Ricky Nelson-Poor Little Fool

1958年八月四日，Billboard雜誌的Billboard Hot 100!排行榜正式登場，當年這個訊息並沒有放在雜誌封面，而是由總編輯在第二頁以"編者的話"的方式簡明的介紹..."The Billboard Hot 100"排行榜在第36及 37頁推出，它為美國唱片市場做最完整、最快的報導，這個排行榜有100首暢銷歌曲的排序，是一個當下流行歌曲的指南...。

Billboard雜誌配合"The Billboard Hot 100"59歲生日，也,整理出59個統計資料，老歌迷們一定會很有興趣來回味這些流行歌曲的歷史。

在"The Billboard Hot 100"之前Billboard雜誌有過Top100、Juke Box與Jockeys and Top100...排行榜，畢竟搖滾樂自1955年Bill Haley&His Comets以Rock Around The Clock走紅開始就蓬勃發展，因而才有 "The Billboard Hot 100" 59週年的故事發生。

"The Billboard Hot 100"排行榜第一首冠軍曲是Ricky Nelson'的"Poor Little Fool"。

Ricky Nelson是歷年暢銷歌星排行榜第22名的影、歌双棲｢青春偶像歌手｣"the teen idols"，而且是搖滾紀元的第一位，他參加約翰韋恩、狄恩馬丁主演的西部片電影"Rio Bravo"｢赤膽屠龍｣演出，並和Dean Martin 、Walter Brennan演唱插曲My Rifle, My Pony, and Me，留給歌迷很深的印象，1940年出生於紐澤西州Teaneck的他，1985年因墜機不幸喪生於德州Dekalb（45歲）。

"Poor Little Fool"於1958年八月四日創下 "The Billboard Hot 100"排行榜第一首冠軍曲的歷史紀錄，並獲得二週冠軍。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R12H8QWnwvE

Poor Little Fool

Rick Nelson

I used to play around with hearts that hastened at my call,

But when I met that little girl I knew that I would fall.

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Poor little fool, oh yeah, I was a fool, uh huh..

She played around and teased me with her carefree devil eyes,

She'd hold me close and kiss me but her heart was full of lies.

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She told me how she cared for me and that we'd never part,

And so for the very first time I gave away my heart.

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The next day she was gone and I knew she'd lied to me,

She left me with a broken heart and won her victory.

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I'd played this game with other hearts but I never thought I'd see,

The day that someone else would play love's foolish game with me.

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