Pat Boone essays

Pat Boone essays Born June 1st, 1934 in Jacksonville Florida, Boone was born to an American frontier hero Daniel Boone. HE went to high school in Nashville and was voted student body president. After graduating he married Red Foleys daughter Shirly. He then attended Texas State University, there he started singing after winning the talent show and appearing on the Arthur Godfrey Show in 1954. In 1955 he recorded his fist album titled Two hearts, Two kisses he had his first hit song Aint it a shame he over the years made many remakes over some songs first credited to black performers such and Little Richard and Ivory Joe Hunter. Boone had many great hit songs of his own though such as Tutti Frutti Pat Boone only had one rival in his time and that was none other then Elvis Presley. By 1958, Boone had been married 5 years, had 4 children and stared in his own TV show The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom. In his career, Boone also was in many movies such as The Journey to the Center of the Earth and the Yellow Canary To many, Pat Boone was the symbol of the perfect American with his White buck shoes and perfectly combed hair. He even wrote several books offering advice to America's youth. He donated royalties from the sale of his first book, Twixt Twelve and Twenty, to the Northeastern Institute of Christian Education. Boone's entertainment career continued to flourish in the '60's, '70's, '80's and '90's. Turning to country and Christian music, Boone recorded several successful albums and performed with his family in the Boone Family Show. Currently, Boone hosts two weekly radio programs and has written two more books with his wife Shirley, titled The Honeymoon Is Over and Together: 25 Years With The Boone Family. For almost 20 years, Boone has proudly held the honor of spokesperson, national chairman and host of the Easter Seal Society Telethon. ...