[media=https://youtu.be/E3HihNRam6U] On this day in 1958, Ricky Nelson's recording of "Poor Little Fool" became the first #1 song on the newly-created US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was also a crossover hit, reaching #3 on both the Country and R&B charts.
"Poor Little Fool" was the first song written by Sharon Sheeley (1940-2002), who was a high school student at the time. She went on to have a relatively brief but prolific career as a songwriter.
Among the other performers who recorded songs written or co-written by Sheeley are Eddie Cochran, Richie Valens, Johnny Burnette, Brenda Lee, Del Shannon, the Searchers, the Fleetwoods, Duane Eddy, Irma Thomas, and Jackie DeShannon--with whom she also formed a songwriting partnership.
Sharon Sheeley with Ricky Nelson, 1961
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My dad wrote a song that Ricky recorded too. Come to think of it, he was a teenager too. He passed 4 years ago on 8/1. Here it is. [media=https://youtu.be/IvWbc9b92zY]
