View Full Version : Remembering: Freddie & The Dreamers/IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A FOOL OF SOMEBODY [[1963)
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Methuselah2
10-03-2015, 07:52 PM
Written by Rudy Clark
The cover of James Ray's wonderful original recording:
http://youtu.be/ih-fQC6Jax8
And a bonus, too:
Freddie Garrity interviewed in 2004:
http://youtu.be/lUQ5iGziUsA
Thanks to Edward Kemp and Diamond Eye Productions, respectively, for these YouTube postings.
theboyfromxtown
10-04-2015, 05:53 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8oRf7SMEfo
This is the record that made Freddie famous over here. Acting as mad as a hatter was his trademark
theboyfromxtown
10-04-2015, 10:51 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUqjuAUus5Y
robb_k
10-04-2015, 02:28 PM
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A very "corny" comedy version, making a novelty song out of Rudy Clark's beautiful song, and not a good advertisement to spur listeners to seek out James Ray's wonderful original recording. I'd have expected a more serious remake, more like Paul McCartney's [[Beatles'?) remake of James Ray's "I've Got My Mind Set On You" [[another Rudy Clark song).
snakepit
10-04-2015, 02:29 PM
Freddie lived about 1 mile from my house in Manchester....we used to walk past his house on the way to the Saturday morning pictures [[movies)....3 Stooges, Rocket man, Flash Gordon etc and a penny Hovis on the way home
gary_james
10-04-2015, 02:30 PM
George Harrison covered I've Got My Mind Set On You, not Paul.
Methuselah2
10-04-2015, 02:37 PM
Here's James Ray's original recording of IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A FOOL OF SOMEBODY:
http://soulfuldetroit.com/showthread.php?7801-James-Ray-IF-YOU-GOTTA-MAKE-A-FOOL-OF-SOMEBODY-[[1961)&highlight=gotta+make+fool
Methuselah2
10-04-2015, 02:46 PM
Thanks, Tbfxt, for posting those Freddie & the Dreamers video clips. Fun to see.
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