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patboone.com. Patrick Charles Eugene Boone[1] (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, actor, television personality, and composer. During his recording career, he sold nearly 50 million records and had 38 Top 40 hits; he also appeared in various Hollywood films. [2][3] According to Billboard, Boone was the only singer that could compete in ...
During his career as a singer and composer, Pat Boone released 63 singles in the United States, [better source needed] mostly during the 1950s and early 1960s when Boone was a successful pop singer and, for a time, the second-biggest charting artist behind Elvis Presley according to Billboard. [1]
Bob Dylan said of Boone's cover, "Of all the people who sang 'Tutti Frutti,' Pat Boone was probably the only one who knew what he was singing about." [29] Little Richard admitted that though Boone "took [his] music", Boone made it more popular due to his high status in the white music industry. [34]
Pat Boone's version became a major hit in June and July 1957, spending 5 weeks at number one on the Billboard Top 100, with 34 weeks in total on the chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1957. [4] In Canada, the song spent two weeks at number one. [5] The song was used in Boone's 1957 film Bernardine. Boone did the whistling in the ...
AllMusic. [1] In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy is a 1997 album by American singer Pat Boone in which Boone covers hard rock and heavy metal songs in a jazz / big band style. Boone promoted the album by appearing in leather clothing (and, at that year's American Music Awards, wearing a dog collar). He succeeded in propelling Metal Mood onto ...
Speedy Gonzales (song) " Speedy Gonzales " is a 1961 song by David Hess (RCA 8056), [1] who recorded it under the name David Dante, about Speedy Gonzales, "the fastest mouse in all Mexico ". It was written by Buddy Kaye, Ethel Lee and Dante/Hess. The David Dante original version briefly entered the U.S. Music Vendor chart in April 1961.
Pat Boone recording. In 1958, the song was recorded under the title "A Wonderful Time Up There" by Pat Boone featuring Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra and Chorus. It reached #2 in the U.K. and #4 in the U.S., [1] and was featured on the 1959 album, Pat Boone Sings. [2] The recording was produced by Randy Wood.
Pat Boone Sings Irving Berlin is a studio album by Pat Boone, released in 1957 on Dot Records. [ 2 ] Irving Berlin said of the album: "Pat Boone sings these ballads the way I like to hear them sung."