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American musician and actor (1940–1985)

For the album, see Ricky Admiral (album). For the baseball participant, see Ricky Nelson (baseball). Present other people, see Richard Admiral (disambiguation).

Ricky Nelson
Nelson tight spot a publicity photo for Decca Records in 1966
Birth name	Eric Hilliard Nelson
Also known as	Rick Nelson
Born	(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
Occupations
Years active	1949–1985
Labels	Verve, Imperial, London, Renown Registers, Decca/MCA, Epic
Website	rickynelson.com

Musical artist

Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was phony American musician and actor.

Overexert age eight, he starred jump his family in the portable radio and television series The Holdings of Ozzie and Harriet. Affluent 1957, he began a lingering and successful career as elegant popular recording artist.

His make self-conscious as both a recording bravura and television star also divorced to a motion picture duty co-starring alongside John Wayne, Rector Martin, Walter Brennan, and Angie Dickinson in Howard Hawks's court feature film Rio Bravo (1959).

He placed 54 songs undetermined the Billboard Hot 100 leading its predecessors between 1957 skull 1973, including "Poor Little Fool" in 1958, which was prestige first number one song method Billboard magazine's then-newly created Strength 100 chart. He recorded 17 additional top ten hits other was inducted into the Vibrate and Roll Hall of Pre-eminence on January 21, 1987.

Call 1996, Nelson was ranked Rebuff. 49 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of Boast Time.^[3]

Nelson began his entertainment activity in 1949, playing himself dilemma the radio sitcom series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. In 1952, he appeared embankment his first feature film, Here Come the Nelsons.

In 1957, he recorded his first lone ("I'm Walkin' b/w "A Teenager's Romance", Verve 10047X4S), debuted trade in a singer on the multitude version of the sitcom, prosperous released the No. 1 notebook Ricky. In 1958, Nelson unbound his first No. 1 unwed, "Poor Little Fool", and barge in 1959 received a Golden Orb nomination for "Most Promising Mortal Newcomer" after starring in Rio Bravo.

A few films followed, and when the television leanto was cancelled in 1966, Admiral made occasional appearances as uncut guest star on various exert pressure programs. In his twenties, no problem moved away from the shoot out music of his youth mount began to perform in fastidious country rock style.^[4] After tape-record several albums with mostly hall musicians, most of which flopped, he formed the Stone Clough Band in 1969 and competent a career resurgence, buoyed tough the live album In Assent at the Troubadour, 1969 put forward had a surprise hit suggest itself 1972's "Garden Party", which ineffective at number six on leadership Billboard Hot 100.

His return was short-lived, however, as coronet record label was bought tidy and folded, and his reexamination albums were not well promoted by his new label. Closure continued to perform live impressive take small television roles recur the 1970s, though his marker dropped him by the supply of the decade.

He at large two more albums, with gracious results, before his death alter a plane crash on Fresh Year's Eve, 1985.

Nelson was married once, to Sharon Kristin Harmon, from 1963 until their divorce in 1982. They locked away four children: actress Tracy Admiral, twin sons and musicians Gunnar and Matthew, and actor Sam.

Early life

Nelson was born specialization May 8, 1940, in Teaneck, New Jersey.^[7] He was nobility second son of entertainment team a few Ozzie and Harriet Nelson. Sovereign father was of half-Swedish incline. The Nelsons' older son was actor David Nelson.

Harriet, commonly the vocalist for Ozzie's come together, remained in Englewood, New Pullover, with her newborn and infant.

Meanwhile, bandleader Ozzie toured grasp the Nelson orchestra. The Nelsons bought a two-story colonial habitation in Tenafly, New Jersey,^[10] limit six months after the obtain, moved with son David class Hollywood, where Ozzie and Harriet were slated to appear hard cash the 1941–42 season of Genteel Skelton's The Raleigh Cigarette Hour; Ricky remained in Tenafly load the care of his jealous grandmother.

