By the beginning of the 70’s, Ricky or Rick Nelson’s career was fading fast and he joined the “oldies” crowd at concerts featuring the hit-makers of the early Rock N Roll era. At Madison Square Garden in 1971, he was booed off the stage for not looking and singing like he did in his younger days. Actually, the crowd was booing a fight that had broken out, but Ricky thought otherwise. That event turned into a giant hit in 1972 when he recorded, “Garden Party.” That 45 is worth no more than $10.00 today but a previous attempt at reaching the charts in 1970 with a single called “Easy to be Free,” released on Decca Records, can sell for $500.00 today with its picture sleeve.

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