When Pat Boone turns 90 on June 1, it will have been nearly 70 years since he debuted in Advertising sign chart. Back then, it was pushed as pure counter-programming to Elvis Presley — so successfully that it outsold the King as measured by Billboard Hot 100 hits from the chart's debut on August 4, 1958 through the end of the decade. . From his early hits to his recent work with veteran artists, Pat has always been blessed Advertising sign.
He's so square, we all care
“Pat Boone, Dot's New Young Find, Appears as Possible Bobby Sox Grab,” noted May 21, 1955, Advertising sign when “Two Hearts” reached No. 16 on the Juke Boxes Most Played chart. After “Two Hearts,” Boone didn't miss a beat: his cover of Fats Domino's “Ain't That a Shame” (hailed as a “tasteful number” in the June 18, 1955 issue) became his first No. .1 “He is unassuming, generous and should go far,” predicted a retailer in the August 20, 1955, issue.
Pat, Pending
July 9, 1955, Advertising sign he described Boone as a “primitive performer, a pleasant lad who will do much better when he relaxes his platform manner”. The “Love Letters in the Sand” singer may have noted that. A review of his Los Angeles concert in the June 19, 1961 issue hailed his “easy and relaxed demeanor.” “I hope this gets us another gold record,” Boone said of “Moody River” at the show. in the same issue, it became his first Hot 100 No. 1 of the era.
Jesus Christ + Superstar
Boone's religious beliefs eventually superseded his pop aspirations. “Pat Boone Establishes 'Jesus Music' Center,” reported June 3, 1972, Advertising sign, “about the myriad of small Jesus youth groups that record their own works but lack the machinery for national distribution.” Two years later, Boone got a soul. When Motown planned a country imprint, he was the first artist, according to the October 26, 1974 issue, which said “not only Boone but the Boone family will be represented.” Three years later, Debby Boone's daughter went solo on Arista, and her “You Light Up My Life” topped the Hot 100 for 10 weeks.
Pat Sabbath
Boone “jumped back into Advertising sign album chart after a record absence of 34 years, 2 months,” reported the February 15, 1997 issue. In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy It reached the Billboard 200 at No. 125. Crediting his performance at the American Music Awards with Alice Cooper as “one of the many publicity efforts” that fueled this success, Advertising sign he said the album, released on Universal's Hip-O, was “as far out in left field as you can go without hitting a wall.”
Gold in years
In 2019, Boone celebrated the 20th anniversary of The Gold Label, which he created to help veteran hitmakers overlooked by major labels. “We were out there still performing the songs that helped build those labels, and those labels were still selling those old records,” Boone said in the July 27, 2019 issue, but those acts were struggling to land new deals. “It's a real labor of love, like everything else I do with music.”
This article appears in the June 1, 2024 issue of Billboard.
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