Before the year was out, he would be reviving an even older song in “For You” and getting an even bigger hit.īuy or stream “Fools Rush In” on the album Rick Nelson Sings For You. more 3.37 252 ratings32 reviews A collection of eight contemporary chick lit short stories are set around April Fools’ Day. “Fools Rush In” made its start on the September 14 Hot 100 at No.87, right next to Roy Orbison’s new entry with “Blue Bayou.” This time, Rick was onto a winner, and the song climbed steadily over the next months before landing at No.12 in November. Fools Rush In: An April Fools Day Anthology Celia Kennedy, Whitney Dineen, Engy Neville. Ricky’s revivalīy the later months of 1963, for all that great chart history, Rick had been without a Top 20 US hit since “It’s Up To You.” That was, admittedly, only eight months earlier, but four singles after that had performed relatively modestly, in the period in which Nelson switched labels from Imperial to Decca. Brook Benton, Shirley Bassey, Brenda Lee, Etta James, Doris Day, and Al Hirt were all among those covering it before Decca Records chose it as Nelson’s new single, and saw it revive his fortunes. The song was revived for a post-war audience by Jo Stafford in 1953 and Keely Smith four years later, and then emerged again in the early 1960s, with versions by a myriad of artists.
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