Born in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, Boone is a direct descendant of the American pioneer Daniel Boone. He grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, attended David Lipscomb College and began recording in 1954 for Republic Records. His 1955 version of "Ain't That a Shame" was a huge hit, selling far better than Fats Domino's original version. This set the stage for the early part of Boone's career, which focused on covering R&B songs by black artists for a white market. Previously, rock 'n' roll had had only limited exposure outside of the African American community. Pat Boone's pale covers gave attention to the more authentic original artists, such as Little Richard and Fats Domino and to rhythm and blues in general. In addition, the songwriters and copyright holders benefited even when individual artists did not.
In fact, only six of Boone's many hit singles were R&B covers, and only four of those were rockers. All were released in the first two years of his long career. These were "Ain't That a Shame" by Fats Domino and "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally" by Little Richard, and "At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama)" by the El Dorados. The other two R&B covers were well-chosen blues ballads, "I Almost Lost My Mind" by Ivory Joe Hunter and "Chains of Love," a hit for Big Joe Turner and later B.B. King that had been written by Ahmet Ertegun. By 1957, Boone was concentrating on the middle-of-the-road music that dominated his career. He never recorded another R&B cover.
Known as "The Kid in White Buck Shoes", Boone sported a clean-cut image that appealed to white [teens]] and parents. His singing style, a rich baritone, followed in the tradition of his idol, Bing Crosby. Preferring to carry on in the Crosby tradition, he soon began turning more and more to ballads. Some of his biggest hits included "Love Letters in the Sand" (with the instrumental break featuring Boone's whistling), "April Love", "Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)", and "Don't Forbid Me".
His teen idol popularity in the late 1950s was second only to that of Elvis Presley, and, like Presley, he soon tried his hand at acting. Boone's pictures included 1960's Journey to the Center of the Earth alongside Hollywood notable James Mason.
His recording of the theme song from the 1957 film April Love topped the charts for six weeks and was nominated for an Academy Award. Pat also wrote the theme song for the movie Exodus.
A devout born-again Christian, he was raised in the conservative Church of Christ, but has been a member of a Pentecostal church for more than thirty years. Boone has refused both songs and movie roles that he felt might compromise his standards, including a role opposite the decade's reigning sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe. Among his other achievements, he hosted a TV series in the late 1950s and began writing in the early 1960s, a series of self-help books for adolescents, including Twixt Twelve and Twenty.
The British Invasion effectively ended Boone's career as a hitmaker, though he continued recording throughout the 1960s. In the 1970s, he switched to gospel and country, and he continued performing in other media as well, most importantly radio. He is currently working as the disc jockey of a popular oldies radio show and runs his own record company which provides a much-welcomed outlet for new recordings by 1950s greats who can no longer find a place with the major labels.
Boone married Shirley Lee Foley, daughter of country music great Red Foley and singer Judy Martin, in 1953 and they had four daughters: Cherry, Lindy, Debby, and Laury. In the 1960s and 1970s the Boone family toured as gospel singers and made gospel albums, such as The Pat Boone Family and The Family Who Prays.
In the early 1990s, Boone joined Amway and spoke at many motivational seminars. He was also a distributor. He never reached the coveted Amway rank of Diamond.
In 1997, Boone released In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy, a collection of heavy metal covers revamped to fit his style. To promote the album, he appeared at the American Music Awards in black leather, shocking audiences and losing his respectability among his largest constituency, conservative Christians. He was then fired from Gospel America, a TV show on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. About a year later, the controversy died down and many fans, including Jack Hayford, accepted his explanation of the leather outfit being a "parody of himself". He was re-hired by Trinity Broadcasting and Gospel America was brought back.
In 2003, the Gospel Music Association of Nashville, Tennessee recognized his gospel recording work by inducting him into its Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
Boone and his wife live in Los Angeles, California. They are members of The Church on the Way in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley. His one-time neighbor was Ozzy Osbourne and his family. Boone's cover of Osborne's song "Crazy Train" became the theme song for The Osbornes. (It appears on The Osbornes Soundrack.) Osborne said that Boone "never complained once" about living next door to his less-than-traditional family.
