Rick Nelson Interview With Mike Douglas 1969

A fun interview from 1969 where Rick talks about his children.

[@judiesims6402]

Rick was too gorgeous for words.

[@iCookVoter]

nice to see Rick so comfortable in this interview with Mike Douglas. He was my first crush as a young girl. Loved his music and his singing. Gone way too soon.

[@johnpetty7542]

one of the great pioneers of rock and roll rest in peace. rick

[@erikajennings9055]

What a great interview, Rick was truly a gentleman with amazing talent and still very humble, much like his dad. The Nelson's have three generations of talented folks, Rick's twins, Gunner and Matthew have made a good name for themselves.

[@marijooneill8015]

He was a very humble guy.

[@January.]

*Nelsons

[@lynnpowell1601]

Wow!! Awesome footage of Ricky Nelson. He's an American treasure.

[@LindaM1364]

I loved The Mike Douglas Show! He was such a sweet man and a great entertainer and interviewer. This interview was fantastic! Mike was so low key and sweet to Rick. I think it was later than 1969. RIP Mike and Rick! Still so hard to believe that Ozzie, Harriet, Rick and Dave are gone. What a wonderful family!

[@jesmelric]

If you notice Rick says it's been two years since they had the twins, Matthew and Gunnar were born in 1967.

[@frank61ism]

+jesmelric WELL THE INTERVIEW IS '69 , SO THATS RIGHT ISN'T IT ?

[@jesmelric]

+frank ferro Yes the interview is 1969.

[@joeambrose3260]

No, I carbon dated it, 1969

[@OnePost909]

That's a 1969 shirt Rick's wearing. The puffy thing went out in 1970.

[@richardkirk5098]

God bless Rick Nelson . What a sweet guy.

[@FreeSpirit47]

I, only recently discovered Rick Nelson. In this interview no one worries about being PC. There is just a clean, wholesome, natural, good looking guy. No one tries so hard to be sexy. The conversation naturally flows. Beautiful.

[@WillHill-z4x]

In 1968 I won a College talent show impersonating Rick Nelson singing "Be Bop Baby" He's now my all-time favorite rock singer next to my 2nd favorite, Bobby Darin.

[@christinechoptij4233]

Glad I grew up with Ricky..such a wonderful man and family.

[@jaredjlinden]

At the time, Rick was Mark Harmon’s brother in law, married to Mark’s sister Kristin.

[@zibbyzubb]

what a nice interview. Wish we could have seen the performance too.

[@catmontano]

Just Love Ricky he's a real big part of my childhood great home memories

[@m.e.d.7997]

What a n utterly lovely man! One in a million.

[@burlingtonbill1]

What a sweet, gentle soul Rick was. He must have been a wonderful guy to meet in person. You can see in retrospect here, the source ultimately of his divorce: Rick's life became music and the road (eventually doing TONS of dates just to pay for the divorce) while his wife wanted a stay-home dad (can't really blame her there) and for him to do movies, where he'd be close to home. Rick HATED movies, as it turned out. I think the TV career he'd been through burned him out on the Hollywood moviemaking scene.

[@miltonmoore5294]

Great problems to have had! Still, everything is relative.

[@badtriad9684]

Rick, Mike: 2 men -greatly appreciated for their TALENTS & PERSONALITIES!!

[@Sarasdad91]

People say Elvis was the most handome guy in music, and i love Elvis, and yes he was a very handsome guy, but are those people even looking at Rick Nelson? Because he could give Elvis a run for best looking.

[@denisedaly2040]

They kind of look similar.

[@tammygronskei1993]

He was gorgeous

[@pitou878]

Ohh this is wonderful! Rick's interviews of this period are so rare! Thanks a lot !! :)

[@stephanienewbern6525]

I love this clip. Ricky was hot back then!

[@bufb]

Stephanie Newbern always hot

[@violet-wq7wt]

Not that hair tho

[@joeambrose3260]

He was clean cut in '66, here is his Elvis phase

[@jenniferwise8515]

SUPER Hot!!

[@twistoffate4791]

He was always hot!

[@bebophonkytonk]

Rick was so sweet and cute.

[@yondre55]

Man, I miss you RN.......

[@daisyjane1070]

So nice to hear him talking about his kids. I wondered why he chose the name Gunnar (tho it is cool)! That's probably the one with the "weird glint" in his eye. :)

[@geoprof6993]

Rick Nelson's wife and Craig Hundley appeared on a couple episodes of Adam-12. Rick's brother-in-law, Mark Harmon appeared on one episode of Adam-12.

[@dianehayse8157]

I love what Rick said,nobody has the right to impose their will on someone. Amen to that!!!!!

[@GH-oi2jf]

I assume he meant just within the context of the point under discussion.

[@lyndasquires2860]

To this day his tragic death brings great saddness and emotion. I grew up with his family show and a crazy teen idol crush on him

[@idontknow-qo7fp]

mike douglas and his show were so important on so many levels. i believe he was so really kind and genuinely cared. i grew up coming home from school every day to watch his afternoon show out of philly. he seemed open minded and not one to dodge hot topics of the day. he dealt with them in his own md way. for instance, i will never forget being introduced to jessie winchester through the show, seems like practically the very week that president j. carter made it possible.

[@AnnaLVajda]

Just see the pride in his eyes.

[@HomeAtLast501]

Great clothes. I love those really long, 3-button shirt cuffs, the billowing shirt sleeves, the huge collar, the vest, the boots. This was how Elvis was dressing back then. I wonder if it was just the general trend, or if Elvis kind of started it. In the '68 Comeback special Bill Belew designed similar shirts for him --- very large collars, long, tight cuffs, boots.