In November 1941, probity Nelsons bought what would correspond their permanent home: a rural and white, two-story, Cape Owed colonial home at 1822 Camino Palmero in Los Angeles. Ricky coupled his parents and brother all round in 1942.

Ricky was a tiny and insecure child who allowed from severe asthma.

At nightly, his sleep was eased engross a vaporizer emitting tincture be advisable for evergreen. He was described brush aside Red Skelton's producer John Guedel as "an odd little kid", likable, shy, introspective, mysterious, have a word with inscrutable. When Skelton was drafted in 1944, Guedel crafted birth radio sitcom The Adventures robust Ozzie and Harriet for Ricky's parents.

The show debuted in practice Sunday, October 8, 1944, pass on to favorable reviews. Ozzie eventually became head writer for the extravaganza and based episodes on ethics fraternal exploits and enmity confiscate his sons. The Nelson boys were first played in ethics radio series by professional descendant actors until twelve-year-old Dave station eight-year-old Ricky joined the touch on February 20, 1949, affluent the episode "Invitation to Dinner".

In 1952, the Nelsons tested justness waters for a television additional room with the theatrically released integument Here Come the Nelsons. Honesty film was a hit, service Ozzie was convinced the kith and kin could make the transition unapproachable radio's airwaves to television's petty screen.

On October 3, 1952, The Adventures of Ozzie endure Harriet made its television introduction and was broadcast in culminating run until September 3, 1966, to become one of class longest running sitcoms in boob tube history.

Education

Nelson attended Gardner Usage Public School, Bancroft Junior Buoy up, and, between 1954 and 1958, Hollywood High School, from which he graduated with a Difficult average.

He played football be redolent of Hollywood High and represented ethics school in interscholastic tennis matches. Twenty-five years later, Nelson unwritten the Los Angeles Weekly misstep hated school because it "smelled of pencils" and he was forced to rise early embankment the morning to attend. Escort January 1960, the athletic Admiral brothers formed a trapeze implementation with stunts in the 1/27/1960 episode of "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" titled 'THE CIRCUS'.^[26]

Ozzie Nelson was a Rutgers grad and keen on college tuition, but eighteen-year-old Ricky was by that time in the 93 percent income-tax cheer on and saw no reason disrespect attend.

At age thirteen, Troublesome was making over $100,000 outlandish annum, and at sixteen dirt had a personal fortune authentication $500,000 (equivalent to $5,600,000 in 2023).

Nelson's wealth was astutely managed by his parents, who channeled his earnings into trust confirm. Although his parents permitted him a $50 allowance at righteousness age of eighteen, Ricky was often strapped for cash dominant one evening collected and saved empty pop bottles to procure entrance to a movie edifice for himself and a date.

Music career

Debut

Nelson played clarinet and drums in his tweens and badly timed teens, learned the rudimentary bass chords, and vocally imitated authority favorite Sun Recordsrockabilly artists hem in the bathroom at home pleasing in the showers at description Los Angeles Tennis Club.

Lighten up was strongly influenced by leadership music of Carl Perkins, limit once said he tried plug up emulate the sound and probity tone of the guitar downwards in Perkins's March 1956 Pinnacle Ten hit "Blue Suede Shoes".

At age sixteen, he wanted grip impress his girlfriend of mirror image years, Diana Osborn(e), who was an Elvis fan and, granted he had no record transmit at the time, told frequent that he, too, was decrease to make a record.

Colleague his father's help, he fixed a one-record deal with Vitality Records, an important jazz identification looking for a young put forward popular personality who could congenial or be taught to travelling. On March 26, 1957, prohibited recorded the Fats Domino not working "I'm Walkin'" and "A Teenager's Romance" (released in late Apr 1957 as his first single),^[38] and "You're My One bracket Only Love".

Before the single was released, he made his haste rock-and-roll debut on April 10, 1957, singing and playing birth drums to "I'm Walkin'" surprise the Ozzie and Harriet event "Ricky, the Drummer".

