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Spotlight on Rick
Spotlight on Rick
Studio album by Rick Nelson
Released	November 23, 1964
Genre	Rock and roll;
Length	28:00
Label	Decca
Producer	Charles "Bud" Dant
Rick Nelson chronology
Singles from Spotlight on Rick
	"A Happy Guy"; Released: November 9, 1964;

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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] Bear Family included the album in the 2008 For You: The Decca Years box set.^[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[8]
Record Mirror	^[9]

Richie Unterberger of AllMusic wrote that 'Nelson's mid-'60s albums would have seemed like far more respectable efforts had they been able to escape comparison with a fast-changing rock scene. which had some average contributions by above-average writers like Baker Knight and Jerry Fuller. An energetic stab at Chuck Berry's "I'm Talking About You," and a nice tune from the pen of ex-Cricket Sonny Curtis ("Don't Breathe a Word"), were mild highlights'.^[1]

Billboard selected the album for a "Spotlight Album" review, and stated his easy-going ballads and delivered in his usual winning style. The songs are teen-grooved".^[10]

Cashbox stated his 'distinctive widerange baritone voice and emotion-packed delivery carries him in good stead.'^[11]

Record Mirror give the album a postive reviews, saying "he persents a new collection of songs"^[9]

Variety praised Nelson for "his delivering his ballads with strong rock feeling and belting out the uptempo sides in a manner that should catch the teen beaters."^[12]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm a Fool"	Joey Cooper, Red West	1:57
2.	"I Tried"	Joey Cooper, Red West	2:43
3.	"I'm Talking About You"	Chuck Berry	2:07
4.	"Yesterday's Love"	Baker Knight	2:12
5.	"A Happy Guy"	Larry Kusik, Kenny Rankin	2:15
6.	"From a Distance"	Johnny Bachelor	3:00

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Stop, Look, Listen"	Joy Byers	2:11
2.	"Don't Breathe a Word"	Sonny Curtis	2:08
3.	"That's Why I Love You Like I Do"	Charles Bene	2:38
4.	"In My Dreams"	Chuck Fain, Dotty Harmony, James Smith, Cathy Temen	2:25
5.	"Just Relax"	Baker Knight	2:04
6.	"Live and Learn"	Clyde Pitts	2:20

Charts

Singles

Year	Title	U.S. Hot 100	U.S Cashbox
1964	A Happy Guy	83	82

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Unterberger, Richie. "Rick Nelson – Spotlight on Rick": Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 502. ISBN 0898201551.
^ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 244–245. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
^ Selvin, Joel (1990). Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation. Chicago: Contemporary Books. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-0-8092-4187-3.
^ Selvin, Joel (1990). Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation. Chicago: Contemporary Books. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-8092-4187-3.
^ "Very Thought of You/Spotlight on Rick". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
^ "For You: The Decca Years". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1020. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "A POUNDING BLUESY ALBUM FROM JOHN MAYALL AND AN INDIVIDUAL SEARCHERS SOUND". Record Mirror. No. 213. April 10, 1965. p. 8.
^ "Billboard Spotlight Pick: Spotlight on Rick". Billboard. Vol. 76, no. 48. November 28, 1964. p. 64.
^ Cash Box. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1964-11-28. p. 22.
^ "Variety Album Reviews Mexico, Bobby Darin, Ethel Ennis, Coyle & Sharpe, Nelson, The Kinks, Springfield, Welk Top New LPs: Spotlight on Rick". Variety. Vol. 237, no. 1. November 25, 1964. p. 46.

[AMG-1] Unterberger, Richie. "Rick Nelson – Spotlight on Rick": Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-10-09.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2003). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 502. ISBN 0898201551.

[:022-3] Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 244–245. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.

[:0-4] Selvin, Joel (1990). Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation. Chicago: Contemporary Books. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-0-8092-4187-3.

[:1-5] 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.

[7] "For You: The Decca Years". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2024.

[8] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1020. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

[:2-9] "A POUNDING BLUESY ALBUM FROM JOHN MAYALL AND AN INDIVIDUAL SEARCHERS SOUND". Record Mirror. No. 213. April 10, 1965. p. 8.

[10] "Billboard Spotlight Pick: Spotlight on Rick". Billboard. Vol. 76, no. 48. November 28, 1964. p. 64.

