31 Dec 1985 Ricky Nelson was killed along with six others, when his charted light aircraft crashed in Texas. It's rumoured that freebasing cocaine caused an onboard explosion. Nelson had played himself on his parent's US TV The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet.' (1958 US No.1 'Poor Little Fool', 1961 UK No.2 single 'Hello Mary Lou' plus over 30 US Top 40 hit singles). | Rockabilly Italia

Ricky Nelson died on December 31, 1985, at age 45, in a plane crash near De Kalb, Texas, along with his fiancée and five others, en route to a New Year’s Eve concert in Dallas after a show in Alabama. The crash of the chartered DC-3 was caused by a fire that started in the cabin, possibly from a faulty heater, leading to a crash landing where only the two pilots survived. His song “Poor Little Fool”: Made history as the first song to top the newly launched Billboard Hot 100 in August 1958, selli