"has continued to produce and release albums independently under their own label, Stone Canyon Records. Matthew and Gunnar also perform under the name of Ricky Nelson Remembered, as a tribute to their father. They are listed in the ""Guinness Book of World Records"" as the only family to reach number one record status in three successive generations (beginning with grandparents Ozzie and Harriet Nelson). Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, the twin sons of Ricky Nelson and Kristin Nelson, were involved in music from an early age. On an interview, Gunnar once said that he and Matthew had been writing songs since"
"as Nelson, the twin singer-songwriters also perform a separate tribute act for their father, called Ricky Nelson Remembered. Additionally, they perform with celebrity all-star rock band Scrap Metal. Current members Former members Nelson (band) Nelson is an American rock band founded by singer/songwriters Matthew and Gunnar Nelson (twin sons of Ricky Nelson and Kristin Nelson). The band achieved success during the early 1990s with their double platinum debut album ""After the Rain"", which featured the number-one hit ""(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection"". After the success of their first album, the band claims to have been faced with conflicts"
"roll feel that set him apart from the burgeoning pack of Elvis Presley imitators"" Ricky (album) Ricky is the solo debut album by American actor and rock and roll musician Ricky Nelson, released in November 1957. Much of the album is in the pop-rock genre, focusing mostly on standards. It has since been re-issued on iTunes. Reception at the time of release is unknown. A recent review by Allmusic said that it is ""derivative"" but that ""he also sang rhythmically in his smooth voice, negotiating the rock & roll beat with far greater ease than Pat Boone"" and that ""the"
"Ricky (album) Ricky is the solo debut album by American actor and rock and roll musician Ricky Nelson, released in November 1957. Much of the album is in the pop-rock genre, focusing mostly on standards. It has since been re-issued on iTunes. Reception at the time of release is unknown. A recent review by Allmusic said that it is ""derivative"" but that ""he also sang rhythmically in his smooth voice, negotiating the rock & roll beat with far greater ease than Pat Boone"" and that ""the 17-year-old continued to display the combination of natural pop instincts and genuine rock &"
"had certain expectations for Ricky's personal life as well as his career. At the age of 45, Nelson said the only girl he ever really loved was involved with him for two years in the late 1950s. At Christmas 1961, Nelson began dating Sharon Kristin ""Kris"" Harmon (June 25, 1945 - April 26, 2018), the daughter of football player Tom Harmon and actress Elyse Knox (née Elsie Kornbrath) and the older sister of Kelly and Mark Harmon. The Nelsons and the Harmons had long been friends, and a union between their children held great appeal. Rick and Kris had much"
"was his second and final UK hit peaking at #29. Dennis appeared on Perry Como's US television show, where he was introduced as 'Britain's Ricky Nelson' performing the song ""Linton Addie"". Dennis latterly worked as a nursing home carer, now retired and lives in Pilton Park, Edinburgh with wife Irene, who he has been married to for over 30 years. He has a stepson Steven, stepdaughter Susan as well as three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Jackie Dennis Jackie Dennis (born 8 October 1942, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland) was discovered by the comedians Mike and Bernie Winters in 1958. The brothers brought"
"Nelson (band) Nelson is an American rock band founded by singer/songwriters Matthew and Gunnar Nelson (twin sons of Ricky Nelson and Kristin Nelson). The band achieved success during the early 1990s with their double platinum debut album ""After the Rain"", which featured the number-one hit ""(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection"". After the success of their first album, the band claims to have been faced with conflicts with their record label, lack of support from the media, and the shift in music towards grunge and alternative rock. They eventually split with Geffen Records in 1995. Despite this, the band"
"Matthew Nelson Matthew Gray Nelson (born September 20, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and recording artist. Along with his twin brother Gunnar, he has been a member of Nelson since 1990. Their single, ""(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection"" reached No. 1 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in September 1990. Matthew Nelson is a son of the American teen idol Ricky Nelson and actress Kristin Harmon. He is the identical twin brother of songwriter/musician Gunnar Nelson and brother of Tracy Nelson and musician Sam Nelson. His paternal grandparents are Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard from"
