| Ricky Sings Spirituals | ||||
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| Released | February, 1960 | |||
| Genre | Gospel | |||
| Length | 10:14 | |||
| Label | Imperial Records | |||
| Producer | Charles "Bud" Dant | |||
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Ricky Sings Spirituals is an EP by American singer Ricky Nelson. It was released in February 1960 and contains four gospel songs. Jimmie Haskell arranged the album and Charles "Bud" Dant produced it.
Nelson's only EP, it was inspired by Elvis Presley's devotion to gospel music.[1] It didn't come from his own religious upbringing, which was nonexistent and may have been Ozzie Nelson's idea (Ozzie wrote one of the songs, even though he didn't practice any organized religion).[1] The EP includes a Baker Knight tune, "Glory Train", but it was a commercial failure and an out-of-character footnote to his fifties rock & roll.[1] According to Nelson, he wasn't trying to copy Presley by recording an EP of spiritual songs, but he understood that he "was welcomed as a cleaned up Elvis."[2]
The EP was released on compact disc for the first time by Capitol Records on June 19, 2001 as tracks 21 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of the other album being Nelson's Final Studio Imperial Album from March 1962, Album Seven by Rick.[3]
- ^ a b c Selvin, Joel (1990). Ricky Nelson : idol for a generation. Chicago: Contemporary Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-8092-4187-3.
- ^ Homer, Sheree (2012). Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7864-6060-1.
- ^ "Album Seven By Rick/Rick Sings Spirituals". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.