ABSTRACT
Pat Boone was the most successful of the teen idols; only Rick Nelson came close to equaling his 38 Top 40 hits. His accomplishments are tainted, however, because many of his early hits were cleaned-up cover versions that outsold the aesthetically superior originals, including Fats Domino’s “Ain’t That a Shame, the El Dorados’ “At My Front Door,” Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti” and Long Tall Sally,” Ivory Joe Hunter’s “I Almost Lost My Mind,” Joe Turner’s “Chains of Love,” and the Five Keys’ “Gee Whittakers!”
