CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ricky Nelson at one time was adamant. The handsome youngest son of "Ozzie and Harriet'' TV fame was all grown up. His name -- darn it -- was RICK! And then Carl Perkins happened.

Matthew Nelson remembers the first time he realized his dad, Ricky, was a rock star. Nelson was about 5 years old and in Hawaii for a family vacation. He recalls going to what he thought was just ...

ZELIENOPLE — "Ricky Nelson smuggled rock 'n roll into the mainstream, through families' living rooms," son Gunnar Nelson says. Come celebrate that subversive achievement at "Ricky Nelson Remembered," ...