Fools Fall in Love

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"Fools Fall in Love"
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Single by The Drifters
B-side "It Was a Tear"
ReleasedMarch 1957
Genre R&B
Label Atlantic
Songwriter Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
The Drifters singles chronology
"I Gotta Get Myself a Woman"
(July 1956)
"Fools Fall in Love"
(1957)
"Drifting Away from You"
(May 1957)

"Fools Fall in Love" is a song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. [1] It was originally recorded by the Drifters, who took it to number 10 on the R&B chart in 1957. [2] The song reached number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100. [3]

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Jacky Ward version

In 1977, "Fools Fall in Love" was recorded by Jacky Ward. His version reached number 9 on the US country music chart, [4] and number 16 on the Canadian country chart.

Other versions

References

  1. Emerson, Ken (2006), Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era, Penguin, p. 26, ISBN   1101156929.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 173.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 258.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 371.
  5. Discogs
  6. Neale, David (2003), Roots of Elvis, iUniverse, p. 36, ISBN   1101156929.
  7. Go-Set, 29 March 1967
  8. Video on YouTube
  9. Video on YouTube