Songs by Ricky

1959 studio album by Ricky Nelson

Songs by Ricky

Studio album by

Ricky Nelson

Released

November 1959

Genre

Rock and roll
rockabilly

Length

32:24

Label

Imperial

Producer

Charles "Bud" Dant

Ricky Nelson chronology

Ricky Sings Again
(1959)

Songs by Ricky
(1959)

Ricky Sings Spirituals
(1960)

Singles from Songs By Ricky

"Just a Little Too Much" b/w "Sweeter Than You"
Released: June 1959

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Songs by Ricky is the fourth rock and roll album by Ricky Nelson, released in November 1959. The Jordanaires provide vocal accompaniment. This is the last album in which the Jordanaires provide vocal accompaniment. Jimmie Haskell was the arranger, while Charles "Bud" Dant produced the album.

Songs by Ricky peaked at number twenty-two on the Billboard Top LPs chart. Successful singles from the album include "Just a Little Too Much" and "Sweeter Than You", both of which peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Reception

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic thought "The result was a consistent record by a writing and performing team at the peak of its powers, everyone contributing to an overall sound that was a rhythmic, smooth development on the kind of raw rockabilly invented in Memphis by the original artists at Sun Records. and Nelson had turned into a supple vocalist with a sure sense of the material.".^[2]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You'll Never Know What You're Missing"	Baker Knight	2:34
2.	"That's All"	Bob Haymes, Alan Brandt	2:05
3.	"Just a Little Too Much"	Johnny Burnette	2:12
4.	"One Minute to One"	Baker Knight	2:05
5.	"Half Breed"	John D. Loudermilk	2:05
6.	"You're So Fine"	Dorsey Burnette	2:26

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Leave Me"	Johnny Burnette	2:16
2.	"Sweeter Than You"	Baker Knight	2:19
3.	"A Long Vacation"	Dorsey Burnette	2:08
4.	"So Long"	Don Nelson	2:01
5.	"Blood From a Stone"	Johnny Bachelor, Rupert Stephens	2:12
6.	"I've Been Thinkin'"	Johnny Burnette	2:06

Charts

Album

Chart (1959)	Peak position
U.S. Top LPs (Billboard)^[3]	22

Singles

Year	Title	U.S. Hot 100^[4]
1959	"Just a Little Too Much"	9
1959	"Sweeter Than You	9

References

^ "Ricky Nelson – Songs by Ricky: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^ "Ricky Nelson – Songs By Ricky": Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-2001. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 622. ISBN 0898201470. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles (12th ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 697. ISBN 0898201802. Retrieved October 10, 2023.