Spotlight on Rick

Spotlight on Rick
Studio album by
Rick Nelson
ReleasedNovember 23, 1964
Genre
Length28:00
LabelDecca
ProducerCharles "Bud" Dant
Rick Nelson chronology
The Very Thought of You
(1964) 		Spotlight on Rick
(1964) 		Best Always
(1965)
Singles from Spotlight on Rick
  1. "A Happy Guy"
    Released: November 9, 1964

Spotlight on Rick is the eleventh studio album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson,[1] and his fourth for Decca Records, released on November 23, 1964.

The track, A Happy Guy, was released as a single and peaked at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] and number 83 on the Cashbox singles chart.[3] it features the early recording of I'm a Fool (which would later be a hit for Dino, Desi & Billy the following year) and a cover of Chuck Berry I'm Talking About You,[4](which he would re-record it on His Album Garden Party 8 years later).[5] Jimmie Haskell arranged the album and Charles "Bud" Dant produced it.

The album was released on compact disc by Ace Records on December 9, 1997, as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Nelson's 1964 album, The Very Thought of You.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AMG 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. ^ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 244–245. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
  4. ^ Selvin, Joel (1990). Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation. Chicago: Contemporary Books. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-0-8092-4187-3.
  5. ^ Selvin, Joel (1990). Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation. Chicago: Contemporary Books. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-8092-4187-3.
  6. ^ "Very Thought of You/Spotlight on Rick". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.