Remembering: Freddie & The Dreamers/IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A FOOL OF SOMEBODY [[1963)

[Methuselah2]

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]

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]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUqjuAUus5Y

[robb_k]

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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]

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]

George Harrison covered I've Got My Mind Set On You, not Paul.

[Methuselah2]

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]

Thanks, Tbfxt, for posting those Freddie & the Dreamers video clips. Fun to see.