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'''Patrick Charles Eugene Boone'''<ref>{{cite book |title=Current Biography Yearbook |year=1959 |publisher=The H.W. Wilson Company |location=New York}}</ref> (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, actor and composer
Pat Boone is regarded as one of the most popular singers of the [[20th century]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography |url=https://www.patboone.com/copy-of-biography |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Pat Boone |language=en}}</ref>. He sold more than 45 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and appeared in various Hollywood films.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-28 |title=Pat Boone {{!}} Biography, Songs, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pat-Boone |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Boone, Pat, Born 1934 {{!}} Discover Our Archives |url=https://archives.shef.ac.uk/agents/people/352 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=archives.shef.ac.uk}}</ref>
According to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', Boone was the second-biggest-charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only [[Elvis Presley]], and was ranked at No. 9 in its listing of the Top 100 Top 40 Artists 1955–1995.<ref>{{cite book|title=Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, The|year=1996|page=806|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Joel Whitburn|author-link=Joel Whitburn}}</ref> Until the 2010s, Boone held the ''Billboard'' record for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week.
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