SHORT TAKES : Boone Made Rock ‘Palatable’

Pat Boone says he made rock ‘n’ roll nice at a time when it was considered dangerous, but he doubts that he will get the recognition he is due.

Boone, 56, said Wednesday that he deserves to be voted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame but does not believe that he will make it.

“I think I unwittingly made a significant contribution to rock ‘n’ roll,” said Boone, who had 38 Top 40 hits in seven years. “I was a catalyst who made it more palatable and acceptable at a time when there was a hue and cry about it.”

Boone became famous as a singer and actor in the late 1950s and early ‘60s with such hits as “April Love” and “Love Letters in the Sand.”