The flip-side 'Hello, Mary Lou' went on to be his biggest hit ever, reaching in 32 countries. In April 1963, Nelson married Kristin Harmon and they had a daughter, Tracy, and 3 sons, Gunner, Matthew (who formed the music duo, Nelson (4)) and Sam. They were later divorced. Nelson's career gained a high spot in 1972 with the release of 'Garden Party', which went gold and also won a Grammy Award in 1986 for Best Spoken Word Recording  . Nelson had the song on the first ever Billboard Hot 100 chart with 'Poor Little Fool' in August 1958. Rick Nelson And Joanie Sommers - On The Flip Side (Album).

On 30 May 1966, Rick Nelson unveiled his fully-fledged conversion to country music with the album Bright Lights and Country Music. Later in 1966, in another turn, Nelson and jazz and standards singer Joanie Sommers released the soundtrack of the TV special On The Flip Side, featuring the songs of Bacharach & David. But eventually, the country-rock flavour of 1972’s ‘Garden Party’ would win Nelson new fans and prove that his earlier experiments hadn’t been for nothing. Bright Lights & Country Music can be bought here. Follow the All Time Greatest Country Hits playlist.

Another Side of Rick Nelson. In Concert - Decca 32055. On The Flip Side – Original Cast Album. Take a City Bride" b/w "I'm Called Lonely" (Non-album track) - Decca 32120. Suzanne On A Sunday Morning" b/w "Moonshine" (Non-album track) - - Decca 32176.

Ricky Nelson, Joanie Sommers.

Cilla Black, Trisha Yearwoood, Mark Lindsay, Delbert McClinton, Danny O'Keefe, Bonnie Raitt, Marcia Ball, Lee Clayton, Mac McAnally, Ray Charles, Carpenters, Melanie Safka, Sandra Humphries, Bobby Rydell, Tracy Nelson, Lena Horne, Vera Lynn, Max D. Barnes, Con Hunley, Marijohn Wilkin, Ella Fitzgerald, Blackwood Bros, Nancy Wilson, Living Voices, Living Strings, Living Guitars, Living Brass, Rod McKuen, Liza Minnelli, Flying Burrito Bros, Tony. On The Flip Side with Joanie Sommers 0 0. Decca DL-74836.

Joanie Sommers scored her biggest chart success with "Johnny Get Angry" in 1962. The single, her second solo release, peaked at the number seven spot and charted for more than two months. Her first solo record, "One Boy," was a number from the musical Bye Bye Birdie and only hit number 54 in 1960. Sommers released an album of her own, the jazz-oriented Positively the Most, and it helped establish her presence in easy listening and adult circles. Fans and critics often cite her 1965 album, Softly the Brazilian Sound, as one of her best efforts. In 1966, the singer signed with Columbia Records. She also appeared in On the Flip Side, a television special that starred Rick Nelson. The show's soundtrack contains two versions of "Try to See It My Way," one of which is a duet with Nelson while the other is a Sommers solo.

Try to See It My Way. This song is by Joanie Sommers and Ricky Nelson and appears on the musical soundtrack On the Flip Side (1966). This song is a cover of "Try to See It My Way" by Joanie Sommers. There you go, heading for a fall- Must you be a know-it-all?Don't you know you can't go wrong, if you do it my way- Angie, please let me do it my way, I know what's right for me.

Once billed as "The Voice of the Sixties", and associated with top-notch arrangers, song-writers and producers, Sommers' popular reputation became closely tied to her biggest, yet most uncharacteristic, hit song "Johnny Get Angry. Sommers began singing in church choirs as a way to deal with "a difficult childhood", and in 1951 at age 10, appeared on a Buffalo. 1966: On the Flip Side – Original Cast Album (w/Rick Nelson, cuts 2, 4 and 8) Decca 4824. 1982: Dream Discovery Records DS-887. 1988: Tangerine HiBrite PCB-203.

1966: On the Flip Side – Original Cast Album (w/ Rick Nelson, cuts 2, 4 and 8) Decca 4824. 1992: A Fine Romance HiBrite HTCP-10. 1995: Hits and Rareties Marginal MAR-001. 2000: Here, There and Everywhere! Absord ABCJ 313.