RICKI NELSON - HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU?

HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU?

RICKI NELSON

SONGWRITER: VAN MORRISON

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: RICKY

LABEL: IMPERIAL RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1957

Ricky is the 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. The album topped the Billboard's Top LPs.

Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985), known professionally as Ricky Nelson until his 21st birthday when he officially dropped the "y" and simply became Rick Nelson, was an American rock & roll star, pop pioneer, musician, and singer-songwriter. From age eight he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. In 1957 he began a long and successful career as a popular recording artist. As one of the top "teen idols" of the 1950s his fame led to a motion picture role co-starring alongside John Wayne and Dean Martin in Howard Hawks's western feature film Rio Bravo (1959). He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and its predecessors, between 1957 and 1973, including "Poor Little Fool" in 1958, which was the first number 1 song on Billboard magazine's then-newly created Hot 100 chart. He recorded 19 additional Top 10 hits and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987. In 1996 Nelson was ranked No. 49 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.

Nelson began his entertainment career in 1949 playing himself in the radio sitcom series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. In 1952, he appeared in his first feature film, Here Come the Nelsons. In 1957, he recorded his first single, debuted as a singer on the television version of the sitcom, and released the Nº. 1 album titled Ricky. In 1958, Nelson released his first #1 single, "Poor Little Fool", and in 1959 received a Golden Globe nomination for "Most Promising Male Newcomer" after starring in Rio Bravo. A few films followed, and when the television series was cancelled in 1966, Nelson made occasional appearances as a guest star on various television programs.

Have I told you lately that I love you?

(words & music by Scott Wiseman)

Have I told you lately that I love you?

Could I tell you once again somehow?

Have I told with all my heart and soul how I adore you?

Well darling I'm telling you now

Have I told you lately when I'm sleeping

Every dream I dream is you somehow?

Have I told you why the nights are long

When you're not with me?

Well darling I'm telling you now

My heart would break in two if I should lose you

I'm no good without you anyhow

And have I told you lately that I love you

Well darling I'm telling you now

My heart would break in two if I should lose you

I'm no good without you anyhow

And have I told you lately that I love you

Well darling I'm telling you now.