Ricky Nelson
Musician
Library Announces August Film Series...to help him fight off a ruthless cattle baron. Starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and Angie Dickinson, "Rio Bravo" was directed by Howard Hawks with music composed by Dimitri Tiomkin. Ex-fighter Terry Malloy could have been a... In this article: John Wayne, Library of Congress, Rio Bravo, John Ford, Cattle, The Music Man, and Tombstone |
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The Australian | September 12, 2009
The Rhinestone Cowboy Is Back!
...story. As a Los Angeles Wrecking Crew session guitarist, he contributed to hits by such acts as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Merle Haggard, Nat King Cole, Ricky Nelson, Jan & Dean, The Righteous Brothers and The Beach Boys. In...
In this article: Glen Campbell, Rhinestone Cowboy, Academy of Country Music, Wellington, The Beach Boys, Rotorua, Auckland, and Country Music Hall of Fame
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www.washingtonpost.com | May 17, 2007
Hey, Pilgrims, It's Time To Celebrate the Duke
...Edition" ($40). Directed by Howard Hawks, it is one of the most watchable westerns ever thanks to an easy chemistry between Wayne and cast mates Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan and Angie Dickinson. It doesn't exactly scream...
In this article: True Grit Special Collector's Edition Wayne, John Wayne, El Dorado, The Sons of Katie Elder, In Harm's Way, McLintock!, Donovan's Reef, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Howard Hawks, and John Ford
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New Yorker: Arts & Culture | April 12, 2009
Richard Brody: Howard Hawks's A Song Is Born.
Over a wide range of genres, Howard Hawks's films are memorable for their musical performances (think of Lauren Bacall and Hoagy Carmichael in "To Have and Have Not" and Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson in the Western "Rio Bravo"). In...
In this article: Howard Hawks, A Song Is Born, Ball of Fire, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Armstrong, Gary Cooper, Benny Goodman, and Danny Kaye
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Wikipedia | October 19, 2009
Rio Bravo (film)
...Ricky Nelson role. Hawks again named the Nelson/Caan character after a state (in this case, Mississippi) and in a wry, humorous twist on the original film, Hawks made him inept with firearms, but skilled with a knife. The second remake,...
In this article: Rio Bravo, John Carpenter, John Wayne, Howard Hawks, Walter Brennan, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Dean Martin
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L.A. Times - Music News | March 12, 2009
Howard Hawks' later films at LACMA
...epic "Rio Bravo," with frequent collaborator John Wayne, Angie Dickinson as the typical no-nonsense "Hawksian woman," Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson. "It's because of 'Land of the Pharaohs' that 'Rio Bravo' is so good," Bogdanovich...
In this article: Howard Hawks, Peter Bogdanovich, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Paula Prentiss, Rio Bravo, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Land of the Pharaohs, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Rock Hudson
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Wikipedia | November 02, 2009
Angie Dickinson
...co-starred Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and Walter Brennan. When Hawks sold his personal contract with her to a major studio without her knowledge, she was understandably unhappy. Dickinson nonetheless became one of the more prominent...
In this article: Angie Dickinson, Frank Sinatra, Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, Burt Bacharach, and Police Woman
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www.slantmagazine.com
El Dorado: Paramount Centennial Collection: DVD Review
...scenes seemingly painted on celluloid. While Nelson found occasion to sing a duet about rifles and ponies with Martin in Rio Bravo, thankfully there isn't so much as a hum from Mitchum or Caan here. El Dorado is also aided by the addition...
In this article: El Dorado, John Wayne, Howard Hawks, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Rio Bravo, Dean Martin, Harold Rosson, and Leigh Brackett
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starbulletin | June 26, 2009
Vedder saves talk for show
...Desi & Billy all might have made the national pop charts on their own, but it certainly didn't hurt their chances that Ricky's father, Ozzie Nelson, was a former bandleader and producer of the family television show, that Jerry Lewis and Frank...
In this article: Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, Bad Radio, Seattle, Ticketmaster, Grammy Award, and Chicago
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A.V. Club RSS Feeds | May 19, 2008
Song And Vision No. 3: My Rifle, My Pony, And Me and Rio Bravo The A.V. Club
...supposed to be in character here. We're not meant to see Dude and Colorado, we're meant to see Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson, and bask in the effervescent glow emanating from their collective star power. "When you've got some talent, your...
In this article: Rio Bravo, Quentin Tarantino, Howard Hawks, Dean Martin, John T. Chance, Elvis Presley, Walter Brennan, and Jackson Browne
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Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson, later known as Rick Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985), was an American singer, musician and actor. He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1957 and 1973, including 19 top-ten hits. Nelson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
- Name At Birth:
- Eric Hilliard Nelson
- Birth Date:
- May 08, 1940
- Birthplace:
- , U.S.
- Death Date:
- December 31, 1985
- Place of Death:
- , U.S.
- Occupation:
- Actor, Musician, Singer
- Record Label:
- Imperial, Decca (MCA), Epic
- Years Active:
- 1949 – 1985
- Associated With:
- Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Fats Domino, Connie Francis, Carl Perkins, James Burton
- Website:
- http://www.rickynelson.com/
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