- He badly wanted to play the lead role in The Sand Pebbles (1966), but director Robert Wise wanted Steve McQueen instead.
- Turned down another television offer when he learned that its sponsor would be a cigarette company. Boone didn't smoke and didn't want to give the impression he condoned the habit.
- Cousin of Richard Boone and Randy Boone.
- Singer Roy Orbison was a classmate when both future singers attended North Texas State Coillege.
- Actively supported Ronald Reagan's campaigns for Governor of California in 1966 and 1970, as well as his bid to win the Republican nomination in 1976.
- His 1962 hit song "Speedy Gonzalez" featured the unmistakable vocal impression of Mel Blanc on the recording (Blanc improvised all of his lines).
- Was personally invited by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to perform at his inaugural ball on 20 January 1957.
- Former next door-neighbor of Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne. His cover of "Crazy Train" was used as the theme for The Osbournes (2002).
- In each of his cinematographic contracts there was a term specifying that kissing his partner could not be forced on him by the director due to his religious convictions.
- One of the owners of the American Basketball Association's Oakland Oaks from 1967-1969. He sold his interest in the team and it moved to Washington, DC.
- Major supporter of the state of Israel.
- He is a staunch supporter of the Republican Party, and campaigned for George W. Bush in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.
- Member of the Gospel Hall of Fame and Christian Hall of Fame.
- His recording of "A Wonderful Time Up There" in 1958 became the first million-selling record with religious lyrics.
- Hosted Israel's 70th Anniversary Gala in Jerusalem in May 2018.
- In 2006 he and his wife Shirley Boone donated $3 million to Pepperdine University for the Graduate School of Education and Psychology Center for the Family.
- Raised in Denton, Texas, USA.
- His brother, Nick Boone, also had a popular music career under the name Nick Todd.
- Father in law is Red Foley.
- Lifelong friend of Wink Martindale. Boone met him when they were both under contract with Dot Records in 1956.
- Friends with: Shirley Jones, Florence Henderson, Julie London, Gavin MacLeod, Dick Clark, Casey Kasem, Wink Martindale, Elvis Presley, Peter Marshall, Dick Van Dyke, Don Adams, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Mickey Rooney, Johnny Cash, Patti Page, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Engelbert Humperdinck, David Meece, Amy Grant, Robert Conrad, Larry Manetti, Art Linkletter, Dick Sargent, Doris Day, Julie Andrews, Carol Burnett, Carol Channing, Billy Graham, Robert H. Schuller, Pat Robertson, Oral Roberts, Jose Ferrer, Rosemary Clooney, Tom Dreesen, Rich Little, Larry King, Joan Rivers, Johnny Carson and Dave Hull.
- He was awarded two Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1731 Vine Street and for Television at 6268 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- Boone was heavily criticized in the 1950s, and since, for singing homogenized, sanitized versions of rock-'n'-roll songs written and/or popularized by Afro-American artists. For example, when he recorded Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame" (his first big hit) in 1956, he initially insisted upon changing the title to "Isn't That a Shame", feeling that the incorrect grammar of the original title would be a bad influence on young people. He was overruled. On another occasion, at around that same time, he succeeded in removing all of the more suggestive lyrics from his cover of Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally." On that occasion, he changed the original's, "I saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally,/He saw Aunt Mary comin' and he ducked back in the alley" to, "Long Tall Sally's got a lot on the ball,/And nobody cares if she's long and tall."
- His father was a building contractor and his mother was a nurse.
- In the 1980s, Boone owned a television station in Orange County, California, on which he featured a variety of conservative evangelical religious shows and launched the short-lived career of ultra-right-wing talk-show host Wally George. In 2006, Boone penned an article for the arch-conservative political magazine WorldNetDaily in which he argued that Democrats and others who are against the Iraq War cannot, under any circumstances, be considered patriotic. He was later interviewed by Neil Cavuto on Fox News, where he expressed outrage against critics of George W. Bush, especially the The Chicks, saying that their criticisms of the President showed they did not "respect their elders." He wrote another article, defending actor Mel Gibson, who is a member of an extremely conservative Catholic denomination, after the actor was recorded unleashing a vicious anti-Semitic tirade while he was being arrested for drunk driving. In early 2007. Boone wrote two articles claiming that the scientific theory of evolution is "absurd," "nonsensical" and a "bankrupt false religion.".
- Considered running for office in 1968 on a pro-war platform.
- Is mentioned in the song "Beautiful" by Pharrell Williams and Snoop Dogg.
- Release of his book, "Questions About God". (2009)
- Was a descendant of Daniel Boone the frontiersman,.
- Attended the University of North Texas.
- Father-in-law of Gabriel Ferrer.
- Friends with Tammy Renne Harris, Miss Chicago 1990.
- Grandfather of Jessica Corbin and Gabi Ferrer.
- Release of his book, "Pray to Win: God Wants You to Succeed". (1980)
- Celebrated his 80th Birthday at Shepherd's Grove, a church that is ministered by Bobby Schuller (grandson of Robert H. Schuller), in Irvine, California. [29 May 2014].
- He was a star athlete and an honours student at high school.
- He is a supporter of Mitt Romney and campaigned for him during the 2012 presidential election.
- Release of his book, "Pat Boone Devotional Book" by Pat with Dan O'Neill. (1977)
- Spokesperson, 60 Plus Association.
- He appeared in the film Mardi Gras in which Ray Anthony's orchestra did all the backing,.
- His first record was Two Hearts, Two Kisses made about1956.
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