Nooney Rickett

Nooney Rickett (b. Hazard, Kentucky, November 14, 1941 - ) -- Singer and guitarist. Born Nooney Everett in Hazard, Kentucky, Nooney Rickett lived in Indianapolis in the 1950s and attended Arsenal Tech High School. Although his recording career was limited to two forgettable singles (one on MGM and one on 20^th Century Fox), he had a moment in the spotlight in the mid 1960s, while he was leading the Nooney Rickett 4 in Los Angeles. A well-known act in the California Club Circuit, his band showed up in 1965 on Shindig! (a short-lived music variety show on ABC) and two beach movies. More specifically, the Nooney Rickett 4 performed frequently as the house band on Pajama Party (1965, starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello), and it appeared the following year on Winter A-Go-Go (starring James Stacy). Currently, Rickett plays regularly at the Ramada Express Casino in Laughlin, Nevada.