I enjoyed listening to many of the songs and I liked 2 particular songs, namely Rick Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool” and David Seville’s “Witch Doctor”.


“Garden Party” was the song that I remembered by heart when I was in secondary school. However, I did not Rick Nelson was the singer of this song until I checked it out on You Tube then.


I found an album of Rick Nelson just a few weeks after Andy Young’s post. The album, “The Rick Nelson Singles 1963-1974 Album” contains 16 tracks. I think all the songs can be classified as pop/rock. There are 3 songs that I like in particular, “Gypsy Woman”, “Take a City Bride” and “Garden Party”.


Song List:


Side A – You Don’t Love me Anymore, I Got a Woman, String Along, Gypsy Woman, Fools Rush In, For You, The Very Thought of You, There’s Nothing I Can Say


Side B – A Happy Guy, Mean Old World, Take a City Bride, She Belongs to me, Easy to be Free, Garden Party, Palace Guard, One Night Stand

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8 comments:

  1. ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©26/1/10

    This album is really fantastic with all the hit singles within a period on one vinyl. In fact I do not have many of them either on CD or vinyl.

    A very good selection indeed.

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  2. Teoh27/1/10

    Andy, thanks for your commtne. Am I right to say that Rick Nelson's style is similar to Cliff Richard?

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  3. ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©27/1/10

    Yes, they are similar in so many ways but Rick Nelson is more Country and Western I think, while Cliff Richard is more a crooner.

    I may be wrong.

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  4. Teoh27/1/10

    Thanks for your analysis. Cliff Richard kept coming up on my mind when I was listening to Rick Nelson.

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  5. dino martin peters27/1/10

    Hey pallie, what I remember best by Ricky is his duet with our Dino from the classic flick "Rio Bravo." Nice to hear from you BC and know that your Dino-devotion continues to grow....

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  6. Roger27/1/10

    Thanks for the info. My sum knowledge of oldies keeps on growing, thanks in large part to Andy and you.

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  7. Teoh28/1/10

    Hi pallie DMP, I watched that video clip before. Our Dino was so cool in that clip.

    After reading your comment, I watched that video clip again and noticed that young cowboy was Ricky Nelson.

    Thanks for the alert.

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  8. Teoh28/1/10

    Roger, Please don't thank us.

    Management gurus always tell us to start now and look to the future whereas technologists want us to keep up with latest technologies but Andy and I keep digging back into the past. We are heading towards the wrong direction.

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