Ricky Nelson - The American Dream

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Ricky Nelson
The American Dream

Compil. DE 2001 on Bear Family Records label
Rock (Rockabilly)

All tracks on Disc 1, Disc 5 and Disc 6 are Mono, with the exception of 5-2 to 5-5, 6-6, 6-9, 6-14, 6-15 to 6-19, 6-21, 6-22, 6-24, 6-26, 6-27 and 6-29. All the other tracks are in Stereo, with the exception of 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-14, 2-18, 2-21, 2-24, 3-13 to 3-19, 3-26, 4-2, 4-15, 4-16, 4-30 and 4-31.

Musicians

	Ricky Nelson voc, g, 1940-1985 US album by, written by
	Todd Everett , US liner notes, biography
	Bob Jones , 1944-2009 GB liner notes, discography, mastered by, reissue producer, research, tape research
	Richard Weize , *1945 DE liner notes, discography
	Russ Wapensky liner notes, discography
	The Trophies , performer on track
	Vincente Gomez g, 1911-2001 ES performer on track
	The Fleas , performer on track

Producers

Holger von Bargen art direction

Nadine Wüppesahl artwork

Wolfgang Taubenauer artwork

Mike Brown mastered by

Bill Inglot mixed by, 3-track mix

Andreas Merck other, photo scans

Anja Esselmann other, photo scans

Arild Rafalzik photography by, photos & illustrations

Bo Berglind photography by, photos & illustrations

Bob Hyde photography by, photos & illustrations, research, tape research

Claes-Hakan Olofsson photography by, photos & illustrations

Colin Escott photography by, photos & illustrations

Hans Peter Zdrenka photography by, photos & illustrations

Harald Hertlein photography by, photos & illustrations

Howard Kasten photography by, photos & illustrations

Iain Young photography by, photos & illustrations

Jan Damgaard photography by, photos & illustrations

Joel Selvin photography by, photos & illustrations

Jürgen Koop photography by, photos & illustrations

Michael Ochs Archives photography by, photos & illustrations

Packy Smith photography by, photos & illustrations

Paul Vidal photography by, photos & illustrations

R. A. Andreas photography by, photos & illustrations

Rüdiger Waue photography by, photos & illustrations

Showtime Music Archives photography by, photos & illustrations

Tony Barrett photography by, photos & illustrations

Trevor Cajiao photography by, photos & illustrations

Jimmie Haskell producer

Composers

Domino & Bartholomew

Barney Kessel

Jack Marshall

David Gillam

Pearl Lendhurst

Scott Wiseman

Willie Jacobs

Carl Perkins

Bob Merrill

Curley Griffin

Kenneth Scott

Al Neiburg

Doc Daugherty

Ellis Reynolds

Dave Williams

Sunny David

Cole Porter

Harry Akst

George Lendhurst

Dub Dickerson

Erma Herrold

Johnny & Dorsey Burnette

Clarence Williams

Bobby Lee Trammell

Jack Clement

Roy Brown

Jimmie Hodges

Roy Orbison

Alex North

Hy Zaret

Shari Sheeley

Willie Dixon

James Burton

James Kirkland

Ricky Nelson

Baker Knight

Jule Styne And Sammy Cahn

Johnny Cash

Carl Sigman

Charles Dawes

Traditional

Dorsey Burnette

Al Jones

Bill Jones

Merle Kilgore

Charles Singleton

Rose Marie McCoy

Laszlo Javor

Rezső Seress

Sam Lewis

Nat Stuckey

Johnny Burnette

Hank Williams

Don Nelson

Johnny Bachelor

Rupert Stephens

Alan Brandt

Bob Haymes

John D. Loudermilk

K. Marie

Dorcas Cochran

Lionel Newman

Lew Brown

Sidney Clare

Jay Livingston

Mack David

Ozzie Nelson

Ray Johnson

Don Covay

Jan Berry

Eddie Delange

Louis Alter

Einar Aaron Swan

Charles Warfield

Felice Bryant

Gus Kahn

Walter Donaldson

Charles Mitchell

Jimmie Davis

Kokomo Arnold

Cayet Mangiaracina

Gene Pitney

Dave Burgess

Jerry Fuller

Doris Payne

Gregory Carroll

Frank Perkins

Mitchell Parish

Johnny Rivers

William Claude Silva

Jackie DeShannon

Aaron Schroeder

Clint Ballard Jr.

