Sweeter Than You
1959 single by Ricky Nelson
| "Sweeter Than You" | ||||
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| Single by Ricky Nelson | ||||
| from the album Songs by Ricky | ||||
| A-side | "Just a Little Too Much" | |||
| Released | June 22, 1959 | |||
| Genre | Ballad | |||
| Length | 2:17 | |||
| Label | Imperial | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Baker Knight | |||
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"Sweeter Than You" is a song written by Baker Knight and performed by Ricky Nelson. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #19 in the UK Singles Chart in 1959.[1] The song was featured on his 1959 album, Songs by Ricky.[2]
The song is ranked No. 83 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 songs of 1959.[3]
Other versions
- The Four Pennies released a version as part of an EP in the United Kingdom in 1965.[4]
- Crippled Black Phoenix released a version as the opener to their album "White Light Generator" in 2014
In media
- Nelson's version was featured on season 1, episode 14 of the show Cold Case entitled "The Boy in the Box".
References
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- James Burton
- Richie Frost
- Gene Garf
- James Kirkland
- The Jordanaires
- Ricky (1957)
- Ricky Nelson (1958)
- Ricky Sings Again (1959)
- Songs by Ricky (1959)
- More Songs by Ricky (1960)
- Rick Is 21 (1961)
- Album Seven by Rick (1962)
- For Your Sweet Love (1963)
- Rick Nelson Sings for You (1963)
- The Very Thought of You (1964)
- Spotlight on Rick (1964)
- Best Always (1965)
- Love and Kisses (1965)
- Bright Lights and Country Music (1966)
- Country Fever (1967)
- Another Side of Rick (1967)
- Perspective (1969)
- Rick Sings Nelson (1970)
- Rudy the Fifth (1971)
- Garden Party (1972)
- Windfall (1974)
- Intakes (1977)
- Playing to Win (1981)
- All My Best (1985)
- The Memphis Sessions (1986)
- Best Sellers by Rick Nelson (1963)
- On the Flip Side (1966)
- Ricky Sings Spirituals (1960)
- "I'm Walkin'"
- "A Teenager's Romance"
- "You're My One and Only Love"
- "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?"
- "Be-Bop Baby"
- "Stood Up"
- "Waitin' in School"
- "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It"
- "Believe What You Say"
- "Poor Little Fool"
- "Lonesome Town"
- "I Got a Feeling"
- "It's Late"
- "Never Be Anyone Else But You"
- "Just a Little Too Much"
- "Sweeter Than You"
- "I Wanna Be Loved"
- "Young Emotions"
- "Travelin' Man"
- "Hello Mary Lou"
- "A Wonder Like You"
- "Everlovin'"
- "Young World"
- "Summertime"
- "Teen Age Idol"
- "It's Up to You"
- "Fools Rush In"
- "For You"
- "The Very Thought of You"
- "There's Nothing I Can Say"
- "She Belongs to Me"
- "Life"
- "Garden Party"
- "Dream Lover"
- Discography
- Kristin Nelson
- Nelson
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