Pat Boone
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pat Boone (born Charles Eugene Patrick Boone on June 1, 1934) is an American singer, actor and writer who was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He covered black artists' songs (when part of the country was segregated) and sold more copies than his black counterparts. He sold over 45 million albums, had 38 Top 40 hits and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood movies. Boone's talent as a singer and actor, combined with his old-fashioned values, contributed to his popularity in the early rock and roll era. He continues to perform, and speak as a motivational speaker, a television personality, a conservative political commentator and a preacher. According to Billboard, Boone was the second biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley but ahead of Ricky Nelson and The Platters, and was ranked at No. 9—behind The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney but ahead of artists such as Are...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
All Hands on Deck
1961
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Goodbye Charlie
1964
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
Music Machine
1991
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006
The Mulligan
2022
The Pigeon
1969
Reagan
2024
The Perils of Pauline
1967
April Love
1957
God's Not Dead 2
2016
Mardi Gras
1958
The Horror of It All
1964
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009
The American Miracle
2025
Maybe If We Try
1983
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
1979
Bernardine
1957
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
Pat Boone and Family: A Thanksgiving Special
1978
Fuck
2006
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010
The Cross and the Switchblade
1970
State Fair
1962
Roger & Me
1989
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
The Main Attraction
1962
A Cowgirl's Story
2017
Hollywood on Fire
2009
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023
"Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos
1998
Never Put It in Writing
1964
The Yellow Canary
1963
The World of Nat King Cole
2004
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
2023
Benny's Biggest Battle
1991
David Mirisch, the Man Behind the Golden Stars
2021