When Ricky Nelson started rocking, the world took notice. A DVD captures the quintessential teen idol. By Joel Selvin , Chronicle Senior Pop Music Critic Jan 16, 2006 ...

Palm Springs concert promoter with ties to Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson dies at 74. Brian Blueskye, Palm Springs Desert Sun. Tue, February 6, 2024 at 5:24 PM UTC. 3 min read.

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. Nelson says hello again, to Mary Lou and DVD fans ...

In a 1984 interview with The Tribune, Rick Nelson talked about a decision he had made to return to the rockabilly sound that had marked his earliest recordings. When he began his pop-music career ...

First, the news: Matthew Nelson told me the Elvis Presley estate persuaded the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame not to induct his dad, Ricky Nelson, during the hall's 1986 inauguration, out of an old ...

"Ricky Nelson Remembered,'' the tribute to the late Rock and Roll Hall of Famer put together by his twin sons, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, plays the Music Box Supper Club on Saturday, March 14.

The thing about Rick Nelson is that he really was a pretty good singer. When he died in a plane crash last week at the age of 45, the television obituaries mostly showed footage from the old TV ...

The celestial trajectory of actor-singer Rick Nelson’s career was one of pop culture’s greatest, tinsel-draped, star-crossed tragedies. Growing up on his parent’s network television show ...

Ricky Nelson, later known as Rick, turned his TV acting skills to movies with the film "Rio Bravo," and Gunnar said his father could have stayed safe playing those roles rather than going out on ...

Rick Nelson’s last concert was in a small, dark bar in a small, dark Southern town. Afterward, women sought pictures and hugs, and men wanted to tell him they felt as if they had grown up with him.

Ricky Nelson Remembered, starring the original teen idol's sons, Matthew & Gunnar, ... From 1957 to 1962, he and Elvis Presley were the two most successful charting solo artists.

Ricky Nelson grew up most publicly, on television. Once a week, every week, from 1952 to 1966, millions of Americans tuned in to The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet and, over those years, watche… ...