[@pogwo1968]

His name is Craig Huxley. He was an Emmy award winning musician and producer. He was and still is involved with many Star Trek media projects.

[@nancyericson4263]

Wow that tie!!!

[@January.]

He acted too.

[@jesmelric]

@Buckpenn "She Belongs to Me" was released as a single by Decca in 1969. The B side was "Promises".

[@azmike1]

Saw the Nelsons in Laughlin, NV last month doing the music of Ricky nelson. Great!

[@tigressnsnow]

The twins became the band NELSON

[@ronfowlermusic]

@jesmelric that's right, and studying the old issues of Billboard at the library, I can see it slowly made it's way up the charts. The record came out in (I think) September, but wasn't in the top 40 until January 1970. So this was Rick's first hit in over 5 years. Must've been nice to have a hit after all that time, with a new sound, even a new look!

[@jesmelric]

@ronfowlermusic Yes, it was a very creative time for Rick musically and he really came out with some great stuff around that time.

[@brucedeerhaven]

Good looking guy & Great hair!!!

[@jesmelric]

@JBmiddleOFnoWHERE Yes, I do have the She Belongs to Me performance, and will try and get it posted soon.

[@jesmelric]

Wow, that is very interesting, thank you for sharing. I looked him up, and he must have been only 15 at the time of this interview!

[@iloverickynelson]

Aww, Ricky was adorable!

[@jesmelric]

Yes, their biggest song was Love and Affection.

[@kikapresley]

Simply beautiful!!! Thanks a lot for your post jesmelric!

[@lindyloftin]

Thanks J! REALLY looking forward to the She Belongs to Me performance!

[@dorothycollins6312]

He was my idol so good looking

[@eaplvsprsly]

So great!

[@jesmelric]

@omarskats3000 Yes, I have already posted the 66 show. I also have a couple of interview from the early 80s still to post, and I think one from the 70s, as well. However they are not Mike Douglas interviews.

[@surfside45]

At the time of this interview, he was still going by the name Craig Hundley, which he used as a child actor. Later, when he pursued a musical career, he used the name Craig Huxley.

[@ilahildasissac1943]

Little did he know, his kids would follow into acting and movies.

[@anyroxtar]

the twins are actually Nelson, from early 90's, right? forgot the name of their 'hit' ;)

[@barbaralove9548]

Where did you find this episode of the Mike Douglas show? I would love to watch other episodes!

[@jesmelric]

I traded another Rick Nelson collector, so I wouldn't know where to find more Mike Douglas episodes.

[@renay1958]

I would of liked to hear the song. They cut the interview just before Rick was suppose to sing the song

[@debbiemartin2026]

Copyright

[@January.]

*would have *supposed to

[@swannoir]

So sweet

[@OnePost909]

The performance is elsewhere on YT.

[@terrimanuri7944]

I Love Ricky♥️

[@fumetti]

@Buckpenn I can tell by the hairstyles of Nelson and Douglas this was from 1969.

[@jsilence418]

That was great, I also remember that red haired kid from Star Trek !

[@seerstone8982]

Randy Meisner was in the Stone Canyon band then, and he fathered twin's in 1970.

[@January.]

*twins

[@jesmelric]

@hsmgeek4ever He was also on in 1981, I have the performances from that, but not an interview.

[@jesmelric]

@kikapresley Glad you enjoyed!

[@chrisrose5740]

Rick was so Cool

[@jesmelric]

@lindyloftin I will try to get that posted soon :)

[@msjosephine2]

Don't you remember him from that episode of ster trek and the children shall lead, he was awesom.

[@January.]

*awesome

[@DiamondCutter423]

Very handsome.

[@MrQuiebro]

C'est bien lui qui a joué dans un western avec John Wayne

[@jlbaker2000]

Tracy was six. lol

[@erikajennings9055]

Tracey is 2 months older than me.... Oy, time sure is slow and sneaky thief of youth.

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

They had her X-rayed?

[@karaboo3175]

He is such a dork I love him Lol

[@IrradiatedGhoulie]

🥰

[@fumetti]

@jesmelric no the song was released in 1969.

[@ranman5491]

Gentle soul, too bad he let his management completely lie and screw over Allen Kemp, Stephen Love and Pat Shanahan from the Stone Canyon Band. Absolutely disgraceful, they were never the same after those three quit.

[@tommyriam8320]

4:29 Poor "kid" could use some of Nelson's hair genes ..that thing on his head doesn't appear as though it's going to go the distance.

[@anyroxtar]

yeah, figured it out later, 10x for reply

[@thomasdelvin3683]

strange how sideburns were once considered old fashioned to the younger crowd. but once elvis popularized them almost every male in show business jumped on the bandwagon ,its sort of sad to see so many sheep.

[@jesmelric]

@pnull Lol!

[@rebeccad5988]

Thanks so much for sharing . Fabulous years

[@paulnewhart4838]

Hmm....I wonder what ever happened to those twins. :)

[@kathrynmcmahon8311]

Paul Newhart - this will help.....Gunnar Eric Nelson (born September 20, 1967) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter and international multi-platinum recording artist. Check en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Nelson He and his twin brother, Matthew, and another Sam...are all musicians.

[@miltonmoore5294]

I found a cassette tape of "The Nelsons" when I was dumpster diving in my apartment complex. They inherited the great hair gene, and that's all; it was terrible! Ended up right back in the dumpster!

[@valentinealvre7838]

Nii armsasti kõnelemas oma lastest. Õnneliku inimesena pole imestada, et tal nii palju laule just armastusest on.

[@robfrancis8690]

Rick reminds me of a young George W. Bush