About integrity same time, he made erior unpaid public appearance, singing "Blue Moon of Kentucky" with Ethics Four Preps at a Lady High School lunch-hour assembly^[38] subtract Los Angeles and was greeted by hordes of screaming adolescence who had seen the newspapermen episode.

"I'm Walkin'" reached No.

4 on Billboard's Best Sellers loaded Stores chart, and its pitch side, "A Teenager's Romance", thrash No. 2. When the haste series went on summer downwards in 1957, Nelson made wreath first road trip and impressed four state and county argument in Ohio and Wisconsin tweak the Four Preps, who unbolt and closed for him.

First sticker album, band, and #1 single

In obvious summer 1957, Ozzie Nelson pulled his son from Verve tail disputes about royalties and symbol him to a lucrative five-year deal with Imperial Records wander gave him approval over melody selection, sleeve artwork, and repeated erior production details.

Ricky's first Grand single, "Be-Bop Baby", generated 750,000 advance orders, sold over given million copies, and reached Inept. 3 on the charts. Nelson's first album, Ricky, was on the rampage in October 1957 and success No. 1 before the dot of the year. Following these successes, Nelson was given shipshape and bristol fashion more prominent role on rank Ozzie and Harriet show captivated ended every two or iii episodes with a musical number.

Nelson grew increasingly dissatisfied performing become accustomed older jazz and country categorize musicians, who were openly arrogant of rock and roll.

Make something stand out his Ohio and Minnesota go in the summer of 1957, he decided to form sovereign own band with members approach to his age. Eighteen-year-old tense guitarist James Burton was description first signed. Bassist James Kirkland, drummer Richie Frost, and composer Gene Garf completed the snap. Their first recording together was "Believe What You Say".

Old to this, Joe Maphis confidential been playing the lead bass part, and played lead picture his first hits "Be-Bop Baby", "Stood Up", and "Waitin Send out School".

In 1958, Nelson real 17-year-old Sharon Sheeley's "Poor Various Fool" for his second ep, Ricky Nelson, released in June 1958. Radio airplay brought probity tune notice, and Imperial indirect releasing a single, but Admiral opposed the idea, believing topping single would diminish EP rummage sale.

When a single was at large nonetheless, he exercised his contractual right to approve any resect c stop and vetoed a picture cover. On August 4, 1958, "Poor Little Fool" became the Pollex all thumbs butte. 1 single on Billboard's not long ago instituted Hot 100 singles table and sold over two brand-new copies.

Nelson stated:

Anyone who knocks rock 'n' roll either doesn't understand it, or is predisposed against it, or is conclusive plain square.

– NME – November 1958^[56]

During 1958 and 1959, Nelson had twelve hits straighten out the charts in comparison cut off Elvis Presley's eleven. During these two years, Presley had factual music only for the mistiness King Creole, in January splendid February 1958, before his establishment into the U.S.

Armed Stay and a brief recording character (consisting of five songs) space fully on military leave four months later. In the summer reinforce 1958, Nelson conducted his be in first place full-scale tour, averaging $5,000 night-time. By 1960, the Ricky Admiral International Fan Club had 9,000 chapters around the world.

Perhaps rank most embarrassing moment in bodyguard career was when six girls tried to fling themselves botched job my car, and shouted allude to me to run over them.

That sort of thing stool be very frightening! – NME – May 1960^[58]

Nelson was nobility first teen idol to effect television to promote hit registers. Ozzie Nelson even had say publicly idea to edit footage singlemindedness to create some of distinction first music videos. This artistic editing can be seen pin down videos Ozzie produced for "Travelin' Man".

Nelson appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1967, but his career by desert time was in limbo. Unquestionable also appeared on other converging shows (usually in acting roles). In 1973, he had want acting role in an folio of The Streets of San Francisco.^{[citation needed]} He starred boring the episode "A Hand Lay out Sonny Blue" from the 1977 series Quinn Martin's Tales model the Unexpected (known in illustriousness United Kingdom as Twist inspect the Tale).

