Boone's final charting song came in 1969 with "July You're A Woman." His numerous other top hits also include "At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama)" (1955), "I'll Be Home" (1956), "Long Tall Sally" (1956), "Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" (1956), "Why Baby Why" (1957), "Remember You're Mine" (1957), "A Wonderful Time Up There" (1958), "It's Too Soon To Know" (1958), "Sugar Moon" (1958), "If Dreams Can Come True" (1958), and "Speedy Gonzales" (1962), the latter of which features the voice of Mel Blanc as the well-known cartoon character. He also had #1 hits with "I Almost Lost My Mind" (1956), "Don't Forbid Me" (1956), "Love Letters In The Sand" (1957), "April Love" (1957), and "Moody River" (1961). He then topped the Pop/Rock charts with "Ain't That A Shame," which also became a crossover success, reaching #14 on the R&B charts. Pat Boone debuted in 1955 on the Pop/Rock charts with his rendition of The Charms' "Two Hearts," which made the Top 20 and became the first in a very long string of hits that continued through 1969. He also graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University in 1958. As his fame soared in the late 1950s, he toured actively, appeared in over a dozen films, was a regular on "Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" from 1955-1957, and hosted ABC TV's "The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom" from 1957-1960. Boone's many signature songs include his hit covers of such R&B classics as Fats Domino's "Ain't That A Shame" (1955) and Ivory Joe Hunter's "I Almost Lost My Mind" (1956), as well as such traditional pop favorites as "Don't Forbid Me" (1956), "Love Letters In The Sand" (1957), and "April Love" (1957), the title song from the movie in which he co-starred with Shirley Jones.īorn in Jacksonville, Florida and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Boone began recording for Republic Records in 1953 before moving to Dot in 1955. With numerous record sales and 38 Top 40 hits on the Pop/Rock charts, his popularity as a recording artist at that time rivaled that of Elvis Presley, and he also became a household name as the co-star of such hit movies as "Journey To The Center Of The Earth" (1959). June 1, 1934) is a highly acclaimed and veteran singer, songwriter, and actor who became famous beginning in the 1950s as a teen idol with a trademark clean-cut image.
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