I apologize in advance for posting this but somebody had to do it. Here is Pat Boone doing a cover of Ozzy Osbourne.
Posted on 10/28/2022 8:04:35 PM PDT by Paul R.
Very interesting article on his life at the JLL website.
May he rest in peace.
He is no longer a “stranger in a strange land.”
Influenced a lot of people.
Shot by a jealous husband.
“...the last originator of rock...”
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I’m all for respecting the dead, but let’s not get carried away.
Someone mentioned that Pat Boone is still with us. He did sing white versions of R & B. I just can't get my mind around calling him a rocker.
He got vaxxed.
We’ll never know exactly how that worked out.
PB has no real connection to rock-a-billy.
Joel Whitburn ranks Boone as the #2 artist of the 50s, right behind Elvis. By his chart scoring method, Elvis scored 3802, Boone 3584. No other artists were within 1,000 points of them. As one who was there, I can assure that despite decades of negative press, Boone was huge. I report, you decide.
I apologize in advance for posting this but somebody had to do it. Here is Pat Boone doing a cover of Ozzy Osbourne.
R & B is rhythm and blues not rockabilly.
I do not wish to denigrate Pat Boone or his career. He is a legend. But for pop music, not as a pioneer of rock and roll. Others may disagree with me, that is the way I see it.
I saw him in the audience at the Bull Pen Lounge in the basement of The Stockyard Restaurant in Nashville TN in 1990. He came there often to listen to the live music.
The house band kept asking him to get up and take over the keyboard. He refused for at least an hour.
About 2:30 AM, he finally went up to the stage to the keyboard. He started shouting “Are you ready? “ the crowd went nuts. He shouted again, “Are you ready !” The crowd went wild. He finally shouted, “Are you ready to rock and roll?” Pure bananas from the adoring crowd. He started pounding those keys and transported everyone to a galaxy far far away. He pounded those keys and sung like a man possessed as the band followed him.
He was frail and looked quite aged but the audience launched him into the stratosphere like he was shot out of a cannon.
It was truly one of the great few minutes of my life. What a talent he was !
Boone was a Pop artist.
Very cool!!!
Yeah but PB was very boring. Very milquetoast .
I did not know micky was his cuz.
Pat Boone is the King of Rock and Roll—and he’s still rocking!
Whop bop aluma balop bam boom!
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