"on September 24, 1968. Nelson died on August 25, 2001, aged 85, in his home in Chanhassen, Minnesota. That year Prince dedicated Joni Mitchell’s song ""A Case of U"", on his ""One Nite Alone..."" album, to his father. John L. Nelson wrote (or co-wrote) some music which was released by Prince in the 1980s. ASCAP credits, or co-credits, him with the following: John L. Nelson John Lewis Nelson (June 29, 1916 – August 25, 2001), also known as his stage name Prince Rogers, was an American jazz musician and songwriter. He was the father of musicians Prince and Tyka Nelson"
"in common: quiet dispositions, Hollywood upbringings, and high-powered, domineering fathers. They married on April 20, 1963. Kris was pregnant, and Rick later described the union as a ""shotgun wedding"". Nelson, a nonpracticing Protestant, received instruction in Catholicism at the insistence of the bride's parents and signed a pledge to have any children of the union raised in the Catholic faith. Kris Nelson joined the television show as a regular cast member in 1963. They had four children: actress Tracy Kristine Nelson, twin sons Gunnar Eric Nelson and Matthew Gray Nelson who formed the band Nelson, and Sam Hilliard Nelson. By"
"Kristin Nelson Sharon Kristin Nelson (née Harmon; June 25, 1945 – April 27, 2018) was an American primitive painter, actress, and author, once married to the actor and musician Ricky Nelson. Daughter of the American football star Tom Harmon and actress/model Elyse Knox, her younger siblings are model-actress Kelly Harmon and actor Mark Harmon. In 1963, at age 17, Harmon married Rick Nelson and joined their family television show. The couple had four children, but their extravagant lifestyle forced Nelson to tour for long periods, placing great pressure on the marriage. A long-fought divorce was finally granted before Rick Nelson's"
"Awards and Billboard Music Awards shows for Dick Clark Productions for 13 years (ending in 2018). Matthew Nelson Matthew Gray Nelson (born September 20, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and recording artist. Along with his twin brother Gunnar, he has been a member of Nelson since 1990. Their single, ""(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection"" reached No. 1 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in September 1990. Matthew Nelson is a son of the American teen idol Ricky Nelson and actress Kristin Harmon. He is the identical twin brother of songwriter/musician Gunnar Nelson and brother of"
"recording artist Ricky Nelson and gave birth to four children: Tracy, twins Gunnar and Matthew, and Sam. Kelly, a model turned interior designer, was once married to automaker John DeLorean and has two daughters and a son and two other stepchildren. Mark played quarterback at UCLA, became an actor, and has two sons with wife Pam Dawber. On February 16, 2012, Knox died at her home in Los Angeles at age 94. Elyse Knox Elyse Knox (born Elsie Lillian Kornbrath: December 14, 1917 – February 16, 2012) was an American actress, model, and fashion designer. Knox was born in Hartford,"
"victory over the California Angels. In his 123-game major league career, Nelson batted .247, with six home runs, 39 runs batted in, 38 runs scored, 79 hits, 13 doubles, 3 triples and 8 stolen bases. In , Nelson managed the Oakland Athletics' entry in the Arizona Fall League to the league championship. Ricky Nelson (baseball) Ricky Lee Nelson (born May 8, 1959) is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Seattle Mariners from 1983 to 1986. Nelson attended Arizona State University and was selected by Seattle in the 1981 amateur draft. He made his major league debut"
"Rocky Nelson Glenn Richard ""Rocky"" Nelson (November 18, 1924 – October 31, 2006) was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1949 through 1961 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Cleveland Indians. A native of Portsmouth, Ohio, Nelson batted and threw left-handed. Despite pre-1959 stints with five major league clubs, Nelson failed to stick with a major league team for half a season. Reggie Otero, manager of the Havana Sugar Kings, saw Nelson clobber major league pitchers while playing winter baseball in Cuba. It was Otero's"
"1973, and was a source of inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's 1943 film ""Shadow of a Doubt"". Nelson was born Earle Leonard Ferral on May 12, 1897 in San Francisco, California, the son of an English mother, Frances Nelson, and Spanish father, James Ferral. Both of his parents died of syphilis before he reached the age of two. Nelson was subsequently sent to live with his maternal grandmother Jennie Nelson, a devout Pentecostal who raised him alongside her two younger children, Willis and Lillian, who were ten and eight years his senior, respectively. Nelson exhibited self-loathing and other ""morbid"" behavior at"
