| Album Seven By Rick | ||||
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| Released | March 1962 | |||
| Recorded | 1961 | |||
| Studio | United Western, Hollywood | |||
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| Length | 27:18 | |||
| Label | Imperial | |||
| Producer | Charles "Bud" Dant | |||
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Album Seven by Rick is the seventh album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson, and was released in March 1962 by Imperial Records. This was his final LP for the label. The album was entirely recorded in Los Angeles, California, at United Western Recorders studios. It featured Nelson's usual group of songwriters, including Jerry Fuller.[1] Jimmie Haskell was the arranger and Charles "Bud" Dant produced the album.
The album made its first appearance on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated April 14 of that year and remained on the chart for 20 weeks, peaking at number 27.[2] It reached No. 31 on the Cashbox albums chart where it stayed there for 10 weeks/[3]
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on January 30, 2001 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of the other album being Nelson's Imperial compilation album from April 1963, It's Up To You.[4] It was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Capitol Records on June 19, 2001, the other album being Nelson's Imperial EP from February 1960, Ricky Sings Spirituals.[5]
- ^ Selvin, Joel (1990). Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation. Chicago: Contemporary Books. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-8092-4187-3.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 556. ISBN 0898201179. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
- ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 268. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
- ^ "Album Seven By Rick/It's Up To You". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Album Seven By Rick/Rick Sings Spirituals". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.