Sneak Preview

I had a 45 minute phone interview a few days ago with Pat Boone ... and he has some amazing stories.

He has a new novelty country tune called 'Grits.'  It reminds me of a Roger Miller song and Roger's son, Dean, sings on the song.  During our phone time we talked about many things including the start of his career.

 

 

I will be presenting parts of the Pat Boone interview during Saturday Night's "Those Were The Days" radio show this weekend (April 22nd), which you can stream through our website, wrco.com from six to midnight.  

 

We talked a lot about Elvis and I had the chance to ask Pat about the rock n' roll hall of fame snub.

 

 

Here is the new song from Pat Boone. 

 

And a couple of early favorites!

  

THE PAT BOONE HIT LIST

1955 - Two Hearts  (#5)

1955 - Ain't That A Shame (#1)

1955 - At My Front Door (#7)

1955 - No Arms Can Ever Hold You (#11)

1956 - Gee Whittakers!  (#19)

1956 - I'll Be Home  (#4)

1956 - Tutti Frutti  (#10)

1956 - Long Tall Sally (#5)

1956 - Just As Long As I'm With You (#21)

1956 - I Almost Lost My Mind (#1)

1956 - I'm In Love With You (#50)

1956 - Friendly Persuasion (#5)

1956 - Chains Of Love (#10)

1957 - Don't Forbid Me (#1)

1957 - Anastasia (#22) 

1957 - Why Baby Why (#5)

1957 - I'm Waiting Just For You (#16)

1957 - Love Letters In The Sand (#1)

1957 - Bernardine (#13)

1957 - Remember You're Mine (#6)

1957 - There's a Gold Mine In The Sky (#8)

1957 - April Love (#1)

1957 - When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano (#33)

1958 - It's Too Soon To Know (#4)

1958 - A Wonderful Time Up There (#4)

1958 - Sugar Moon (#5)

1958 - Cherie, I Love You (#33)

1958 - If Dreams Came True (#7)

1958 - That's How Much I Love You (#31)

1958 - For My Good Fortune (#23)

1958  Gee, But it's Lonely (#21)

1958 - I'll Remember Tonight (#22)

1959 - With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair (#16)

1959 - Good Rockin' Tonight (#49)

1959 - For A Penny (#21)

1959 - Twixt Twelve And Twenty (#16)

1959 - Fools Hall Of Fame (#25)

1960 - (Welcome) New Lovers (#18)

1960 - Walking The Floor Over You (#21)

1960 - Spring Rain (#47)

1960 - Candy Sweet (#35)

1960 - Dear John (#44)

1960 - Alabam (#42)

1961 - Moody River (#1)

1961 - Big Cold Wind (#19)

1961 - Johnny Will (#35)

1962 - I'll See You In My Dreams (#30)

1962 - Speedy Gonzales (#6)

1962 - Ten Lonely Guys (#43)

1966 - Wish You Were Here, Buddy (#49)

 

I have long campaigned for Pat Boone's induction into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ... and for the very reason that the Reverend Jesse Jackson mentioned above ...

Pat bridged the gap between white and black audiences ...

Yes, his recordings were SEVERELY watered-down versions of R&B classics ...

But they also made it palatable for audiences from coast to coast to discover what rock and roll really was.  (Baby Steps!!! lol)

Looking forward to hearing the whole interview on Saturday.  (Be sure to tune in via the link above ... just click on the headphones and you're all set!)  kk