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Ricky Nelson

American musician and actor (–)

For the album, see Ricky Nelson (album). For the baseball player, see Ricky Nelson (baseball). For other people, see Richard Nelson (disambiguation).

Ricky Nelson
Nelson in a publicity photo for Decca Records in
Birth name	Eric Hilliard Nelson
Also known as	Rick Nelson
Born	()May 8, Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	December 31, () (aged&#;45) De Kalb, Texas, U.S.
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Years active	–
Labels	Verve, Imperial, London, Renown Records, Decca/MCA, Epic
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Musical artist

Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson (May 8, – December 31, ) was an American musician and actor. From age eight, he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. In , he began a long and successful career as a popular recording artist.

His fame as both a recording artist and television star also led to a motion picture role co-starring alongside John Wayne, Dean Martin, Walter Brennan, and Angie Dickinson in Howard Hawks's western feature film Rio Bravo (). He placed 54 songs on the Billboard Hot and its predecessors between and , including "Poor Little Fool" in , which was the first number one song on Billboard magazine's then-newly

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It was now the mid 80's and Rick Nelson had been in showbusiness for almost 35 years, but he showed no signs of slowing down. While his recent albums had not received the kind of popularity he hoped, or deserved, he was still a highly sought after entertainer and continued to perform live to sell out crowds across the globe. Shunning the type of cabaret style show that many of his contemporaries had done, he remained true to his music and to himself. He also continued to act, taking on many cameo roles in popular T.V. shows of the time, including stand-out performances in The Streets Of San Fransisco and A Hand For Sonny Blue. In many of these shows he played a singer and would often play his own music, most notably in The Hardy Boys and McCloud. His personal life was also looking brighter, he had begun a relationship with a girl who had come backstage to meet him after one of his shows, model Helen Blair. Helen was very good for Rick and it was quite clear to all who shared time with them that they were very much in love. In he began work on the second of his two album deal for Capitol records, sadly it remains an incomplete and un-released work in progress.

On the 30th of December , Rick was playing at the nightclub of Pat Upton in Guntersville, Alabama. It was a s