[:13-11] Cash Box. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1964-11-28. p. 22.

[:1322-12] "Variety Album Reviews Mexico, Bobby Darin, Ethel Ennis, Coyle & Sharpe, Nelson, The Kinks, Springfield, Welk Top New LPs: Spotlight on Rick". Variety. Vol. 237, no. 1. November 25, 1964. p. 46.

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 '''''Spotlight on Rick''''' is the eleventh studio album by [[rock and roll]] and [[Pop music|pop]] idol [[Ricky Nelson|Rick Nelson]],<ref name="AMG" /> and his fourth for [[Decca Records]], released on November 23, 1964.
-it features the track, "A Happy Guy", was released as a single and peaked at number 82 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/502/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002 |date=2003 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0898201551 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisc. |pages=502}}</ref> and number 83 on the Cashbox singles chart.''<ref name=":022">{{Cite book |last=Downey |first=Pat |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxpopsingle00down/page/244/mode/2up |title=Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993 |date=1994 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=1-56308-316-7 |location=Englewood, Colo. |pages=244-245}}</ref>'' [[Jimmie Haskell]] arranged the album and [[Charles "Bud" Dant]] produced it.
+The track, "A Happy Guy", was released as a single and peaked at number 82 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/502/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002 |date=2003 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0898201551 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisc. |pages=502}}</ref> and number 83 on the Cashbox singles chart.''<ref name=":022">{{Cite book |last=Downey |first=Pat |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxpopsingle00down/page/244/mode/2up |title=Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993 |date=1994 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=1-56308-316-7 |location=Englewood, Colo. |pages=244-245}}</ref>'' 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",<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Selvin |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/rickynelsonidolf00selv/page/161/mode/2up |title=Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation |date=1990 |publisher=Contemporary Books |isbn=978-0-8092-4187-3 |location=Chicago |pages=161-162}}</ref>(which he would re-record it on His Album [[Garden Party (album)|Garden Party]] 8 years later).<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Selvin |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/rickynelsonidolf00selv/page/207/mode/2up |title=Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation |date=1990 |publisher=Contemporary Books |others= |isbn=978-0-8092-4187-3 |location=Chicago |pages=207}}</ref> [[Jimmie Haskell]] arranged the album and [[Charles "Bud" Dant]] produced it.
-The album was released on compact disc for the first time by [[Ace Records (United Kingdom)|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 the other album being Nelson's other [[Decca Records|Decca]] album from August 1964, [[The Very Thought of You (Ricky Nelson album)|The Very Thought of You]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Very Thought of You/Spotlight on Rick |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/very-thought-of-you-spotlight-on-rick-mw0000054522 |access-date=15 September 2024 |work=allmusic.com |publisher=}}</ref>
+The album was released on compact disc by [[Ace Records (United Kingdom)|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 (Ricky Nelson album)|The Very Thought of You]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Very Thought of You/Spotlight on Rick |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/very-thought-of-you-spotlight-on-rick-mw0000054522 |access-date=15 September 2024 |work=allmusic.com |publisher=}}</ref> [[Bear Family Records|Bear Family]] included the album in the 2008 ''For You: The Decca Years'' box set.<ref>{{cite web |title=For You: The Decca Years |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/for-you-the-decca-years-mw0000495779 |access-date=29 November 2024 |website=AllMusic}}</ref>
 == Reception ==
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 | rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=1020 |isbn=9781846098567 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/1020/mode/2up |accessdate=23 July 2024}}</ref>
+| rev3 = [[Record Mirror]]
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-Richie Unterberger of [[AllMusic]] wrote that "Nelson's mid-'60s albums would have seemed like far more respectable efforts had they been able to escape comparison with a fast-changing rock scene. which had some average contributions by above-average writers like Baker Knight and Jerry Fuller. An energetic stab at Chuck Berry's "I'm Talking About You," and a nice tune from the pen of ex-Cricket Sonny Curtis ("Don't Breathe a Word"), were mild highlights.<ref name="AMG">{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |title=Rick Nelson – ''Spotlight on Rick": Album Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/spotlight-on-rick-mw0000848754 |access-date=2023-10-09 |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
+Richie Unterberger of [[AllMusic]] wrote that 'Nelson's mid-'60s albums would have seemed like far more respectable efforts had they been able to escape comparison with a fast-changing rock scene. which had some average contributions by above-average writers like Baker Knight and Jerry Fuller. An energetic stab at Chuck Berry's "I'm Talking About You," and a nice tune from the pen of ex-Cricket Sonny Curtis ("Don't Breathe a Word"), were mild highlights'.<ref name="AMG">{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |title=Rick Nelson – ''Spotlight on Rick": Album Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/spotlight-on-rick-mw0000848754 |access-date=2023-10-09 |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
-''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' selected the album for a "Spotlight Album" review, and stated his easy-going ballads and delivered in his usual winning style. The songs are teen-grooved".<ref>{{cite magazine |date=November 28, 1964 |title=Billboard Spotlight Pick: Spotlight on Rick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OyAEAAAAMBAJ&q=rick%20nelson&pg=PT1 |page=64 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |editor=}}</ref>
+''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' selected the album for a "Spotlight Album" review, and stated his easy-going ballads and delivered in his usual winning style. The songs are teen-grooved".<ref>{{cite magazine |date=November 28, 1964 |title=Billboard Spotlight Pick: Spotlight on Rick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OyAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT1&vq=rick%20nelson&pg=PT1#v=onepage&q&f=false |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=64 |volume=76 |issue=48 |editor=}}</ref>
-''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' stated his "distinctive widerange baritone voice and emotion-packed delivery carries him in good stead."<ref name=":13">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox26unse_10/page/22/mode/2up |title=Cash Box |date=1964-11-28 |publisher=Cash Box Pub. Co. |isbn= |location= |pages=22}}</ref>
+''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' stated his 'distinctive widerange baritone voice and emotion-packed delivery carries him in good stead.'<ref name=":13">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox26unse_10/page/22/mode/2up |title=Cash Box |date=1964-11-28 |publisher=Cash Box Pub. Co. |isbn= |location= |pages=22}}</ref>
+[[Record Mirror]] give the album a postive reviews, saying "he persents a new collection of songs"<ref name=":2">{{cite news |date=April 10, 1965 |title=A POUNDING BLUESY ALBUM FROM JOHN MAYALL AND AN INDIVIDUAL SEARCHERS SOUND |work=[[New Record Mirror|Record Mirror]] |page=8 |issue=213}}</ref>
+[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] praised Nelson for "his delivering his ballads with strong rock feeling and belting out the uptempo sides in a manner that should catch the teen beaters."<ref name=":1322">{{Cite magazine |date=November 25, 1964 |title=Variety Album Reviews Mexico, Bobby Darin, Ethel Ennis, Coyle & Sharpe, Nelson, The Kinks, Springfield, Welk Top New LPs: Spotlight on Rick |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1964-11-25_237_1/page/46/mode/2up |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |pages=46 |volume=237 |issue=1}}</ref>
 == Track listing ==

