Best Always (Rick Nelson album)

Best Always
Studio album by
Rick Nelson
ReleasedApril 19, 1965
GenreRock and roll
Length28:08
LabelDecca
ProducerCharles "Bud" Dant
Rick Nelson chronology
Spotlight on Rick
(1964) 		Best Always
(1965) 		Love and Kisses
(1965)
Singles from Best Always
  1. "Lonely Corner"
    Released: August 1964
  2. "Mean Old World"
    Released: March 6, 1965

Best Always is the twelfth studio album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson,[1] and his fifth for Decca Records, released on April 19, 1965. Jimmie Haskell arranged the album and Charles "Bud" Dant produced it. The LP contains a mix of covers of old and recent hits that included four songs also having chart success: "My Blue Heaven" by Fats Domino from 1956, "Since I Don't Have You" by the Skyliners in 1959, "You Don't Know Me" by Ray Charles from 1962 and "I Know a Place" by Petula Clark.

The single, "Mean Old World", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the chart dated March 20, 1965, reaching number 96 in a two-week stay.[2] Another single, "Lonely Corner", spent a week on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in the issue dated August 29, 1964, peaking at number 113.[3]

The album was released on compact disc by Ace Records on March 10, 1998 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of Nelson's 1965 album, Love and Kisses.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 502. ISBN 0898201551.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981. Menomonee Falls, Wis: Record Research. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-8982-0047-8.
  4. ^ "Best Always/Love and Kisses". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.