The Very Thought of You (Ricky Nelson album)

The Very Thought Of You
Studio album by
Rick Nelson
ReleasedAugust 3, 1964
Genre
Length31:03
LabelDecca
ProducerCharles "Bud" Dant
Rick Nelson chronology
Rick Nelson Sings for You
(1963) 		The Very Thought Of You
(1964) 		Spotlight on Rick
(1964)
Singles from The Very Thought of You
  1. "The Very Thought of You"
    Released: April 1964

The Very Thought of You is the tenth studio album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson[1] and his third for Decca Records. It was released on August 3, 1964. Jimmie Haskell was the arranger. Charles "Bud" Dant produced the album.

The single, The Very Thought of You, was Nelson's last US top-forty single for five years, peaking at No. 26.[2] On the Billboard Easy Listening chart, the song reached No. 11,[3] No. 19 on the Cashbox singles chart.[4], while it peaked at No. 65 in Australia.

The album debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated August 15, of that year, and remained on the chart for 6 weeks, peaking at number 72.[5]

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

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AllMusic2 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 (2007). Joel Whitburn presents Billboard top adult songs, 1961-2006 : chart data compiled from Billboard's adult contemporary charts, 1961-2006, and adult top 40 charts, 1996-2006. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-89820-1697. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  4. ^ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 244–245. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
  5. ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 268. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  6. ^ "Very Thought of You/Spotlight on Rick". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.