Boone once claimed to use his own surname in lieu of curse words when upset.
In 2006, Boone penned an article for WorldNetDaily in which he argued that Democrats and others who are against the Iraq War cannot, under any circumstances, be considered patriotic. He also recently was interviewed by Neil Cavuto on Fox News, where he expressed his outrage against the opponents of George W. Bush (namely the Dixie Chicks) that their criticisms of the President showed they did not "respect their elders". Another article defended Mel Gibson after the actor was recorded making an anti-Semitic rant. Despite their differing political views, Pat Boone is friends with the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
Bernardine
Pat Boone Lyrics
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Oh, oh, oh, Bernadine
I can tell by the dimple on your chin
You're in beautiful shape for the shape you're in
An' I'm in shape for Bernadine
Oh, Bernadine
Oh, oh, oh, Bernadine
Your remarkable form is a pure delight
I go, go, go for Bernadine
Bernadine, Bernadine
You're a little bit like every girl I've ever seen
Oh, your separate parts are not unknown
But the way you assemble them's all your own
All yours and mine, dear Bernadine (yours and mine, dear Bernadine)
Oh, Bernadine
Oh, oh, oh, Bernadine
Say you'll wait for me out by the rocket base
And we'll both blast off into outer space
At oh, oh, oh-oh, Bernadine
Bernadine, Bernadine
Come away with me now in the rocket-propelled machine
We'll come home by the way of a drive-in spa
Just a little this side of Shangri-La
And there I'll stay with Bernadine (there I'll stay with Bernadine)
There I'll stay with Bernadine!
The song "Bernadine" by Pat Boone is a light-hearted and catchy love song to a girl named Bernadine. The lyrics are playful and amusing, with the singer proclaiming his affection for Bernadine's unique and attractive physical features. He is enamored with the dimple on her chin, and describes her as being in "beautiful shape for the shape you're in." The singer dreams about Bernadine, and is delighted by her form. He is eager to spend time with her and imagines a romantic getaway in a rocket-propelled machine to a drive-in spa, where he will stay with her.
The song can be interpreted as a celebration of physical attraction and the joy of being in love. The singer is captivated by Bernadine's appearance, but also expresses a desire to be with her and share experiences. The lyrics are playful and fun, capturing the excitement and thrill of young love.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh, Bernadine
Expressing fascination towards Bernadine
Oh, oh, oh, Bernadine
Expressing heightened fascination towards Bernadine
I can tell by the dimple on your chin
Implying physical attraction towards Bernadine.
You're in beautiful shape for the shape you're in
Complimenting her on her fitness level
An' I'm in shape for Bernadine
Boasting about his own physique to match with Bernadine
When you wander into my dreams at night
Describing about how frequently he thinks of her
Your remarkable form is a pure delight
Expressing amazement at her physical features
I go, go, go for Bernadine
Expressing love interest towards her
You're a little bit like every girl I've ever seen
Comparing her to other girls he has seen before
Oh, your separate parts are not unknown
Suggesting that he knows what her body parts look like
But the way you assemble them's all your own
Acknowledging that her beauty is unique
All yours and mine, dear Bernadine (yours and mine, dear Bernadine)
Imagining a future together with Bernadine
Say you'll wait for me out by the rocket base
Asking her to meet him to travel together
And we'll both blast off into outer space
Imagining the future with Bernadine as an adventurous journey
At oh, oh, oh-oh, Bernadine
Excitement towards the journey with Bernadine
Come away with me now in the rocket-propelled machine
Inviting Bernadine to leave with him
We'll come home by the way of a drive-in spa
Planning a romantic getaway with Bernadine
Just a little this side of Shangri-La
Referring to a paradise-like destination
