GP, released in 1973, used the guitar-playing of James Burton ( sideman to Elvis Presley and Ricky Nelson ), and featured new songs from a creatively revitalized Parsons such as " Big Mouth Blues " and " Kiss the Children ," as well as a cover of Tompall Glaser's " Streets of Baltimore ".

In 1959 Hawks re-teamed with John Wayne in Rio Bravo, also starring Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and Walter Brennan as four marshal's " defending the fort " of their local jail where a local criminal is awaiting a trial and his family attempt to break him out.

* 1940 – Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor ( d. 1985 )

Although a small number of Rickenbacker acoustics were sold in the 1950s and were seen in the hands of stars like Ricky Nelson and Sam Cooke, the company concentrated on their electric guitar and western steel guitar business from the early 1960s onward.

Rock-n-Roll emerged in the mid-50s as the teen music of choice with Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, James Brown, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin, Ritchie Valens, Duane Eddy, Eddie Cochran, Brenda Lee, Bobby Vee, Connie Frances, Johnny Mathis, Neil Sedaka, Pat Boone and Ricky Nelson being notable exponents.

** Ricky Nelson, American singer ( d. 1985 )

Henderson was born in Chicago, Illinois, and named Rickey Nelson Henley, named after singer-actor Ricky Nelson, to John L. and Bobbie Henley on Christmas Day, 1958, in Chicago, in the back seat of an Oldsmobile on the way to the hospital.

A 1971 rock-and-roll revival concert at the Garden, featuring Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and Ricky Nelson, during which Nelson was reportedly booed when he played newer material, is thought to have been the inspiration for his 1972 hit single " Garden Party ".

Rio Bravo is a 1959 American Western film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson.

* Ricky Nelson as Colorado Ryan

" Nelson later paid homage to both the film and his character, Colorado, by including the song " Restless Kid " on his 1959 LP, Ricky Sings Again.

In this film, Robert Mitchum played the Dean Martin role, Arthur Hunnicutt the Walter Brennan character and James Caan the Ricky Nelson role.

Ricky Nelson, a performer of rockabilly music, also became a teen idol through his parents ' television series, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

In 1961 Ozzie Nelson directed and edited the video of " Travelin ' Man " by his son Ricky Nelson.

Guntersville was the last place in which Ricky Nelson ever performed as a singer.

It is the birthplace of Hall of Fame rock guitarist Scotty Moore, who played with Elvis Presley and Ricky Nelson.

Singer Ricky Nelson was killed in an airplane crash near De Kalb on December 31, 1985, while he was en route to a concert in Dallas.

The band's final album, Mardi Gras, was released in April 1972, featuring songs written by Fogerty, Cook, and Clifford and a cover of " Hello Mary Lou " ( a song Gene Pitney originally wrote for Ricky Nelson.

Martin was acclaimed for his performance as Dude in Rio Bravo ( 1959 ), directed by Howard Hawks and also starring John Wayne and singer Ricky Nelson.

* December 31 – Ricky Nelson, singer, former teen idol, 45 ( plane crash )

Two of their songs, " Bring a Little Lovin '" and " Come In, You'll Get Pneumonia ", were covered by Los Bravos ( and after by Ricky Martin as " Dime Que me Quieres ") and Paul Revere and the Raiders, respectively.

* " For You " ( Ricky Nelson song ), written in 1933 by Joe Burke and Al Dubin ; covered by several artists

Other hits continued to follow, such as " Stateside " and " Life Turned Her That Way " ( which was later covered by Ricky Van Shelton in 1988, going to No. 1 ).

* Ricky Nelson covered the song on his 1957 debut album " Ricky ".

The song has been covered by various artists including Ricky Nelson, Terry Manning, Laibach, Willie Nelson, Helen Reddy, Carmen Rasmusen, and The Smithereens.

Founded by Ricky Cool and Andy Silvester in 1984 and known as Ricky Cool and the Big Town Playboys, they covered American music from the 1940s and 1950s, such as that of Amos Milburn and Little Walter.

* Ricky Stuart-former Raiders, NSW Blues and Kangaroos rugby league player, Former NSW Blues and Kangaroo's Coach

In 2008, The Paint Your Town Red Festival invited Liverpool comic and actor Ricky Tomlinson.

