How did Rick Nelson launch his career?
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Using his familyÕs television show, ÒThe Adventures of Ozzie and HarrietÓ as a launching pad for his musical career, Nelson had many hit records, including ÒPoor Little Fool,ÓÕTravelinÕ Man,Ó and ÒHello, Mary Lou,Ó throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s. But despite his wholesome good looks and television star status, most music critics agree that Nelson was more than a manufactured pretty face to be lumped with the likes of Fabian and Frankie Avalon. Demaret quoted rock critic David Hinkley as saying that ÕÓ the deceptively clean-cut kid named Ricky NelsonÕ helped Ôsmuggle rock and roll into American living rooms,ÕÓ and rock historian Greg Shaw as declaring, ÒOf all the Hollywood teen idols, only one can be said to have any claim to lasting importanceÑRicky Nelson.Ó On the occasion of NelsonÕs 1985 death in a plane crash, fellow rock musician John Fogerty (formerly of Creedence Clearwater Revival) offered to David Fricke in Rolling Stone the following tribute: ÒHe was Hollywood, but the records he made were totally legitimate rockabilly, as good as any of the best stuff from [early country-rock recording company] Sun Records.Ó ...
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