Maria Mena

2002: Another Phase (Sony Music Norge)
2004: White Turns Blue (Columbia)
2004: Mellow (Sony Music Norge). His twin sons, Gunnar and Matthew Nelson, also were teen idols, performing as Nelson, and his daughter Tracy Nelson is an actress and cancer survivor. The young singer quickly gained fans and soon earned her first gold record. Ricky Nelson has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1515 Vine Street. The song received heavy rotation on NRK P1, P4, Radio 1, Radio Oslo and NRK Petre. The crash was due to mechanical problems (probably including a faulty cabin heater). In January 2002, Maria's single "My Lullaby" debuted. He died in a plane crash in De Kalb, Texas in 1985, on his way to a New Year's Eve concert in Dallas, Texas, and was interred in the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

Sony Music signed Maria Mena onto their label. Ricky Nelson also appeared in films such as Rio Bravo (1959) and Love and Kisses (1965). Then he presented his daughter's demo to the music industry. In 1963, Nelson signed a 20-year contract with Decca Records, but he had no further major hits after 1964's "For You". 1972's "Garden Party", a self-penned country song bemoaning his fans' unwillingness to hear him play new music, was a moderate success, but he never regained his career's momentum. After pleading with her father to make a demo, he contacted some industry experts to record Maria's songs in the studio. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Nelson was one of the highest-selling singers, second only to Elvis Presley. Not all the stories in her diary became songs, but "My Lullaby" was one of them, expressing her pain from her parents' divorce. Unlike many teen idols of the time, Nelson showed his personal taste in working with strong musicians, including James Burton, Joe Maphis, and Johnny and Dorsey Burnette.

She sang and wrote lyrics as a therapy for her feelings and frustration. He was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, and also to the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. When Maria was 13 years old she moved to live with her musician father. Despite the promotional aspects of his career, it is clear that Nelson knew and loved music and was a credible performer before he became a teen idol, largely due to his parents' musical background. She suffered from depression and developed an eating disorder. Soon, each show ended with a musical performance by "Ricky". When Maria was nine years old her parents divorced, at which that time was very rough on Maria. Apocryphally, he recorded his debut single, the Fats Domino song "I'm Walkin'", in order to impress his girlfriend Lorrie Collins; the song was a hit.

Her father played in several bands in Oslo, which influenced Maria towards music. Ricky began a rock and roll music career in 1957. Both Maria and her younger brother Tony are named after characters from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Along with brother David Nelson, the family starred in the long-running radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet from 1944 to 1966; until 1949, the sons were played on radio by professional actors. Her mother wrote plays and her father Charles was a drummer. Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, he was the youngest son of Ozzie Nelson, the leader of a big band, and Harriet Hilliard Nelson, the band's singer. Maria Mena was born into an artistic family. Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson, alternately Rick Nelson (May 8, 1940 - December 31, 1985), was one of the first American teen idols.

Maria Viktoria Mena (born February 19, 1986) is a Norwegian pop star. "Garden Party" (1972). "Hello Mary Lou" (1961). "Travelin' Man" (1961). "Lonesome Town" (1958).

"Poor Little Fool" (1958).