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Sep 14, 2023 · That was the proud track record of Rick Nelson by September 1963, when he revived a World War II hit by Glenn Miller for his next successful 45. “Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread ...
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Rick Nelson performed this when he hosted Saturday Night Live on February 17, 1979. The lyric "fools rush in where angels fear to tread" is from Alexander Pope's 1709 poem "An Essay on Criticism." The line, or the shortened "fools rush in," would become an idiom describing people who act before thinking. The Dictionary of American Idioms and ...