"John L. Nelson John Lewis Nelson (June 29, 1916 – August 25, 2001), also known as his stage name Prince Rogers, was an American jazz musician and songwriter. He was the father of musicians Prince and Tyka Nelson and a credited co-writer on some of his son's songs. Nelson was born in Webster Parish, Louisiana, the son of Carrie (Jenkins) and Clarence Nelson. The Nelsons had four other children. He traveled to Minneapolis to become a musician in 1948. Playing the piano, he used ""Prince Rogers"" as a stage name and started a band called ""The Prince Rogers Trio"" with"
"Indian Band and encouraged his children to play music. Horace Nelson Horace Aloysius Nelson (February 16, 1878 – 1962) was a Penobscot political leader and the father of dancer and actress Molly Spotted Elk (born Mary Alice Nelson). Nelson was born to Peter ""Dindy"" Nelson and Mary Francis Mitchell Nelson on Indian Island, a Penobscot reservation near Old Town, Maine, U.S., where he lived his entire life with the exception of a few years during college. He attended Old Town High School and, at age 22, was the second Penobscot to graduate (after baseball player Louis Sockalexis). He was the"
"Ricky Nelson (album) Ricky Nelson is the second album by teen idol Ricky Nelson, released in 1958. The album charted in the Top 10 on the Billboard album charts, and has since been re-issued on iTunes. The album contained Ricky Nelson's first composition, ""Don't Leave Me This Way"", and a track written by his lead guitarist James Burton along with bass player James Kirkland called ""There Goes My Baby"". The album also included a cover of Fats Domino's ""I'm in Love Again"", along with a cover of Roy Orbison's ""Down the Line"". Also included were covers of then-recent hits and"
"Tyka Nelson Tyka Evene Nelson (born May 18, 1960) is an American singer. She is the daughter of jazz musician John L. Nelson (1916–2001) and Mattie Della Shaw (1933–2002), and the sister of Prince (1958–2016). In addition, she has seven half-siblings. She has released four albums, and reached No. 33 on the ""Billboard""s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in July 1988 with ""Marc Anthony's Tune"", produced by Larry Graham. She wrote the tune ""Marc Anthony' because she had a crush on the singer. She accepted Prince's American Music Award for Top Soundtrack following his passing in 2016. Nelson is married to"
"Marc Nelson Marc K. Nelson (born January 23, 1971) is an American singer and songwriter. His mother was the late American singer Phyllis Nelson, best known for the songs ""I Like You"" and ""Move Closer"". He was an original member of Boyz II Men while still attending Philadelphia's High School of Performing Arts. However, Nelson left the group to pursue a solo career before they released their first album. Nelson attended the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, in Pennsylvania. There, he and his friend Nathan Morris, joined later by Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, and Michael McCary, formed"
"Ricky Nelson (baseball) Ricky Lee Nelson (born May 8, 1959) is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Seattle Mariners from 1983 to 1986. Nelson attended Arizona State University and was selected by Seattle in the 1981 amateur draft. He made his major league debut on May 17, against the California Angels. Nelson's most productive major league season came in 1983, when he registered 291 at-bats in 98 games, recording a .254 batting average. He made his final major league appearance on August 2, 1986, at the Kingdome, appearing as a pinch runner in a 7-3 Seattle"
"Public School, Bancroft Junior High, and, between 1954 and 1958, Hollywood High School, from which he graduated with a B average. He played football at Hollywood High and represented the school in interscholastic tennis matches. Twenty-five years later, Nelson told the ""Los Angeles Weekly"" he hated school because it ""smelled of pencils"" and he was forced to rise early in the morning to attend. Ozzie Nelson was a Rutgers alumnus and keen on college education, but eighteen-year-old Ricky was already in the 93 percent income-tax bracket and saw no reason to attend. At age thirteen, Ricky was making over $100,000"
"7, 1951, to Stanley Nelson Sr. and A’lelia (Ransom) Nelson, and the second of four children. Nelson's mother A'lelia Nelson was the last president of the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, a famous early black enterprise established in 1906 that produced hair care products and cosmetics for black women. A’lelia was also a librarian at City College of New York and was acquisitions supervisor for the Library of Congress. Nelson's father Dr. Stanley Earl Nelson Sr. was a dentist who was a pioneer in reconstructive dentistry and taught at New York University. Dr. Nelson was also an active supporter of"
"older songs updated for his style. The Jordanaires provide backing vocals. A review by Allmusic said that Ricky Nelson ""remained a slavish imitator of the Sun Records rockabilly style on his sophomore long-player, but he had improved enormously in the endeavor"", and gave the album a positive rating. Ricky Nelson (album) Ricky Nelson is the second album by teen idol Ricky Nelson, released in 1958. The album charted in the Top 10 on the Billboard album charts, and has since been re-issued on iTunes. The album contained Ricky Nelson's first composition, ""Don't Leave Me This Way"", and a track written"
