''More Songs by Ricky'' is the fifth studio album by

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Ricky Nelson Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American musician and actor. From age eight, he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet''. In 1957, he began a ...

, released in July 1960 by

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. The album was recorded at Master Recorders studios in

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, United States. The album contains old standards from his dad

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's era, including "

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", " Time After Time", and " Again". The album was the last to credit his first name as "Ricky" and final studio album credited as "Ricky Nelson" during his lifetime.

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arranged the album and Charles "Bud" Dant produced it. The album debuted on the ''Billboard'' Best Selling LPs chart in the issue dated August 29, 1960, remaining on the chart for 22 weeks and peaking at number 18. It reached No. 24 on the Cashbox albums chart during an 11-week stay on the chart. The only single from the album was "I'm Not Afraid", which debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the issue dated September 5, 1960, peaking at number 27 during its eight-week stay. and number 40 on the Cashbox singles chart,'''' The album was released on compact disc by

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on June 19, 2001, as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 19 through 30 consisting of Nelson's 1961 album, ''

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''. Bear Family included also the album in the 2001 ''The American Dream box set''.

Reception

''Cashbox'' praised Nelson for his "performances of ballad evergreens 'Again,' 'Time After Time' and 'When Your Lover Has Gone' to the more rousing rockers."''

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'' in its Spotlight of the Week album reviews, stated that "Nelson warbles with easy charm on a group of great standards and a few originals", ''Variety'' mentions "He has a mixture of familiar and un-familiar songs that he twangs through easily" Ken Graham of ''Disc'' described the album as "his excellent albums" William Ruhlmann of

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said that "Nelson turned back to the music of his bandleader father Ozzie, cutting covers of songs from the 1920s ("Baby Won't You Please Come Home," "I'd Climb the Highest Mountain"), the 1930s ("When Your Lover Has Gone"), and the 1940s ("Time After Time," "Again") in arrangements that incorporated not only horns, but also strings and chirpy female backup vocals. It was all a big change from Nelson's previous recordings, and it did not restore his commercial fortunes.

Track listing

Side one

Side two

Charts

Album

Singles

References

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