The CD includes some traditional soul/blues songs from the 50s and also "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" - 'murdered' by Freddie and the Dreamers (who had a hit with in the UK) but here you can hear how it was MEANT to sound!/5(12).

Cover states - Buy British Hits of the 60's and get American Hits of the 60's free Record 2 of a 2 record set. Set 1 - Various - Hits Of The Sizzling 60's - American Artists Set 2 - British Artists Etchings on the dead wax runout contain alterations with the 2 etched over a 12/5(1).

"If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" is a song written by Rudy Clark and first recorded by James Ray in Ray's recording on the Caprice label, arranged by Hutch Davie and produced by Gerry Granahan, reached number 10 on the US Billboard R&B chart. and number 22 on the Hot in early In , the Beatles began to perform the song at their gigs, with John Lennon singing lead and Songwriter(s): Rudy Clark.

Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Beat at Abbey Road - Various Artists on AllMusic - - As a collection of mid-'60s EMI British beat.

Fine Tunes' Classic British Pop of the Sixties is an odd collection of hits, almost-hits and never-were-hits. Strictly speaking, this isn't a British Invasion collection per se, since it features such non-pop songs as Rod Stewart's little-heard debut single "Little Miss Understood," and it doesn't restrict itself to the classic Brit Invasion years of

Freddie and the Dreamers were an English beat band that had a number of hit records between May and November The band's stage act was enlivened by the comic antics of the 5-footinch-tall (m) Freddie Garrity, who would bounce around the stage with arms and legs flying. Freddie officially retired from all work in February

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If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody: – Gerry & The Pacemakers: Ferry Across The Mersey: – The Swinging Blue Jeans: You're No Good: – Johnny Tillotson: Poetry In Motion: – Cilla Black: You're My World (Il Mio Mondo) – Bobby Vee: The Night Has A Thousand Eyes: – Mike Berry.

THE STRANGERS If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody (Rudy Clark) Australia #29 Melbourne. Single on W&G label. The Strangers: Melbourne band, formed in , started out playing instrumentals after the fashion of The Shadows but went through several stylistic and personnel changes until breaking up in the mids.