prezley - Travelin' Man


prezley
Jul 15, 2025 09:33pm
<p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"</span><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Travelin' Man</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" is an American popular song, best known as a 1961 hit single sung by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ricky Nelson</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. Singer-songwriter </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Fuller" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jerry Fuller</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> wrote it with </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sam Cooke</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> in mind, but Cooke's manager was unimpressed and did not keep the demo, which eventually wound up being passed along to Nelson. His version reached No. 1 on the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. It was released as a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_A-side" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">double A-side</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> with "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Mary_Lou" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hello Mary Lou</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">", which reached No. 9 on the same chart.</span></p>