Never Be Anyone Else But You - Ricky Nelson (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Never Be Anyone Else But You (Ricky Nelson, 1959). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2023-01-23. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

"Never Be Anyone Else But You," Written by Baker Knight, was Ricky Nelson's 12th top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart landing at the no. 6 position in 1959 (Whitburn, 2013). Baker Knight was a prolific songwriter for many artists but provided Nelson with five top 20 hits from 1958-1959 ("Lonesome Town," "I Got A Feeling," "Never Be Anyone Else But You," "Sweeter Than You" and "I Wanna Be Loved") (Whitburn, 2013). Nelson compiled 19 consecutive top 40 hits from 1957-1960 and a total of 33 top 40 hits thoughout his career (plus one no. 6 hit in 1972 as Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band "Garden Party") (Whitburn, 2013). Nelson tragically died in a plane crash in DeKalb, TX on Dec 31, 1985 on his way to a New Years Eve gig (he was 45 years old). Others who perished on the plane were "his fiance, Helen Blair, 27; and band members - Bobby Neal, 38; Patrick Woodward, 35; Rick Intveld, 22; Andy Chapin, 20, and Clark Russell, 35, who was the sound man" the pilot and co-pilot survived but were seriously injured (L. Tolley, apnews, Jan. 1, 1986). Nelson kick started his musical career while playing himself on his parents' TV show ″The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" in 1957; the show ran from 1952–1966 (imdb, 2023).

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Lyrics:

There'll never be anyone else but you for me
Never ever be, just couldn't be, anyone else but you

If I could take my pick of all the girls I've ever known
Then I'd come and pick you out to be my very own

There'll never be anyone else but you for me
Never ever be, just couldn't be, anyone else but you

A heart that's true and longs for you is all I have to give
All my love belongs to you as long as I may live

There'll never be anyone else but you for me
Never ever be, just couldn't be, anyone else but you

I never will forget the way you kiss me
And when we're not together, I wonder if you've missed me

'Cause I hope and pray the day will come when you belong to me
Then I'm gonna prove to you how true my love can be

There'll never be anyone else but you for me
Never ever be, just couldn't be, anyone else but you

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