Those of you old enough probably know who Pat Boone is. If you don't, a quick recap: He was the whitest of whitebread pop singers, and in the late 1950's, second only to Elvis in production of hit records. I think all-time he's only a handful of slots behind the Beatles.
The fifties have a lot to answer for.
Boone was and is deeply religious, and circumspect in his choice of music and movies. He once refused an onscreen kiss because the actress was married, and elected not to be in a movie with Marilyn Monroe because, well ... you know ...
On the plus side, while something of a joke among rock fans -- his version of Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" comes immediately to mind -- his covers of black R&B singers did a lot to get them noticed. White people heard Boone doing covers of songs by folks they didn't listen to in most parts of the country, and never had a clue said music was done by Neegros. Certainly not from how Pat sang 'em.
He's also Debby Boone's father. ("You Light Up My Life.")
About fifteen years ago, he did an album of heavy metal covers. The YouTube video embed code is disabled, but if you click here, you can hear it over a montage of Pat ...
Enjoy. Or ... not ...