| Cover: | Songs by Ricky.jpg |
| Songs by Ricky | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ricky Nelson |
| Released: | November 1959 |
| Genre: |
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| Length: | 32:24 |
| Label: | Imperial |
| Producer: | Charles "Bud" Dant |
| Prev Title: | Ricky Sings Again |
| Prev Year: | 1959 |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Next Title: | Ricky Sings Spirituals |
| Next Year: | 1960 |
| Chronology: | Ricky Nelson |
Songs by Ricky is the fourth rock and roll album by Ricky Nelson, released in November 1959. The Jordanaires provide vocal accompaniment. This is the last album in which the Jordanaires provide vocal accompaniment. Jimmie Haskell was the arranger, while Charles "Bud" Dant produced the album.
Songs by Ricky peaked at number twenty-two on the Billboard Top LPs chart. Successful singles from the album include "Just a Little Too Much" and "Sweeter Than You", both of which peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic thought "The result was a consistent record by a writing and performing team at the peak of its powers, everyone contributing to an overall sound that was a rhythmic, smooth development on the kind of raw rockabilly invented in Memphis by the original artists at Sun Records. and Nelson had turned into a supple vocalist with a sure sense of the material.".[1]
| Year | Title | U.S. Hot 100[3] |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | "Just a Little Too Much" | 9 |
| "Sweeter Than You | ||