325 Ricky Nelson (1940-1985) “Poor Little Fool” 1958

With “Elvis getting drafted earlier in 1958, Ricky Nelson stood alone as the leading teen idol in the country, and Rio Bravo director Howard Hawks later estimated that Ricky’s presence alone meant an additional million dollars at the box office for his western,” Rio Bravo. John Wayne and Dean Martin tossed the teenager into a pile of manure on his birthday (Ricky Nelson Idol for a Generation). 

Ricky Nelson “Poor Little Fool”