Friday, April 01, 2016

Fool Songs

Ron Smith, the author of several books about Chicago music charts, posted this on his facebook page this morning...

Here are all the "Fool" songs to chart in Chicago from 1956 to 1990..

The Fools Hall Of Fame-Paul Anka
I’m A Fool To Care-Joe Barry
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)-Brook Benton
Fooled Around And Fell In Love-Elvin Bishop
A Fool Am I-Cilla Black
I Pity The Fool-Bobby Bland
Fools Hall Of fame-Pat Boone
Foolish Heart-Sharon Bryant
Nobody’s Fool-Cinderella
The Fool-Sanford Clark
Love’s Made A Fool Of You-Cochise
Take A Fool’s Advice-Nat “King” Cole
Don't Ever Be Lonely (A Poor Little Fool Like Me)-Cornelius Bros. & Sister Rose
You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling In Love)-Vic Damone
What Kind Of Fool Am I-Sammy Davis, Jr.
What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am-Bill Deal & the Rhondels
Foolin’-Def Leppard
I’m A Fool-Dino, Desi & Billy
What A Fool Believes-Doobie Brothers
Hello Fool-Ralph Emery
I Was Such A Fool (To Fall In Love With You)-Flamingos
I’m No Fool Anymore-Flamingos
Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool-Connie Francis
I Was Such A Fool (To Fall In Love With You)-Connie Francis
Chain Of Fools-Aretha Franklin
Love’s Made A Fool Of You-Bobby Fuller Four
Foolish Beat-Debbie Gibson
She’s A Fool-Lesley Gore
Dancin’ Fool-Guess Who
Foolish Pride-Daryl Hall
Fool For You-Impressions
Seven Day Fool-Etta James
Fool #1-Brenda Lee
Nobody’s Fool-Kenny Loggins
Oh Me Oh My I'm A Fool For You Baby-Lulu
Everybody Plays The Fool-Main Ingredient
The Fool On The Hill-Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
Another Fool Like Me-Ned Miller
Fools Rush In-Rick Nelson
Poor Little Fool-Rick Nelson
They Call Me The Fool-Nick Noble
Foolish Heart-Steve Perry
Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You-Wilson Pickett
(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I-Elvis Presley
Fool-Elvis Presley
Find Another Fool-Quarterflash
If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody-James Ray
Fool (If You Think It’s Over)-Chris Rea
Who Will The Next Fool Be-Charlie Rich
Don’t Fool With Fu Manchu-Rockin' Ramrods
Fool To Cry-Rolling Stones
Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Diana Ross
Foolish Little Girl-Shirelles
Fool Me-Joe South
What Kind Of Fool Am I-Rick Springfield
Foolin’ Around-Kay Starr
One More Fool And One More Broken Heart-Gene Stridel
What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am)-Tams
A Fool For A Fool-Ike & Tina Turner
A Fool In Love-Ike & Tina Turner
Poor Fool-Ike & Tina Turner
Portrait Of A Fool-Conway Twitty
I Make A Fool Of Myself-Frankie Valli
The April Fools-Dionne Warwick
Won’t Get Fooled Again-Who
A Fool Never Learns-Andy Williams
My Foolish Heart-Nancy Wilson
Fools Paradise-Bobby Wood
If I’m A Fool For Loving You-Bobby Wood
Ship Of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)-World Party
Who’s Fooling Who-Gordon Young

My two favorites never charted...