Fred Tobias

Joe Osborn

Don Gibson

DuBose Heyward

George & Ira Gershwin

Jack Lewis

Lon Dobro

Dimitri Tiomkin

Paul Francis Webster

The Shelton Brothers

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	I'm Walkin	Ricky Nelson (2)	Domino & Bartholomew	1:58
2	You're My One And Only Love	Ricky Nelson (2)	Barney Kessel, Jack Marshall	2:04
3	A Teenager's Romance	Ricky Nelson (2)	David Gillam	2:17
4	Be-Bop Baby (Single Version)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Pearl Lendhurst	2:02
5	Have I Told You Lately That I Love You (Single Version)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Scott Wiseman	1:56
6	If You Can't Rock Me (1st Recording) (Master)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Willie Jacobs	1:57
7	Your True Love	Ricky Nelson (2)	Carl Perkins	1:56
8	Honeycomb	Ricky Nelson (2)	Bob Merrill	2:54
9	Boppin' The Blues	Ricky Nelson (2)	Carl Perkins, Curley Griffin	1:55
10	Baby I'm Sorry	Ricky Nelson (2)	Kenneth Scott	2:20
11	I'm Confessin'	Ricky Nelson (2)	Al Neiburg, Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds	2:15
12	Be-Bop Baby (LP Version)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Pearl Lendhurst	2:00
13	Have I Told You Lately That I Love You (LP Version)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Scott Wiseman	1:56
14	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dave Williams, Sunny David	2:09
15	True Love	Ricky Nelson (2)	Cole Porter	2:14
16	Am I Blue	Ricky Nelson (2)	Harry Akst	1:37
17	Teenage Doll	Ricky Nelson (2)	George Lendhurst, Pearl Lendhurst	1:39
18	If You Can't Rock Me (Version 2)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Willie Jacobs	1:51
19	Stood Up	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dub Dickerson, Erma Herrold	1:50
20	Waitin' In School	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny & Dorsey Burnette	2:01
21	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Ricky Nelson (2)	Clarence Williams	2:01
22	Believe What You Say (Single Version)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny & Dorsey Burnette	2:02
23	Shirley Lee	Ricky Nelson (2)	Bobby Lee Trammell	2:00
24	I'm Feelin' Sorry	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jack Clement	2:17
25	There's Good Rockin' Tonight	Ricky Nelson (2)	Roy Brown	1:48
26	Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jimmie Hodges	2:50
27	Down The Line	Ricky Nelson (2)	Roy Orbison	2:31
28	Unchained Melody	Ricky Nelson (2)	Alex North, Hy Zaret	2:17
29	Poor Little Fool	Ricky Nelson (2)	Shari Sheeley	2:31
30	My Babe	Ricky Nelson (2)	Willie Dixon	2:34
31	I'm In Love Again	Ricky Nelson (2)	Domino & Bartholomew	2:19
32	There Goes My Baby	Ricky Nelson (2)	James Burton, James Kirkland	2:13
33	Believe What You Say (LP Version)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny & Dorsey Burnette	2:02
34	Don't Leave Me This Way	Ricky Nelson (2)	Ricky Nelson	2:27
35	Lonesome Town (Version 1)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:12
36	I Got A Feeling	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:02
37	I'll Walk Alone	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jule Styne And Sammy Cahn	2:36
38	Restless Kid	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny Cash	2:16
39	It's All In The Game	Ricky Nelson (2)	Carl Sigman, Charles Dawes	1:56
40	Lonesome Town	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:10
41	Cindy (Version 3: Slow)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Traditional	1:58
42	It's Late (Mono Master)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dorsey Burnette	1:55
43	One Of These Mornings	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dorsey Burnette	1:52
44	Old Enough To Love	Ricky Nelson (2)	Al Jones, Bill Jones, Merle Kilgore	2:15
45	Trying To Get To You	Ricky Nelson (2)	Charles Singleton, Rose Marie McCoy	2:12
46	Gloomy Sunday	Ricky Nelson (2)	Laszlo Javor, Rezső Seress, Sam Lewis	2:04
47	Be True To Me	Ricky Nelson (2)	James Kirkland, Nat Stuckey	2:23
48	Never Be Anyone Else But You	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:14
49	Just A Little Too Much (Version 1)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny Burnette	1:55
50	Sweeter Than You (Version 1)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:10
51	I've Been Thinkin' (Version 1)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny Burnette	1:47
52	It's Late (Stereo Mix)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dorsey Burnette	1:45
53	I Can't Help It	Ricky Nelson (2)	Hank Williams	2:16
54	You Tear Me Up	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:19
55	Just A Little Too Much (Version 2)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny Burnette	2:10
56	Sweeter Than You (Version 2)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:17
57	Never Be Anyone Else But You	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:14
58	I've Been Thinkin' (Version 2)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny Burnette	2:02
59	One Minute To One	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:02
60	So Long	Ricky Nelson (2)	Don Nelson	1:57
61	Blood From A Stone	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny Bachelor, Rupert Stephens	2:16
62	You'll Never Know What You're Missing	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:31
63	You're So Fine	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dorsey Burnette	2:17
