I’m Walking, a song that Ricky, then 17 years old, sang in an episode called Ricky, the Drummer, was recorded for the program and quickly became popular,
peaking at number 4 on Billboard’s Best Sellers list. It’s reasonable to say that it introduced young Ricky to the world of music in its entirety. Before long,
he was releasing more songs and rising to prominence in the business. Garden Party, Fools Rush In, For You, Poor Little Fool, and Travelin’ Man are some of his other well-known singles.
Ricky wed Kristin Harmon in 1963; the two had comparable backgrounds. Sam Hilliard Nelson, Matthew Gray and Gunnar Eric Nelson,
the twins, and Tracy Kristine Nelson, their daughter, were the couple’s four children together. Their marriage was picture-perfect at first,
but when they both adopted a hippie lifestyle that includes drinking a lot of alcohol, difficulties started to arise. After a while, Kristin filed for divorce and was granted interim child custody.