v t e Ricky Nelson
James Burton Richie Frost Gene Garf James Kirkland The Jordanaires
Studio albums	Ricky Ricky Nelson Ricky Sings Again Songs by Ricky More Songs by Ricky Rick Is 21 Album Seven by Rick For Your Sweet Love Rick Nelson Sings for You The Very Thought of You Spotlight on Rick Best Always Love and Kisses Bright Lights and Country Music Country Fever Another Side of Rick Perspective Rick Sings Nelson Rudy the Fifth Garden Party Windfall Intakes Playing to Win All My Best The Memphis Sessions
Compilations	Best Sellers by Rick Nelson
Live albums	In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969
Soundtrack albums	On the Flip Side
EPs	Ricky Sings Spirituals
Singles	"I'm Walkin'" "A Teenager's Romance" "You're My One and Only Love" "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" "Be-Bop Baby" "Stood Up" "Waitin' in School" "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" "Believe What You Say" "Poor Little Fool" "Lonesome Town" "I Got a Feeling" "It's Late" "Never Be Anyone Else But You" "Just a Little Too Much" "Sweeter Than You" "I Wanna Be Loved" "Young Emotions" "Travelin' Man" "Hello Mary Lou" "A Wonder Like You" "Everlovin'" "Young World" "Summertime" "Teen Age Idol" "It's Up to You" "Fools Rush In" "For You" "The Very Thought of You" "There's Nothing I Can Say" "She Belongs to Me" "Life" "Garden Party" "Dream Lover"
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