64	That's All	Ricky Nelson (2)	Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes	2:01
65	A Long Vacation	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dorsey Burnette	2:10
66	Hey Pretty Baby	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dorsey Burnette	2:18
67	Half Breed	Ricky Nelson (2)	John D. Loudermilk	2:02
68	Don't Leave Me	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny Burnette	2:15
69	Make Believe (Version 1)	Ricky Nelson (2)	K. Marie	1:54
70	Mighty Good	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:16
71	I Wanna Be Loved	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:43
72	Again	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dorcas Cochran, Lionel Newman	1:51
73	I'd Climb The Highest Mountain	Ricky Nelson (2)	Lew Brown, Sidney Clare	2:07
74	Young Emotions	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jay Livingston, Mack David	2:33
75	Make Believe (Version 2)	Ricky Nelson (2)	K. Marie	2:08
76	Glory Train	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:37
77	If You Believe It	Ricky Nelson (2)	Ozzie Nelson	2:17
78	March With The Band Of The Lord	Ricky Nelson (2)	Ray Johnson	2:38
79	I Bowed My Head In Shame	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:33
80	Right By My Side	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:40
81	Here I Go Again	Ricky Nelson (2)	Don Covay, Jan Berry	2:12
82	Do You Know What It Means (To Miss New Orleans)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Eddie Delange, Louis Alter	2:31
83	When Your Lover Has Gone	Ricky Nelson (2)	Einar Aaron Swan	2:22
84	Baby Won't You Please Come Home	Ricky Nelson (2)	Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams	2:09
85	Time After Time	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jule Styne And Sammy Cahn	2:10
86	I'm Not Afraid	Ricky Nelson (2)	Felice Bryant	2:36
87	Yes Sir, That's My Baby	Ricky Nelson (2)	Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson	1:53
88	You Are My Sunshine	Ricky Nelson (2)	Charles Mitchell, Jimmie Davis	2:30
89	Ain't Nothin' But Love	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:20
90	Proving My Love	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:02
91	I'm All Through With You	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:45
92	You Are The Only One	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:40
93	Milk Cow Blues	Ricky Nelson (2)	Kokomo Arnold	2:09
94	Hello Mary Lou (Mono Mix)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Cayet Mangiaracina, Gene Pitney	2:15
95	Everybody But Me	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dave Burgess	2:11
96	Break My Chain	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jerry Fuller	1:53
97	Travelin' Man	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jerry Fuller	2:20
98	Oh Yeah, I'm In Love	Ricky Nelson (2)	Doris Payne, Gregory Carroll	2:06
99	Sure Fire Bet	Ricky Nelson (2)	Gene Pitney	2:07
100	Stars Fell On Alabama	Ricky Nelson (2)	Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish	2:34
101	Lucky Star	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dave Burgess	2:15
102	My One Desire	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dorsey Burnette	2:14
103	I'll Make Believe	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny Rivers	2:20
104	Hello Mary Lou (Stereo Mix)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Cayet Mangiaracina, Gene Pitney	2:17
105	That Warm Summer Night	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jerry Fuller, William Claude Silva	2:12
106	Everlovin	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dave Burgess	2:04
107	A Wonder Like You	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jerry Fuller	2:34
108	Thank You Darling	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jackie DeShannon, Shari Sheeley	1:37
109	History Of Love	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dave Burgess, Jerry Fuller	2:04
110	Today's Teardrops	Ricky Nelson (2)	Aaron Schroeder, Gene Pitney	2:05
111	Baby You Don't Know	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dave Burgess, Jerry Fuller	2:00
112	There's Not A Minute	Ricky Nelson (2)	Clint Ballard Jr., Fred Tobias	2:19
113	Mad Mad World	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dorsey Burnette, Joe Osborn	2:01
114	Sweet Little Lovable You	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dave Burgess, Jerry Fuller	2:30
115	Stop Sneakin' Around	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:33
116	Excuse Me Baby	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dorsey Burnette	2:36
117	I Can't Stop Loving You	Ricky Nelson (2)	Don Gibson	2:40
118	Summertime	Ricky Nelson (2)	DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin	2:15
119	Congratulations	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jerry Fuller	2:15
120	Poor Loser	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jerry Fuller	2:19
121	Young World	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jerry Fuller	2:24
122	I've Got My Eyes On You (Version 2)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dave Burgess	2:05
123	Teen Age Idol	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jack Lewis	2:27
124	It's Up To You	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jerry Fuller	2:49
125	I Need You (Double Vocal)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:24