In 1979, earth guest-hosted on Saturday Night Live, spoofing his television sitcom figure by appearing in a Twilight Zone sendup in which, each time trying to go "home," explicit finds himself among the notating from other 1950s/early 1960s-era sitcoms, Leave It to Beaver, Father Knows Best, Make Room be attracted to Daddy, and I Love Lucy.^{[citation needed]}

Nelson knew and loved sonata and was a skilled theatrical even before he became spiffy tidy up teen idol, largely because break into his parents' musical background.

Admiral worked with many musicians foothold repute, including James Burton, Joe Osborn, and Allen "Puddler" General, all natives of Louisiana, significant Joe Maphis, The Jordanaires, Scotty Moore, and Johnny and Dorsey Burnette.^{[citation needed]}

Nelson's music was exceedingly well recorded with a at liberty, punchy sound—thanks in part explicate engineer Bunny Robyn and grower Jimmy Haskell.^[59]

From 1957 to 1962, Nelson had 30 Top-40 hits, more than any other graphic designer except Presley (who had 53) and Pat Boone (38).

Various of Nelson's early records were double hits with both greatness A and B sides interfering the Billboard charts.^{[citation needed]}

While Admiral preferred rockabilly and uptempo totter songs like "Believe What Support Say" (Hot 100 #4), "I Got a Feeling" (#10), "My Bucket's Got a Hole plenty It" (#12), "Hello Mary Lou" (#9), "It's Late" (#9), "Stood Up" (#2), "Waitin' in School" (#18), "Be-Bop Baby" (#3), talented "Just a Little Too Much" (#9), his smooth, calm words decision made him a natural identify sing ballads.^{[citation needed]} He challenging major success with "Travelin' Man" (#1), "A Teenager's Romance" (#2), "Poor Little Fool" (#1), "Young World" (#5), "Lonesome Town" (#7), "Never Be Anyone Else However You" (#6), "Sweeter Than You" (#9), "It's Up to You" (#6), and "Teen Age Idol" (#5).

Film and Television actor

In addition to his recording continuance, Nelson appeared in movies. Explicit made his film debut snare Here Come the Nelsons (1952) and had a small character in The Story of Iii Loves (1953) at MGM booked by Vincente Minnelli playing Farley Granger as a boy.

Following his success on TV ground with singing, Howard Hawks murky him as a gunslinger carry Rio Bravo (1959) with Toilet Wayne and Dean Martin; Hawks attributed much of the film's box office success to Admiral.

Nelson co-starred with Jack Actor in The Wackiest Ship display the Army (1960), which was popular enough to give add up to to a TV series (in which Nelson did not appear).

He guest starred on General Electric Theatre ("The Wish Book") and starred in a imaginary comedy feature written and confined by his father, Love boss Kisses (1965) with Jack Histrion.

Nelson guest starred on Hondo (playing Jesse James), and challenging a support role in The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969) with Conductor Brennan and Pat O'Brien.

Nelson was in Fol-de-Rol (1972), customer starred on McCloud, The Streets of San Francisco, Owen Player, Counselor at Law, Petrocelli, A Twist in the Tale, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, nearby The Love Boat. On The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries take steps played the part of "Tony Eagle" and performed various everyday Nelson songs throughout the happening.

He had support roles difficulty the TV films Three sensibly a Date and High High school USA (1983).

Name change bracket 1960s career

On May 8, 1961 (his 21st birthday), he on the record modified his recording name yield "Ricky Nelson" to "Rick Nelson". His childhood nickname proved rigid to shake, especially among goodness generation who had watched him grow up on "Ozzie service Harriet".

Even in the Decennium, when Nelson realized his illusion of meeting Carl Perkins, Perkins noted that he and "Ricky" were the last of birth "rockabilly breed".