And there I'll stay with Bernadine (there I'll stay with Bernadine)
Expressing desire to spend rest of his life with Bernadine
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JOHNNY MERCER
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@pinakikumarghosh8562
Bernadine
Pat Boone
Oh, Bernadine (sigh)
Oh, oh, oh, Bernadine
I can tell by the dimple on your chin
You're in beautiful shape for the shape you're in
An' I'm in shape for Bernadine
Oh, Bernadine
Oh, oh, oh, Bernadine
When you wander into my dreams at night
Your remarkable form is a pure delight
I go, go, go for Bernadine
Bernadine, Bernadine
You're a little bit like every girl I've ever seen
Oh, your separate parts are not unknown
But the way you assemble them is all your own
All yours and mine, dear Bernadine (yours and mine, dear Bernadine)
Oh, Bernadine
Oh, oh, oh, Bernadine
Say you'll wait for me out by the rocket base
And we'll both blast off into outer space
At…
@risoletadarin2206
Oh, Bernardine, oh, oh, oh, Bernardine
I can tell by the dimple on your chin
you're in beautiful shape for the shape you're in
and I'm in shape for Bernadine
Oh, Bernardine, oh, oh, oh, Bernardine
when you wander into my dreams at night
your remarkable form is a pure delight
I go, go, go for Bernardine
Bernardine, Bernardine
you're a little bit like every girl I've ever seen
oh, your separate parts are not unknown
but the way you assemble them's all your own
all yours and mine, dear Bernardine (yours and mine, dear Bernardine)
Oh, Bernadine, oh, oh, oh, Bernardine
say you'll wait for me out by the rocket base
and we'll both blast off into outer space
at oh, oh, oh-oh, Bernardine
Bernardine, oh Bernardine
come away with me now in the rocket-propelled machine
we'll come home by the way of a drive-in spa
just a little this side of Shangri-La
and there I'll stay with Bernardine
Bernardine, Bernardine
you're a regular supersonic space ...
as the glorious moon seem in the way
we'll come home to the planet we .....
and I'll dream dreams of Bernardine.
@paolamariefuchsstitelmann7458
Oh - Bernadine (sigh)
Oh - oh - oh - Bernadine .....
I can tell by the dimple on your chin -
You're in beautiful shape for the shape you're in
An' I'm in shape for Bernadine .....
Oh .... Bernadine
Oh - oh - oh - Bernadine ....
When you wander into my dreams at night -
Your remarkable form is a pure delight -
I go - go - go for Bernadine .....
Bernadine .... Bernadine .....
You're a little bit like ev'ry girl I've ever seen -
Oh, your separate parts are not unknown -
But the way you assemble them's all your own -
All yours and mine, dear Bernadine (yours and mine, dear Bernadine)
Oh - Bernadine !!
Oh - oh - oh - Bernadine
Say you'll wait for me out by the rocket base -
And we'll both blast off into outer space -
At oh - oh - oh-oh - Bernadine ....
Bernadine !! Bernadine ....
Come away with me now in the rocket-propelled machine -
We'll come home by the way of a drive-in spa -
Just a little this side of Shangri-La .....
And there I'll stay with Bernadine (there I'll stay with Bernadine)
There I'll stay with Bernadine!
@vaniamagalhaesdeguimaraesm8535
Saudades de um tempo bom demais, só quem viveu os anos dourados sabe!
@attilacestarijunior134
Pat Boone; grande cantor, grande artista. Muita saudade.
@terencexavier6139
A beautiful song sung by a great voice of THE GREAT PAT BOONE ,still a pleasure to listen after of almost 70 years.
@bernadinetok5446
I’m Bernadine too! I live in Asia and I’m in my 40s!
@setawallace2279
No one like Pat Boone. Amazing voice and singing. Thank You!!!
@richardsoh1707
One of the greatest artists of my generation --- PAT BOONE ! It brings back good memories of my teenage days, thank u!
@mikehudson8884
I had this record on the 'LONDON' record label and LOVED it. I cracked the lip of the 78 rpm record and missed the intro but it was still playable. How great to hear this now in it's entirety.
@Anapaula44275
Meu Deus, como me lembro tão bem desta musica.........tinha 12 anos nessa altura......
@elizabethborges6187
Uma gracinha essa música!
@TheZepity
Raulzão era um fã do pat Boone e fez uma adaptação muito boa em "20 anos de Rock" todas as canções em inglês. FICARAM ÓTIMAS.