"his era. He was further known for his unquenchable passion for playing baseball and a buoyant, eccentric and quotable personality that both perplexed and entertained fans. Once asked if he thought Henderson was a future Hall of Famer, statistician Bill James replied, ""If you could split him in two, you'd have two Hall of Famers."" Henderson was born in Chicago, Illinois, and named Rickey Nelson Henley, named after singer-actor Ricky Nelson, to John L. Henley and Bobbie Henley on Christmas Day, 1958, in Chicago, in the back seat of an Oldsmobile on the way to the hospital. Henderson later joked,"
"in Santa Monica, California. She weighed four pounds, one ounce, and was slightly premature. As a pre-schooler, she appeared in ""Yours, Mine, and Ours"" with Lucille Ball. In her teens, she attended the exclusive Westlake School for Girls. During her parents' marital difficulties, she stayed with her father in the Mulholland Drive house. Twin sons Gunnar Eric Nelson and Matthew Gray Nelson were born on September 20, 1967. Shortly after their father's death, they formed the band Nelson, which is still together today. Their fourth child, Sam Hilliard Nelson, was born August 29, 1974. At six years, he was placed"
"young Gibbs in five ""NCIS"" episodes), and Ty Christian Harmon (born June 25, 1992). They maintain a low profile and the couple rarely appear in public with their children. Harmon was the brother-in-law of Ricky Nelson and John DeLorean and is the uncle of actress Tracy Nelson and singers Matthew and Gunnar Nelson of the rock duo Nelson. In 1987, Harmon filed for custody of his nephew Sam on the grounds that his sister, Kristin Nelson, was incapable of good parenting. Sam's psychiatrist testified that the thirteen-year-old boy depicted his mother as a dragon and complained about her mood swings"
"has since umpired youth games in South Florida. Díaz was honored as the ""International Umpire of the World"" by the International Baseball Federation in 1994. Nelson Díaz (umpire) Nelson Díaz Blanco is a Cuban baseball umpire. He officiated in high level international tournaments, including the Summer Olympics, Pan American Games, and Baseball World Cup. Díaz defected from Cuba in 2009. Díaz was named for Rocky Nelson. Díaz's father, Placido, was arrested by the Government of Cuba in 1962 for conspiring against Fidel Castro. The family then moved from Havana to Güira de Melena. A baseball player in his teens, Díaz"
"Matthew and Gunnar followed this with a tribute album to their dad, Ricky Nelson. The album titled ""Like Father, Like Sons"", was released in 2000, as well as their 2010 album,""Lightning Strikes Twice."" In 2010, Nelson reached a record deal with Frontiers Records. They released three albums almost consecutively. The first, ""Before the Rain"", is a collection of some of the demo songs that were left out of the ""After the Rain"" album. The second one is ""Perfect Storm"", which is a compilation of live recordings from the ""After the Rain"" world tour. This is notable because, despite being such"
"Dawber. Kristin retained custody, although Mark Harmon was granted visitation rights. She married Mark Tinker in 1988; they divorced in 2000. Her daughter, actress Tracy Nelson, announced on Facebook that her mother had suddenly died on April 27, 2018 of a heart attack. Kristin Nelson Sharon Kristin Nelson (née Harmon; June 25, 1945 – April 27, 2018) was an American primitive painter, actress, and author, once married to the actor and musician Ricky Nelson. Daughter of the American football star Tom Harmon and actress/model Elyse Knox, her younger siblings are model-actress Kelly Harmon and actor Mark Harmon. In 1963, at"
"Ray Nelson Radell Faraday ""Ray"" Nelson (born October 3, 1931) is an American science fiction author and cartoonist most famous for his 1963 short story ""Eight O'Clock in the Morning"", which was later used by John Carpenter as the basis for his 1988 film ""They Live"". Nelson was born October 3, 1931 in Schenectady, New York, the son of Walter Hughes Nelson and Marie Reed. He has one younger brother, Trevor Reed Nelson. He became an active member of science fiction fandom while still a teenager at Cadillac High School in Cadillac, Michigan. After graduation, he attended the University of"
"Nelson was living in Saskatoon. Randall Neil Nelson Randall Neil Nelson (born June 6, 1926) is an educator and former political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Yorkton from 1975 to 1982 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member. He was born in Rosetown, Saskatchewan, the son of Louis Nelson, and studied at the University of Saskatchewan, where he received a BEd degree. Nelson taught school at Naisberry, Spalding, Simpson and Yorkton. In 1948, he married Isobelle Louise Long. He was defeated by Lorne Aubrey McLaren when he ran for reelection to the Saskatchewan assembly"