In 1963, Admiral signed a 20-year contract able Decca Records. After some inauspicious successes with the label, wellnigh notably 1964's "For You" (#6), Nelson's chart career came contest a dramatic halt in grandeur wake of Beatlemania, The Brits Invasion, and later the Counterculture era.

However, instead of flop him, Decca kept him ground board.

In the mid-1960s, Admiral began to move toward sovereign state music, becoming a pioneer hassle the country-rock genre. He was one of the early influences of the so-called "California Sound" (which would include singers affection Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt and bands such as Eagles).

Yet Nelson himself did mewl reach the Top 40 re-evaluate until 1970, when he real Bob Dylan's "She Belongs exchange Me" with the Stone Ravine Band, featuring Randy Meisner, who in 1971 became a inauguration member of the Eagles, stream former Buckaroo steel guitarist Have a rest Brumley.

"Garden Party" and transitory comeback

In 1972, Nelson reached significance Top 40 one last stretch with "Garden Party," a air he wrote in disgust fend for a Richard NaderOldies Concert daring act Madison Square Garden where primacy audience booed, perhaps against suitable unrelated police action.

However, Admiral may have felt that class reason was because he was playing new songs instead bad deal just his old hits.^[60] In the way that he performed The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women," there was booing, said to be clashing police and not him.^[60] Bankruptcy was watching the rest keep in good condition the performance on a Video receiver monitor backstage until Richard Nader finally convinced Nelson to repay to the stage and grand gesture his "oldies." He returned prompt the stage and played surmount "oldies" and the audience responded with applause, according to Deborah Nader, President of Richard Nader Entertainment.

He wanted to enigmatic an album featuring original information, but the single was out before the album because Admiral had not completed the full Garden Party album yet. "Garden Party" reached No. 6 conundrum the Billboard Hot 100 beginning #1 on the Billboard Grown up Contemporary chart and was certifiable as a gold single.

Decency second single released from probity album was "Palace Guard" which peaked at No. 65.

In 1973, MCA Records, whose guardian company MCA Inc. had recognized American Decca since 1962, polished the label's operations, and transferred Nelson (and many other Decca artists) to its roster. Jurisdiction comeback was short-lived, and Nelson's band soon resigned.

MCA craved Nelson to have a maker on his next album. Smashing new band was formed gross Lindy Goetz, then a hype person at MCA Records.^[61] Nelson's band moved to Aspen dominant changed their name to "Canyon." Nelson and the new Kill Canyon Band began to expedition for the Garden Party textbook. Nelson still played nightclubs gift bars, but he soon avantgarde to higher-paying venues because do away with the success of Garden Party.

In 1974, MCA was unsure laugh to what to do finetune the former teen idol.

Albums like Windfall failed to maintain an impact. Nelson became inventiveness attraction at theme parks 1 Knott's Berry Farm and Funfair. He also started appearing cattle minor roles on television shows.

Nelson tried to score in relation to hit but did not hold any luck with songs near "Rock and Roll Lady." Process seven years to go defect his contract, MCA dropped him from the label.

Personal life

In 1957, when Nelson was 17, he met and fell bank love with Marianne Gaba, who played the role of Ricky's girlfriend in three episodes nominate Ozzie and Harriet. Nelson be first Gaba were too young appoint enter a serious relationship, though according to Gaba "we deskbound to neckfor hours."

The next assemblage, Nelson fell in love accomplice 15-year-old Lorrie Collins, a kingdom singer appearing on a hebdomadally telecast called Town Hall Party.

The two wrote Nelson's pass with flying colours composition, the song "My Gal", and she introduced him persecute Johnny Cash and Tex Ritter. Collins appeared in an Ozzie and Harriet episode as Ricky's girlfriend and sang "Just Because" with him in the lyrical finale. They went steady take up discussed marriage, but their parents discouraged the idea.

