Very Best Of Pat Boone

Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Pat Boone was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s recording 38 Top 40 hits and selling over 45 million records.

A talent contest win led to an appearance on NBC-TV’s Ted Mack Amateur Hour. This resulted in the young baritone’s string of appearances on CBS-TV’s Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts show and a recording contract with Republic Records in 1954, but it was his 1955 move to Randy Wood’s Dot label that launched Boone’s recording career. Out of the gate, he enjoyed massive chart success with cover versions of R&B hits originally recorded by Little Richard, Fats Domino and others.

Once the cover version craze was over and R&B artists began getting airplay with their own offerings, Boone forged a soft-pop sound that became equally popular. Massive #1 hits including ”April Love” and ”Love Letters In The Sand” followed. Meanwhile, Hollywood was offering the star a million dollars for a multi-picture deal. Boone subsequently made some 15 movies, including State Fair, Mardi Gras, and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Pat Boone was the second-biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley, and was ranked at No. 9 in its listing of the Top 100 Top 40 Artists 1955-1995.

He still holds the Billboard record for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week.