AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS CLASSIC FROM SANFORD CLARK ON THE UK LONDON LABEL 

THE FOOL

BACKED WITH 

LONESOME FOR A LETTER


Sanford Clark (born 1935) an American country-rockabilly singer and guitarist best known for his 1956 hit "The Fool." was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma but was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He first began performing in the Phoenix area in the early 1950s. He spent time in the Air Force in the South Pacific; he formed a band there which won a talent show in Hawaii. Returning to Phoenix, he and his friend Al Casey met Lee Hazlewood, then a local disc jockey. Clark, with Casey on guitar, recorded one of Hazlewood's songs, "The Fool", on MCI Records in 1956. Dot Records picked the song up for national distribution after a Philadelphia deejay tipped them off to it. 

The song became a hit in the U.S., peaking at #14 on the Country Singles chart, #5 on the Black Singles chart, and #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Following the song's success, Clark opened on tour for Ray Price and Roy Orbison.

Clark's 1957 follow-up single, "The Cheat", gave him a second minor hit, peaking at #74 Pop. He and Dot Records' owner Ron Wood quarrelled over the singer's image, and he eventually signed to Jamie Records in 1958, working with Duane Eddy alongside Casey and Hazlewood. 

Moving to Hollywood, he recorded for several further labels, and had several almost-comebacks; his 1964 version of Hazlewood's "Houston" was eclipsed by Dean Martin's version, and in 1965 he re-recorded "The Fool" with Waylon Jennings on guitar. Hazlewood, by now an established songwriter, signed Clark to his own label, LHI, on which Clark released Return of the Fool in 1969.


Gather round me buddies,
Hold your glasses high,
and drink to a fool, a crazy fool
who told his baby goodbye.

Too late he found out he loves her,
So much he wants to die.
But drink to a fool, a crazy fool 
who told his baby goodbye.

He needs her, he needs her so.
He wonders why he let her go-oo-oo.

She's found a new love, buddy,
He's a lucky guy,
So drink to the fool, 
'cause I'm that fool 
who told his baby goodbye.

(instrumental break)

He needs her, he needs her so.
He wonders why he let her go-oo-oo.

She's found a new love, buddy,

He's a lucky guy,
So drink to the fool, 'cause I'm that fool who told my baby goodbye.
My baby goodbye,
Who told my baby, who told my baby......



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UK LONDON HLD 8320  10" 78RPM SHELLAC

A SIDE:-   THE FOOL

B SIDE:-   LONESOME FOR A LETTER 


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