More from 1957’s “Nobody Gets Our Young Love” school. Ricky Nelson’ s B-Side cum A-side was more dreck but dreck that launched one of the most important pre-Beatles careers. It also started rock’s long engagment with TV stars using their shows as springboards for their new singles. Of course, these days the shows don’t have plots they just have the singing. Ricky Nelson, unlike most manufactured pop, went through the metamorphosis the other way and came out at the end as a serious musician instead of a washed up nobody. This is only the beginning.
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