Pat Boone | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
6/10/20261 hr 32 min
The indomitable Pat Boone joins Billy Corgan for a remarkable conversation about surviving fame, making history, and keeping faith through more than seven decades in entertainment.
Pat reflects on breaking Billboard records, selling more than 50 million records, and rising alongside Elvis Presley as one of the defining stars of the 1950s. He shares unforgettable stories about their friendship, Elvis' private struggles with faith, performing for Queen Elizabeth II, and witnessing the birth of rock & roll.
Along the way, Pat revisits the near-fatal accident while filming Journey to the Center of the Earth, the Harry Belafonte controversy that led him to walk away from his own hit television show, and the extraordinary pressure of becoming one of America's biggest stars before the age of 25.
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First 90 secondsPat Boone· Guest0:00
[upbeat music] At that young age, it was, it was miraculous that I could just keep walking straight. I mean, the, it was all so much pressure, but I just took each moment as it came.
Billy Corgan· Host0:12
Yeah. You still have the Billboard record, 220 weeks on the chart consecutively. You had at least one record in the charts for 220- One going out, one going down ... That is insane.
Pat Boone· Guest0:21
It was just miraculous, the things that kept happening- Yeah ... to me.
Billy Corgan· Host0:26
It always struck me that you had a particular optimism for life.
Pat Boone· Guest0:30
I do. I really do.
Billy Corgan· Host0:32
Even sitting here in 2026 with you, it's still unbelievable- Yeah ... the success you had. Pat Boone, what an honor to have you. It's nice to see you.
Pat Boone· Guest0:43
[laughs] I'm honored to have you say that.
Billy Corgan· Host0:45
Thank you. [laughs] 91 years young.
Pat Boone· Guest0:47
91 years young. Yeah.
Billy Corgan· Host0:49
Born in 1934.
Pat Boone· Guest0:50
Yeah, you did some homework.
Billy Corgan· Host0:52
Okay, let me give a little bit of a resume to start.
Pat Boone· Guest0:55
Okay.
Billy Corgan· Host0:55
Because I think for people who don't know your music like I do, and didn't grow up with you, uh, 70 years plus in the business.
Pat Boone· Guest1:03
Yep.
Billy Corgan· Host1:03
50 million records sold- They tell me ... rough- roughly.
Pat Boone· Guest1:07
I didn't get paid for that many, but, but I- [laughs] Diff- different world you grew up in in terms of how they paid artists. Yes, yes.
Billy Corgan· Host1:13
38 Top 40 hits.
Pat Boone· Guest1:15
Mm-hmm.
Billy Corgan· Host1:15
Six number ones. You still have the Billboard record, 220 weeks on the chart consecutively. You had at least one record in the charts for 220- One going out, one going down ... That is insane. Uh, Billboard itself