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Pat Boone
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American singer (born 1934)
Film & TV
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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…
Known for
- Star Spangled Adventures - The Movie! — Abraham Lincoln (voice)2026
- Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association — Self2026
- The American Miracle — Old Thomas Jefferson2025
- Reagan — George Otis2024
- Our Crossroads — Older Bob Fraley2024
- Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll — Self2023
- Little Richard: I Am Everything — Self (archive footage)2023
- The Mulligan — ‘Old Pro’ Will Dunn2022
- David Mirisch, the Man Behind the Golden Stars — Self2021
- Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! — Self2021
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Patrick Charles Eugene Boone , ( 1934-06-01 ) June 1, 1934 (age 92) , Jacksonville, Florida , U.S.
- Origin
- Nashville, Tennessee , U.S.
- Genres
- Pop country gospel vocal jazz
- Occupations
- Singer actor composer
- Works
- Pat Boone discography
- Years active
- 1953–present
- Labels
- Republic Dot London Stateside Tetragrammaton Melodyland (Motown) Lamb & Lion Records Hip-O MCA
- Website
- patboone .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jacksonville
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Lipscomb University
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- Sanremo Music Festival 1966
- Student of
- Jeff Corey
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Dot Records
- Official website
- www.patboone.com
- Image
- Pat Boone by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
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- Commons category
- Pat Boone
- date of birth
- 1934-06-01
- name in native language
- Patrick Charles Eugene Boone
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- social media followers
- 35800
- short name
- Pat Boone
- P12674
- Manfred Roeder
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Encyclopedic overview
Patrick Charles Eugene Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author, television personality, radio host, and philanthropist. One of the best-selling American recording artists of the 1950s and early 1960s, he has sold nearly 50 million records, charted 38 Top 40 hits in the United States, and appeared in numerous feature films.
Boone rivaled Elvis Presley in popularity during the 1950s and was ranked by Billboard as one of the top charting artists between 1955 and 1995. He spent 220 consecutive weeks on the Billboard charts with one or more songs each week.
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