Rick Nelson Sings for You (1963 album)

Rick Nelson Sings For You
Studio album by
Rick Nelson
ReleasedDecember 9, 1963
Genre
Length26:58
LabelDecca
ProducerCharles "Bud" Dant
Rick Nelson chronology
For Your Sweet Love
(1963) 		Rick Nelson Sings For You
(1963) 		The Very Thought of You
(1964)
Singles from Rick Nelson Sings for You
  1. "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)"
    Released: September 1963
  2. "For You"
    Released: December 1963

Rick Nelson Sings For You is the ninth studio album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson[1] and his second for Decca Records.

The album was released on December 9, 1963, and features the singles "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) (which peaked at No. 12 in the US, US Cashbox and the UK) and For You, the latter reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 8 on the Cashbox, and No. 14 in UK in January 1964. Nelson's version of the song was his last top ten hit for eight years before the British Invasion hit the U.S. when the Beatles arrived one month later on February 7, 1964.[2]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated January 4, 1964, and remained on the chart for 22 weeks, peaking at number 14.[3] It also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated December 14, of that year, and remained on the chart for a total of 36 weeks, peaking at number 11.[4]

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Ace Records in 1997 as tracks 12 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Nelson's Debut Decca album from May 1963, For Your Sweet Love.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Greene, Andy (May 11, 2021). "The Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments". The Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums : 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 556. ISBN 0898201179.
  4. ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 268. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  5. ^ "For Your Sweet Love/Sings for You". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.