126	Brand New Girl (The Session)	Ricky Nelson (2)		3:23
127	Brand New Girl	Ricky Nelson (2)		2:05
128	Scratchin' (Version 2)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dave Burgess, Jerry Fuller	2:30
129	Tears (Version 2)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dave Burgess	2:18
130	Doggone It (Version 2)	The Trophies (2)	Dave Burgess	2:08
131	Desire (Version 2)	The Trophies (2)	Jerry Fuller, Lon Dobro	2:24
132	Cindy (Version 1 - Movie Version)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Traditional	1:17
133	My Rifle, My Pony And Me	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster	2:08
134	Do You Know What It Means (To Miss New Orleans) (Movie Version)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Eddie Delange, Louis Alter	1:41
135	Ricky On Air	Ricky Nelson
136	I'm Walkin'	Ricky Nelson (2)	Domino & Bartholomew	1:36
137	You Are The Only One	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:29
138	Stood Up	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dub Dickerson, Erma Herrold	1:25
139	Trying To Get To You	Ricky Nelson (2)	Charles Singleton, Rose Marie McCoy	1:35
140	Just Because	Ricky Nelson (2)	The Shelton Brothers	1:37
141	Baby I'm Sorry	Ricky Nelson (2)	Kenneth Scott	1:45
142	Waitin' In School	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny & Dorsey Burnette	1:30
143	You Are The Only One	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:32
144	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dave Williams, Sunny David	1:48
145	Never Be Anyone Else But You	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	1:50
146	Cindy (Version 2: Fast/Key Of 'D') (TV Version)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Traditional	1:53
147	Sevillanas (Guitar Duet)	Vincente Gomez		1:25
148	Again	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dorcas Cochran, Lionel Newman	1:48
149	Rick Flat-Picking	Ricky Nelson (2)		0:13
150	Have I Told You Lately That I Love You	Ricky Nelson (2)	Scott Wiseman	2:08
151	Christmas Song	Ricky Nelson (2)		2:23
152	Jingle Bells	Ricky Nelson (2)	Traditional	1:38
153	Radio Ad - Album Plug	Ricky Nelson (2)		1:41
154	-	Ricky Nelson
155	You're My One And Only Love (Takes 2 & 3)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Barney Kessel, Jack Marshall	2:45
156	I'm Walkin' (False Start/Take 4)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Domino & Bartholomew	2:02
157	A Teenager's Romance (False Start/Take 4)	Ricky Nelson (2)	David Gillam	2:16
158	If You Can't Rock Me (Version 1) (Takes 1 & 2; Without Chorus)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Willie Jacobs	1:56
159	Poor Little Fool (2nd Guitar Overdub/Without Chorus)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Shari Sheeley	2:29
160	Restless Kid (Different Chorus Overdub)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny Cash	1:56
161	Believe What You Say (Backing Track/Alt James Burton Overdub)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny & Dorsey Burnette	2:03
162	Don't Leave Me This Way (Without Chorus)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Ricky Nelson	2:25
163	Lonesome Town (Version 1, Alt Ricky Vocal)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:19
164	If You Can't Rock Me (Version 1) (Take 6/Without Chorus)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Willie Jacobs	2:00
165	It's All In The Game (Alt)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Carl Sigman, Charles Dawes	2:02
166	One Of These Mornings (False Start + Take 16; Alt Ricky Vocal)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dorsey Burnette	2:03
167	Be True To Me (False Start)	Ricky Nelson (2)	James Kirkland, Nat Stuckey	0:27
168	Be True To Me (Alt Chorus Overdub)	Ricky Nelson (2)	James Kirkland, Nat Stuckey	1:19
169	It's Late (Ricky Overdub/2 Takes/Without Chorus)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dorsey Burnette	2:05
170	It's Late (Master/Alt Stereo Mix)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dorsey Burnette	1:44
171	Trying To Get To You (Without Chorus)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Charles Singleton, Rose Marie McCoy	2:13
172	Cindy (Version 2: Fast/Key Of 'D') (Alt)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Traditional	0:48
173	Cindy (Version 2: Fast/Key Of 'D') (Master)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Traditional	1:53
174	Just A Little Too Much (Version 2) (Track)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny Burnette	2:09
175	Never Be Anyone Else But You (Alt Overdub 1)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:16
176	Young Emotions (Without Strings)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Jay Livingston, Mack David	2:33
177	I've Been Thinkin' (Track)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Johnny Burnette	1:48
178	Never Be Anyone Else But You (Alt-2)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:14
179	Doggone It (Version 1)	The Trophies (2)	Dave Burgess	2:06
180	Tears (Version 1)	The Fleas	Dave Burgess	2:33
181	Scratchin' (Version 1)	The Fleas	Dave Burgess, Jerry Fuller	2:31
182	I've Got My Eyes On You (Version 1/Track)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Dave Burgess	1:28
183	I Need You (Single Vocal)	Ricky Nelson (2)	Baker Knight	2:28

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