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Rick Nelson Sings For You
Studio album by
Rick Nelson
ReleasedDecember 9, 1963
Genre
Length26:58
LabelDecca
ProducerCharles "Bud" Dant
Rick Nelson chronology
For Your Sweet Love
(1963) 		Rick Nelson Sings For You
(1963) 		The Very Thought of You
(1964)
Singles from Rick Nelson Sings for You
  1. "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)"
    Released: September 1963
  2. "For You"
    Released: December 1963

Rick Nelson Sings For You is the ninth studio album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson and his second for Decca Records.

The album was released on December 9, 1963, and features the singles "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" (which peaked at No. 12 in the US, US Cashbox and the UK) and "For You", the latter reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 8 on the Cashbox, and No. 14 in the UK in January 1964. Nelson's version of the song was his last top ten hit for eight years before the British Invasion hit the U.S. when the Beatles arrived one month later on February 7, 1964.[1]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated January 4, 1964, and remained on the chart for 22 weeks, peaking at number 14.[2] It also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated December 14, 1963, and remained on the chart for a total of 36 weeks, peaking at number 11.[3]

The album was released on compact disc by Ace Records in 1997 as tracks 12 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Nelson's debut Decca album, For Your Sweet Love.[4] Bear Family included the album in the 2008 For You: The Decca Years box set.[5]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
New Record Mirror[7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]

Richie Unterberger thought the album Fools Rush In, with its classic James Burton guitar work, overshadowed everything else on Nelson's second Decca album, which contained another big hit in the title track. The singer moved into some more country-oriented material on cuts like "A Legend in My Time," but as a whole the atmosphere was too sedate and the material was unexceptional, sometimes sounding like inferior derivations of his early-'60s hits for Imperial.[6]

Billboard selected the album for a "Spotlight Album" review, and stated that following hot on the heels of his current hit single, "Fools Rush In" is this designed to please young and old alike, and a generous serving of tunes to please the younger set such as "Hey There, Miss Tease" and "That's All She Wrote".[10]

Cash Box claimed "Jack Haskell has created some stunning, inmaginatve arrangements for a fine batch of evergreens and newer material".[11]

Variety praised Nelson for "His fine handing or such oldies as "For You", "Fools Rush In" and "The Nearness of You"[12]

Record Mirror described the album as "a good pleasing listen".[7]

Track listing

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Side one

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."For You (From The Fox Film Pictures: Billboard Girl"Joe Burke, Al Dubin2:15
2."Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)"Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom2:31
3."Down Home"Gerry Goffin Carole King2:40
4."That Same Old Feeling"Jerry Crutchfield, Gerald Nelson2:05
5."You're Free to Go"Lou Herscher, Don Robertson1:57
6."I Rise, I Fall"Paul Hampton2:14

Side two

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."That's All She Wrote"Keith Colley, Nancie Mantz2:09
2."(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time"Don Gibson2:32
3."Just Take a Moment"Jerry Fuller, Cissi Wilson2:07
4."Hello Mister Happiness"Dave Burgess2:07
5."Hey There, Little Miss Tease"Jerry Fuller2:15
6."The Nearness of You"Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington2:06

Charts

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Album

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Chart (1963) Peak
position
U.S. Top LPs (Billboard)[2] 14
U.S. Cashbox[3] 11

Singles

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Year Title U.S. Hot 100

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UK

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U.S. AC

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U.S. Cashbox

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1963 "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" 12 12 — 12
1964 "For You" 6 14 1 8

References

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  1. ^ Greene, Andy (May 11, 2021). "The Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments". The Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums : 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 556. ISBN 0898201179.
  3. ^ a b Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 268. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  4. ^ "For Your Sweet Love/Sings for You". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  5. ^ "For You: The Decca Years". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  6. ^ a b ""Rick Nelson Sings "For You" [Decca]" - Album Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  7. ^ a b "L.P. REVIEWS BY R.M. POP DISC JURY GOOD SINATRA RE-ISSUE DISC" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 157. 14 March 1964. p. 12. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  8. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1020. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  9. ^ DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (1992). The Rolling stone album guide : completely new reviews : every essential album, every essential artist. Random House. p. 498. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Pop Spotlight: Rick Nelson Sings For You". Billboard. Vol. 75, no. 19. December 7, 1963. p. 21.
  11. ^ "Cashbox Album Pop Picks Reviews: Rick Nelson Sings For You". Cash Box. Vol. 25, no. 25. November 30, 1963. p. 22.
  12. ^ "Variety Album Reviews Nelson's For You, Evans Concert, East Side/West Side Top New LPs: Rick Nelson Sings For You". Variety. Vol. 233, no. 5. December 25, 1963. p. 32.
  13. ^ "Ricky Nelson | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  14. ^ "RICKY NELSON". Official Charts. 1958-02-27. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  15. ^ "Ricky Nelson | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  16. ^ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 244–245. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
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