* Ricky Nelson – backing vocals on " Baby He's Your Man " and " The Turning Point "

In 1958, Lytle recorded " Hip Shakin ' Baby ", " Be My Love Tonight ", " Honey Baby ", and " Bring Along Your Lovin '" with Ricky Nelson's band as The Jodimars but these recordings also were not released until 1994.

* 1962-" I'm Gonna Clip Your Wings " / " Travelin ' Man " ( cover of Ricky Nelson )

She has also performed in music videos for Ricky Martin's " Shake Your Bon-Bon " and Third Eye Blind's " Never Let You Go ".

Dempsey's favourite television shows include The Panel, Love is the Drug and Prime Time Investigates ; he also loves Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's shows and watches Curb Your Enthusiasm on TG4.

A duet with Ricky Van Shelton, " Rockin ' Years " ( 1991 ) reached number one but Parton's greatest commercial fortune of the decade came when Whitney Houston recorded " I Will Always Love You " for the soundtrack of the feature film The Bodyguard ( 1992 ); both the single and the album were massively successful.

While he gained international renown for leading a Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra, he is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American TV series I Love Lucy, starring with Lucille Ball, to whom he was married at the time.

On October 15, 1951, Arnaz co-starred in the premiere of I Love Lucy, in which he played a fictitious version of himself, Cuban orchestra leader Enrique " Ricky " Ricardo.

* 1951: I Love Lucy .... Ricky Ricardo ( 181 episodes, 1951 – 1957 )

* 1956: I Love Lucy Christmas Show ( TV ) .... Ricky Ricardo

* 1953: I Love Lucy .... Ricky Ricardo / Himself

Love have also influenced many 1960s inspired Top 40 UK acts, including The Stone Roses, The Bluetones, Shack, The Stands, Primal Scream and Ricky, whose mini-album, You Set The Scene was named after a song on Forever Changes.

The animators mistakenly believed that Hank Azaria was impersonating Csupó, when in fact he was doing a bad impression of Ricky Ricardo from the TV series I Love Lucy.

She sang and appeared in the music video ( as Lucille Ball ) for " Weird Al " Yankovic's song " Ricky " ( 1983 ), which was based on the I Love Lucy television show and parodied the song " Mickey " by Toni Basil.

Originally set in an apartment building in New York City, I Love Lucy centers on Lucy Ricardo ( Lucille Ball ) and her singer / bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo ( Desi Arnaz ), along with their best friends and landlords Fred Mertz ( William Frawley ) and Ethel Mertz ( Vivian Vance ).

Unlike some programs that advance the age of a newborn over a short period of time, I Love Lucy allowed the Little Ricky character to grow up in real time.

" Weird Al " Yankovic's debut album features a song called " Ricky " ( a parody of Toni Basil's " Mickey "), detailing the plot of I Love Lucy.

Love and Kisses is a 1965 American comedy film starring Ricky Nelson as a young man who tries to grow up and emancipate himself from his middle-class parents by getting married.

Keith Thibodeaux ( born December 1, 1950 ) is a former child actor and musician, best known for playing " Little Ricky " in the I Love Lucy and The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour television shows.

Additionally, on the night of its airing it had the distinction of being the second most-watched television episode of all time, only slightly surpassed by the birth of Little Ricky on I Love Lucy in 1953.

* " Free Love Freeway ", written and sung by Ricky Gervais, who starred as David Brent in the British television comedy series The Office

* 1955: Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo as Don Juan in several episodes ( Season 4, Episode # 6, # 9, # 10, # 17, # 21 ) of I Love Lucy, the television series.

* In I Love Lucy, Ricky Ricardo calls Schary's office from his Hollywood hotel room.

*" Strange Love " – Ricky Rouge ( Juice Box Records 1993 )

*" Strange Love Remixes " – Ricky Rouge ( Juice Box Records 1993 )

*" When You Took My Love " – Ricky Rouge ( Juice Box Records 1993 )

He played several guest roles on I Love Lucy, most notably in the episode " Lucy Goes To the Hospital ", where he is seated in the waiting room with Ricky while Lucy gives birth to their son.

Chautauqua Lake is mentioned in at least one episode of I Love Lucy, in which Lucille Ball ( a native of nearby Jamestown, New York ), playing the role of Lucy Ricardo, finds a small fish, stuffed and mounted, in a trunk in her attic and recalls that Ricky caught it at Chautauqua Lake, and was so thrilled that he mounted it.