Poor Little Fool

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single song

"Poor Little Fool" is a 1958 pop song by Ricky Nelson that became a major hit and is historically notable as the first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Ricky Nelson ⓘ
associatedAct The Jordanaires ⓘ
backingVocalsBy The Jordanaires ⓘ
chartedOn U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
surface form: Billboard Hot 100

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
surface form: Billboard Hot 100 year-end 1958
chartPosition 1 on Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
No. 4 on Billboard year-end Hot 100 singles of 1958 ⓘ
composer Sharon Sheeley ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateReachedNumberOne 1958-08-04 ⓘ
genre pop ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
hasBSide Don’t Leave Me This Way ⓘ
hasInstrumentation acoustic guitar ⓘ
backing vocals ⓘ
bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
hasISRC USIM15800015 ⓘ
hasKey G major ⓘ
hasMusicStyle teen pop ⓘ
hasSubject heartbreak ⓘ
love ⓘ
hasTheme romantic disappointment ⓘ
includedOnAlbum Ricky Nelson (1958 album) ⓘ
isInCatalog Ricky Nelson hit singles ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 2:32 ⓘ
lyricist Sharon Sheeley ⓘ
notableFor being the first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart ⓘ
originalMedium 7-inch single ⓘ
partOf Ricky Nelson discography ⓘ
performer Ricky Nelson ⓘ
producer Ozzie Nelson ⓘ
recorded 1958 ⓘ
recordLabel Imperial Records ⓘ
releasedAsSingleBy Imperial Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1958-06-23 ⓘ
tempo moderate ⓘ
vocalist Ricky Nelson ⓘ
weeksAtNumberOneUS 2 ⓘ
writer Sharon Sheeley ⓘ
yearOfRelease 1958 ⓘ

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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 → firstNumberOneSong → Poor Little Fool ⓘ
Ricky Nelson → notableWork → Poor Little Fool ⓘ