Ricky Nelson sold millions of records in the 1950s and '60s, and was at one point second only to Elvis Presley as a commercial force in pop music. He was never, however, the cultural firebrand that ...

Ricky Nelson sold millions of records in the 1950s and ‘60s, and was at one point second only to Elvis Presley as a commercial force in pop music. He was never, however, the cultural firebrand that ...

Truth in show business, part one: It wasn’t Ricky Nelson’s goal to become so wildly popular as a young singer that Life magazine had to invent the phrase “teen idol” when they put the 16-year-old on ...

Rising to prominence in the 1950s as a teen idol on his parents’ long-running sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, on which he portrayed himself, actor and musician Rick “Ricky” Nelson began ...

Eric Hilliard “Ricky” Nelson was born on May 8, 1940, in Teaneck, New Jersey. He was the second son of Ozzie Nelson, the leader of a big band, and Harriet Hilliard Nelson, the band’s singer. Ricky was ...

Baker Knight, who wrote almost 1,000 songs from the late 1950s through the 1970s and whose “Lonesome Town” was recorded decades apart by Ricky Nelson and Paul McCartney, has died. He was 72. Knight ...

Matthew and Gunnar Nelson with an image of their famous dad, Ricky Nelson “Ricky Nelson Remembered,” a unique multimedia entertainment event featuring the live music of Ricky Nelson’s hit songs ...