The Very Best Of Pat Boone - 2 CD Box Set - Love Letters In The Sand, Moody River & More 2017 Pat Boone had his 83rd birthday and while the mark he made on popular music is limited by comparison to Elvis, there s no doubting he was responsible for some of the best-remembered classic pop of the era. Boone s music may have been sweet and simple but, as critic Stephen Barnard put it, he was a refreshing change from the risqué flamboyance of Johnnie Ray and the heavy masculinity of Frankie Laine. Listen to his greatest hits on this superb 2 disc compilation including "Moody River" and "Speedy Gonzales".