Pat Boone is one of America's most successful recording artists, second only to
Elvis Presley in terms of 1950s chart success; going on to have 38 Top 40 hits
and selling over 45 million albums. Born in Florida but mostly raised in
Nashville, Tennessee, Boone's recording career began in 1954 at the age of 20
and he had his first hit a year later with a cover of Fats Domino's Ain't That A
Shame. Initially he created an unusual niche for the time, covering R&B songs by
black artists for white audiences. In 1956 he had his first Number 1 with an
Ivory Joe Hunter song I Almost Lost M...