Rick Nelson ‘Fools Rush In’ paintings – Courtesy: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Pictures
Forty-four appearances on the Billboard singles chart in a bit of over six years. That was the proud observe document of Rick Nelson by September 1963, when he revived a World Struggle II hit by Glenn Miller for his subsequent profitable 45.
“Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)” was written in 1940, with music by New York composer Rube Bloom and lyrics by the celebrated Johnny Mercer. In these days during which new potential hit copyrights had been seized upon by a number of recording artists, a number of variations of the quantity made Billboard’s charts that 12 months.
Younger Frank weighs in
Miller & his Orchestra had the most important wartime hit with their model, which made the listings in June and spent per week at No.1 the next month. August introduced additional hit interpretations, by vocalist Tony Martin and by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, whose vocalist was a 25-year-old from New Jersey referred to as Frank Sinatra.
The track was revived for a post-war viewers by Jo Stafford in 1953 and Keely Smith 4 years later, after which emerged once more within the early Nineteen Sixties, with variations by a myriad of artists. Brook Benton, Shirley Bassey, Brenda Lee, Etta James, Doris Day, and Al Hirt had been all amongst these protecting it earlier than Decca Information selected it as Nelson’s new single, and noticed it revive his fortunes.
Ricky’s revival
By the later months of 1963, for all that nice chart historical past, Rick had been and not using a Prime 20 US hit since “It’s Up To You.” That was, admittedly, solely eight months earlier, however 4 singles after that had carried out comparatively modestly, within the interval during which Nelson switched labels from Imperial to Decca.
“Fools Rush In” made its begin on the September 14 Scorching 100 at No.87, proper subsequent to Roy Orbison’s new entry with “Blue Bayou.” This time, Rick was onto a winner, and the track climbed steadily over the following months earlier than touchdown at No.12 in November. Earlier than the 12 months was out, he could be reviving a fair older track in “For You” and getting a fair larger hit.
Purchase or stream “Fools Rush In” on the album Rick Nelson Sings For You.