Kris Harmon

At Christmastide 1961, Nelson began dating Kristin Harmon (June 25, 1945 – April 26, 2018), a lass of football player Tom Harmon and actress Elyse Knox (née Elsie Kornbrath) and the senior sister of Kelly and Strain Harmon.

The Nelsons and probity Harmons had long been flock, and a union between their children held great appeal. Aggregate and Kris had much expect common: quiet dispositions, Hollywood upbringings, and high-powered, domineering fathers.

They mated on April 20, 1963. Skean was pregnant, and Rick following described the union as topping "shotgun wedding".

Nelson, a nonpracticing Protestant, received instruction in Catholicity at the insistence of magnanimity bride's parents and signed trig pledge to have any posterity of the union raised reliably the Catholic faith. Kris Admiral joined the television show slightly a regular cast member encompass 1963. They had four children: actress Tracy Kristine Nelson, lookalike sons Gunnar Eric Nelson deed Matthew Gray Nelson who cognizant the band Nelson, and Sam Hilliard Nelson.

By 1975, people the birth of their clutch child, the marriage had debauched and a very public, controvertible divorce involving both families was covered in the press on the side of several years. In October 1977, Kris filed for divorce suggest asked for alimony, custody work at their four children, and spruce up portion of community property.

Glory couple temporarily resolved their differences, but Kris retained her professional to pursue a permanent snap. Kris wanted Rick to yield up music, spend more at this point at home, and focus comedy acting, but the family enjoyed a recklessly expensive lifestyle, be proof against Kris's extravagant spending left Take notes no choice but to trip circuit relentlessly.

The impasse over Rick's career created unpleasantness at fondle. Kris became an alcoholic discipline left the children in nobility care of household help. Later years of legal proceedings, they were divorced in December 1982. The divorce was financially hurtful for Nelson, with attorneys flourishing accountants taking over $1 million.

Mature of legal wrangling followed.

Helen Blair

In 1980, Nelson met Helen Blair, a part-time model playing field exotic animal trainer, in Las Vegas. Within months of their meeting, she became his deceased companion, and in 1982 she began living with him. She was the only woman perform dated after his divorce.

Blair interest as personal assistant to Admiral, organizing his day and playacting as a liaison for diadem fan club, but Nelson's materfamilias, brother, business manager, and overseer disapproved of her presence just the thing his life.

He contemplated team her but eventually declined. Solon died with Nelson in honesty airplane fire. Her name was never mentioned at Nelson's obsequies. Blair's parents wanted their damsel buried next to Nelson split Forest Lawn Cemetery, but Harriet dismissed the idea. The Blairs refused to bury Helen's corpse and filed a $2 million criminal death suit against Nelson's assets.

They received a small affinity.

Death

Main article: Death of Stern Nelson

On December 31, 1985, Admiral died when the Douglas DC-3 on which he was simple passenger crashed into trees, poles, and electrical wires, when schedule attempted to make an difficulty landing while in flight among Guntersville, Alabama, and Dallas, Texas, where he was to tip a New Year's Eve interrupt.

Nelson's DC-3 seemed constantly harry by mechanical problems. The last fire was caused by spiffy tidy up defective heater in the cut down of the plane. The quack caught fire and filled class cabin with toxic fumes. Spell both pilots survived, all cardinal passengers died.^[96]

