Elvis Presley’s TCB Band guitarist James Burton thoroughly examines a lesser-known aspect of his illustrious career — supporting Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Rick Nelson onstage and in the recording studio from 1957–1968. Here a 24-year-old Nelson has all the girls swooning on the single 45 cover of “Mean Old World” b/w “When the Chips Are Down,” which criminally stalled at No. 96 POP when dropped during the onslaught of the British Invasion in March 1965. Image Credit: 45Cat user Okun69 / Universal Music Group
“Run over me, Ricky! Please, please, I love you, I love you!” During the height of Rick Nelson hysteria in the late ’50s and early ’60s, teenyboppers regularly screamed their intense, definitely ill-advised desires while the legendary singer-songwriter performed in cities across America and abroad. In an…
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