244 Pat Boone (1934- ) “Love Letters in the Sand” 1957

Boone’s first hits were tamer versions of black R&B standards such as Fats Domino’s “Ain’t That A Shame.” “Even today it is a controversial question whether Boone’s cover records helped to open the door to the black originators or shut them out of the white marketplace. By 1957…Boone had given up rock and switched to ballads” (The Encyclopedia of Popular Music).

Pat Boone “Love Letters in the Sand”