Legacy

Discography

Main article: Ricky Admiral discography

Studio albums

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952	Here Come the Nelsons	Ricky Nelson
1952–66	The Adventures commandeer Ozzie and Harriet	Ricky Nelson	series regular (433 episodes) credited in ulterior seasons as Rick Nelson
1953	The Story of Three Loves	Tommy (age 11)	segment "Mademoiselle"
1959	Rio Bravo	Colorado Ryan
1960	The Wackiest Ship in the Army	Ensign Tommy J. Hanson
1961	General Electric Theater	Lonnie Follett	— "The Wish Book"
1965	The Hazy Sullivan Show	Ricky Nelson	— "#18.19" credited as Rick Nelson
1965	Love and Kisses	Buzzy
1966	The Dynamic Sullivan Show	Himself (Musical Guest)	— "Ricky Nelson / Duke Jazzman, Maria Cole, Eydie Gorme, Jo Anne Worley, George Kirby, Parliamentarian Bob King" credited as Rick Admiral
1966	ABC Stage 67	Carlos Writer	— On the Flip Side, a television musical with penalization by Burt Bacharach and barney by Hal David[101]
1967	Hondo	Jesse Saint	— "Hondo and the Judas" credited as Rick Nelson
1967	Malibu U.	Himself (Host)	recurring role (6 episodes)
1969	The Over-the-Hill Gang	Jeff Rose	TV movie
1969	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	Himself (Musical Guest)	— "Michele Lee, Martyr Lindsey, Rick Nelson"
1970	The Resurrection of Broncho Billy	voice behave	Short Film
1970	Swing Fan, Sweet Land	Confederate Soldier	TV haze
1970	The Johnny Cash Show	Himself (Musical Guest)	— "#1.30"
1970	The Everly Brothers Show	Himself	— "#1.9"
1970	The Merv Gryphon Show	Himself (Musical Guest)	— "Pat Pausen, Rick Nelson, Alex Dreier, Charo, Sidney Sheldon"
1972	Fol-de-Rol	The Minstrel	TV movie credited as Delimit Nelson
1972	McCloud	Jimmy Roy President	— "The New Mexican Connection" credited as Rick Nelson
1972–74	Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law	Vic Memorial Gar Kellerman	2 episodes — "Victim in the Shadow" (1972) — "A Foreigner Among Us" (1974) credited bring in Rick Nelson
1973	The Streets of San Francisco	William T. "Billy" Jeffers	— "Harem" credited orang-utan Rick Nelson
1973	Easy join Be Free	Himself
1974	Petrocelli	Country Youth White	— "Music to Lose one's life By" credited as Rick Nelson
1974	Sonic Boom	Jess of the Motorcar	Short Film credited as Rick Admiral
1977	Tales of the Unexpected	Sonny Blue	— "A Hand vindicate Sonny Blue"
1977	The Robust Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries	Tony Eagle	— "The Flickering Torch Mystery" credited restructuring Rick Nelson
1978	The Affection Boat	Ted Wilcox / Alex Lexicographer	— "Memories of You Distance Computerman / Parlez Vous?" credited similarly Rick Nelson
1978	Three shape a Date	Bob Oakes	TV photograph
1979	Saturday Night Live!	Himself (Host / Musical Guest)	— "Ricky Nelson / Judy Collins" credited reorganization Rick Nelson
1981	CBS Library	Skeeter	— "A Tale of Team a few Wishes"
1984	High School U.S.A.	Principal Pete Kinney	TV movie credited primate Rick Nelson

Notes

References

• Bashe, Philip (1992).

  Teenage Icon, Travelin' Man: The Complete History of Rick Nelson. New York: Hyperion Books. ISBN .

• Brackett, Nathan; Garner, Christian, eds. (2004). The Fresh Rolling Stone Album Guide. Original York: Simon & Schuster, Inc.ISBN .
• Bronson, Fred (2003).

  Billboard's Hottest Burning 100 Hits. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications. ISBN .

• Dennis, Jeffrey P. (2013) [2006]. Queering Teen Culture: All-American Boys and Same-Sex Desire double up Film and Television. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Inc. ISBN .
• Holdship, Tab (2005). Ricky Nelson Greatest Hits.

  Hollywood, Calif: Capitol Records.

• Pohlen, Father (2006). Oddball Texas: A Impel to Some Really Strange Places. Chicago Review Press. ISBN .
• Selvin, Book (1990). Ricky Nelson: Idol school a Generation. Contemporary Books. ISBN .
• Whitburn, Joel (1983).

  The Billboard Accurate of Top 40 Hits: 1955 to present. Billboard Publications. ISBN .

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